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Coronavirus Infections in South Korea Increasing After Protest Outbreak

The deadly virus outbreak has created a major stir around the world in recent times infecting more than 22.4 million people worldwide

Aug 20, 2020

By IBTimes SG Desk

Coronavirus

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Even Beijing Kept Under Dark Over Covid-19 Outbreak For Weeks Initially, Finds US Intelligence

Local officials hid initial information to hoard medical supplies, besides fearing retribution from Beijing

Aug 20, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Coronavirus

Unable to Access Gmail? Google GSuite Faces Massive Outage Across Countries

Google has acknowledged that users are having problems with Google Meet, Google Voice, Google Docs as well as YouTube.

Aug 20, 2020

By R. Ghosh

North Korea Tactics Shaped After Learning From Gaddafi's Collapse in Libya?

U.S. Army report titled North Korea Tactics claims that North Korea has weaponized smallpox and anthrax and has the third largest chemical weapon stockpile in the world

Aug 19, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Naked Florida Man Arrested for Trespassing Property and Stalking 7-Yr-Old Girl

Eric Straight, who was captured on the surveillance video installed in the child's bedroom window, was seen nude on at least three separate occasions.

Aug 19, 2020

By R. Ghosh

Turkey's Hypocrisy: Uighur People Detained and Harassed by Authorities in Istanbul

A group of Uighur protesters were detained in Istanbul by Turkish police for protesting against China's detention of their kinsmen in Xinjiang.

Aug 19, 2020

By Akshay Saraswat

Philippines Imposes Ban on Poultry Products From Australia due to Bird Flu Outbreak

The ban covers poultry meat, day-old chicks, eggs, and semen, the Department of Agriculture mentioned in its August 14 order made public on Wednesday

Aug 19, 2020

By IBTimes SG Desk

Who is Linda Sarsour? Conservatives Angry After 'Anti-Semitic' Palestinian Activist Appears at DNC Meeting

The Joe Biden campaign distanced itself from Linda Sarsour who has been criticized for her support to the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement against Israel

Aug 19, 2020

By Vishakha Sonawane

Supernova Explosions Might Have Caused Mass Extinction 359 Million Years Ago, Says Study

Studies found that there was a long-term ozone layer depletion during the mass extinction event in late Devonian period 359 million years ago

Aug 19, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Space

China Evacuates 100,000 People as Floods Threaten UNESCO World Heritage Site

Sichuan, through which the Yangtze river flows, raised the emergency response to the maximum level on Tuesday for tackling a new round of torrential rainfall

Aug 19, 2020

By IBTimes SG Desk