How COVID-19 affects the brain and can cause...

Infection with the coronavirus can cause delirium, stroke and nerve damage in ‘a higher than expected number of patients’, a study has found.

Sudan eases lockdown measures, economic crisis escalates

Sudan began loosening lockdown measures Wednesday in and around the capital after three months of tight restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic. The usual bustle of pedestrians and car traffic returned to Khartoum’s streets, with shops and restaurants reopening.

FBI Director claims China the biggest threat to US

The head of the FBI said Tuesday that China is pushing its preferences in the U.S. election as part of broad intelligence operations, whose economic impact he called unprecedented.

US military with India in conflict with China: Official

The US military “will continue to stand strong” in relationship to a conflict between India and China or anywhere else, a top White House official has said, after the Navy deployed two aircraft carriers to the strategic South China Sea to boost its presence in the region.

Vatican hospital successfully separates twins conjoined at skull

Doctors at the Vatican’s children’s hospital in Rome said on Tuesday they successfully separated a pair of twins conjoined at the back of their heads.

Starving children -Yemen’s grim legacy of war

Masirah Saqer could barely open her eyes, as she struggled to swallow the milk her grandmother attempted to feed her with a syringe. Nearby the cries of other malnourished children reverberated around the pink-walled hospital ward, a vivid reminder of the human cost of Yemen’s devastating conflict, which drags into a seventh year on Tuesday.

India surges in cases as virus slams US hospitals

India on Monday became the country with the third-highest coronavirus caseload in the world, as officials warned that hospitals in the United States were in danger of being overwhelmed by a surge in infections.

212,326 people are diagnosed with Covid-19 in a DAY -WHO

A record 212,326 new cases of the coronavirus were diagnosed worldwide on Saturday July 4, according to the World Health Organisation. The staggering figure was an 11 per cent rise on the previous record of 190,566, which was set on June 28.

Japan floods, mudslides kill at least 44

Torrential rain hit Japan’s southwestern island of Kyushu on Monday, with at least one more river bursting its banks, as the death toll from three days of floods and mudslides rose to 44, including 14 at an old people’s home.

20 dead, 14 missing after torrential rains batter south-western Japan

At least 20 people were dead and 14 unaccounted for while rescuers were rushing to find survivors in south-western Japan, where record-breaking torrential rains triggered landslides and flooding, local media reported on Sunday.

India records biggest one-day jump of Covid-19 cases

India’s tally of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) reached 673,165 with the biggest single-day increase of 24,850 new cases and 613 deaths, data from the Union health ministry on Sunday showed.

WHO halts hydroxychloroquine, HIV drugs in COVID trials

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Saturday that it was discontinuing its trials of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and combination HIV drug lopinavir/ritonavir in hospitalised patients with COVID-19 after they failed to reduce mortality.

Afghan warlord accused of abuse awarded highest military rank

A powerful Afghan warlord accused of kidnapping and raping a political opponent and of committing rights abuses for decades has been given the country’s highest military rank, a top official said Friday.

Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell arrested by FBI

Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend and associate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, was arrested by the FBI on Thursday on charges that she facilitated his abuse of minors. The 58-year-old British socialite was arrested in the north-eastern US state of New Hampshire, the agency said.

China appoints hardliner as head of HK national security agency

China appointed a hardliner involved in a clamp down against protests on the mainland as the head of Hong Kong’s new security agency on Friday, state media said, days after imposing a sweeping law on the territory that criminalises dissent.

Hong Kong businesses back new security law despite fears

China’s new security law has sent fear coursing through many Hong Kong residents, but the city’s commercial community has largely embraced it as a way to get back to doing business.

Over 160 killed in Myanmar jade mine landslide

The battered bodies of more than 160 jade miners were pulled from a sea of mud after a landslide in northern Myanmar on Thursday, after one of the worst-ever accidents to hit the treacherous industry.

Israel hits record high in daily virus cases; West Bank to lock down

Coronavirus restrictions went into effect in Israel on Thursday after the number of new cases there hit a record high the previous day, while the West Bank prepares to go into lockdown.

Pakistan PM blames India for stock exchange attack

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday blamed India for a deadly attack on the stock exchange in Karachi, saying there was “no doubt” who was responsible.

Nineteen dead in Iran gas explosion

At least nineteen people were killed and six injured on Tuesday in an explosion at a medical clinic in the north of the Iranian capital Tehran, Fars news agency reported, quoting a state official.

Hong Kong police arrest over 180 as new security law comes into force

Police said they arrested more than 180 people on Wednesday at a protest in a busy Hong Kong shopping district as a new national security law imposed by China came into force.

India’s Modi warns of coronavirus ‘negligence’ as some cities extend lockdowns

India’s prime minister on Tuesday warned citizens against flouting rules to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, as he extended a vast social security scheme until November.

Beijing passes Hong Kong National Security Law

China’s top legislative body approved a national security law for Hong Kong on Tuesday in a move expected to raise tensions between Beijing and foreign governments.

WHO: Pandemic ‘not even close’ to over as toll passes 500,000

The coronavirus pandemic is “not even close to being over”, the WHO warned Monday, as the global death toll passed half a million and cases surged in Latin America and the United States.

Global coronavirus death toll surges past 500,000

The global coronavirus death toll exceeded half a million on Sunday as the number of worldwide cases surpassed a staggering 10million, marking the most devastating and destructive pandemic in a century.

US ‘likely’ to see shortages of pharmaceutical drugs

The Department of Homeland Security has warned that the United States could see a shortage of generic pharmaceutical drugs if the coronavirus outbreak continues.

Brazil sees worst week since pandemic began

Brazil had its worst week yet of the coronavirus pandemic in terms of new cases, registering 259,105 infections in the seven days through Sunday, according to health ministry figures.

China sent martial arts specialists to Indian border before deadly clash

China reinforced its troops near the Indian border with mountain climbers and martial arts fighters shortly before a deadly clash this month, state media reported.

Dozens arrested in Hong Kong protest

Hong Kong police arrested at least 53 people on Sunday after scuffles erupted during a relatively peaceful protest against planned national security legislation to be implemented by the mainland Chinese government.

Global Covid-19 cases cross 10-million mark, 2/3rd infections in May-June

The number of coronavirus cases across the world crossed the 10 million mark late on Saturday night. According to Worldometre, the number is 51 more than 10 million.