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Coronavirus: After Italy, now US doctors are puzzled to find unusual symptoms among patients

There are several puzzling symptoms which are making it difficult to understand the novel Coronavirus for the doctors

May 13, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Police not only attack press but torture, sexually assault Hong Kong protestors, alleges human rights group

A human rights report says Hong Kong protestors were tortured and sexually harrassed by police. Police acknowledges ill treating media too

May 13, 2020

By Vinay B.S.

Coronavirus

China alerts France not to sell weapons to Taiwan

Taiwan is mostly equipped with US-made weapons, but in 1991 France sold Taiwan six Lafayette frigates which made China angry

May 13, 2020

By IBTimes SG Desk

Japan is planning to lift Coronavirus state of emergency for 39 prefectures: Report

The deadly virus outbreak has created a major stir around the world in recent times claiming the lives of more than 290,000 people worldwide

May 13, 2020

By IBTimes SG Desk

Coronavirus

Kim Jong Un: North Korean officials planned last minute public appearance to parade body double to the world?

Rumors about Kim Jong Un's ill health have started doing the rounds again, fueling the widely circulated theory that a body double was used for his public appearance on May 1

May 13, 2020

By Manthan C.

US pilot goes for shopping breaching stay-home order, sentenced to four weeks in Singapore

Immigration and Checkpoints Authority said, American pilot went to Chinatown Point shopping center while serving 14 days isolation

May 13, 2020

By Bharat Sharma

Singapore crime

Melinda Gates hopeful about breakthrough in Coronavirus vaccine by 2020 end, but Fauci differs

American physician and a Trump advisor on Coronavirus pandemic Dr Anthony Fauci's recent comments highlight the complexity in the path to find COVID-19 vaccine

May 13, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Coronavirus

South Korea sticks with virus lockdown rollback despite nightclub outbreak

Officials have linked at least 119 cases of COVID-19 to the night spots, which had just reopened as part of the South Korea's move to ease lockdown measures

May 13, 2020

By Reuters

Coronavirus

Social distancing done right? A woman walks with this unique headgear in Paris

Social distancing done right? Check whether THIS unique headgear really helps amid Coronavirus

The video of a woman wearing a meter-stick hat in Paris has started doing the rounds on social media.

May 13, 2020

By Anu James

Coronavirus

9/11: The World Trade Center south tower burst into flames

Who is Mussaed Ahmed al-Jarrah? FBI 'mistakenly' reveals Saudi official helped 9/11 attackers

Al-Jarrah was the 'mysterious third man' whose name was redacted from the documents

May 13, 2020

By Parwinder Sandhu

Xi Jinping with Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

CIA: China told WHO to downplay coronavirus outbreak so it could stock up on medical supplies

A new bombshell CIA report claims China told WHO to withhold information regarding the coronavirus outbreak from the rest of the world while it stocked up on medical supplies.

May 13, 2020

By Manthan C.

Coronavirus

Coronavirus: Wuhan embarks upon testing entire population of 11 million; Singapore, Denmark to follow

Singapore, China and Denmark have already decided to announce substantial expansions of their testing regimes

May 13, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Coronavirus

China's Jilin city imposes travel restrictions after new coronavirus cases

Officials said that five of the six new infections could be traced directly to one confirmed case in Shulan, where a cluster infection was previously identified

May 13, 2020

By Reuters

Coronavirus

Russia slams US assertion at UN that it remains party to Iran nuclear deal

Diplomats say the United States would face a messy battle if it tries to trigger a return of sanctions

May 13, 2020

By Reuters

Corpse waves from inside a coffin in Indonesia, video goes viral

The chilling video was captured during a Christian service in North Sulawesi, Indonesia

May 13, 2020

By Parwinder Sandhu

Coronavirus

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