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The largest study yet shows that anti-malaria drugs hydroxychloroquine andchloroquine have no beneficial impact in treating coronavirus GERARD JULIEN AFP/File Malaria drugs pushed by President Donald Trump as treatments for the coronavirus did not help and were tied to a greater risk of death and heart rhythm problems in a new study of nearly 100,000 patients […]

A woman looks at camera through her fogged up goggles in the intensive care unit for COVID-19, at the Guillermo Almenara hospital in Lima, Peru, Friday, May 22, 2020   –   Copyright  AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd  South America is “a new epicentre” of the new coronavirus pandemic, with a particularly alarming situation in Brazil, the World Health Organization (WHO) said […]

Forces loyal to Libya’s UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) parade on a Pantsir air defense system truck in the capital Tripoli, May 20, 2020,. (AFP)  Libya’s internationally recognized legitimate government’s fight against Haftar’s militia continues with new achievements every day; however, with the UAE’s constant backing of the putschist general, experts do not expect […]

A Pakistan Internatonal Airlines (PIA) aircraft has crashed in a residential area near the Karachi Airport, media reported. PIA spokesperson Abdul Sattar confirmed the crash and added that the flight was carrying 90 passengers and was flying from Lahore to Karachi when it crashed at the densely-populated Jinnah Garden area near Model Colony in Malir. […]

Donald Trump raised eyebrows after giving a garbled update on his latest coronavirus test result. Speaking outside the White House on Thursday, the President of the United States said: ‘I tested very positively in another sense so-this morning. Yeah. I tested positively toward negative, right. So. I tested perfectly this morning. Meaning I tested negative.’ […]

The Trump administration says the US is withdrawing from the Open Skies Treaty because of Russian violations. © Mario Goldman, AFP The United States announced its intention on Thursday to withdraw from the 35-nation Open Skies Treaty allowing unarmed surveillance flights over member countries, the Trump administration’s latest move to pull the country out of a […]

Premier Li Keqiang pledged today in Beijing to fully implement the ‘One Country, Two Systems’ in Hong Kong and Macau, while highlighting the necessity to establish sound legal systems to defend national security in the two SARs. Li, made the remarks as he delivered a report on the government’s work at the third annual session of the 13th National People’s […]

A Russian Air Force Open Skies plane © Flickr/Papas Dos US President Donald Trump has notified allies he will withdraw from one of the few remaining arms control mechanisms – the Open Skies Treaty – this week, citing alleged Russian ‘violations’ of the pact. “Russia did not adhere to the treaty,” Trump told reporters on his way to […]

To prove just how useful Spot, Boston Dynamics’ four-legged robot dog, can be, the New Zealand-based robotics company Rocos shared a video of Spot herding sheep across grassy pastures. This is the kind of work Rocos hopes to do as part of a partnership, announced today, with Boston Dynamics. Rocos plans to develop a system that will remotely […]

One minute of silence was observed at the opening ceremony of the 3rd session of 13th Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee on Thursday afternoon, as a mark of tribute to victims of the COVID-19 and those who sacrificed their lives in the fight against the epidemic. Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders […]