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South Korea sees biggest jump in virus cases in seven weeks
South Korea reported its biggest jump in coronavirus infections in seven weeks on Wednesday, driven by a fresh cluster at an e-commerce ...Bushfire-hit Australians still in tents as virus slows recovery
Victims of Australia’s catastrophic bushfires are still living in tents, garages and makeshift shelters months after the blazes ended, with efforts to ...UN says both Koreas broke armistice in DMZ shooting
An exchange of gunfire between North and South Korean forces in the Demilitarized Zone dividing the peninsula was a violation of the ...Europe lifts virus shutters as Japan ends emergency
Europeans flocked to parks, gyms and pools on Monday as more countries eased coronavirus restrictions, while Japan lifted its state of emergency ...China says virus pushing US ties to brink of ‘Cold War’
China said Sunday that relations with the United States were “on the brink of a new Cold War”, fuelled in part by ...Virus lockdowns stifle Eid celebrations as infections rise
Muslims around the world began marking a sombre Eid al-Fitr Sunday, many under coronavirus lockdown, but lax restrictions offer respite to worshippers ...Coronavirus infections top 5 million worldwide
Global infections from the novel coronavirus surpassed five million on Thursday as the pandemic played out unevenly across the planet, with China ...Schools reopen in South Korea as virus fears ease
Hundreds of thousands of South Korean students returned to school on Wednesday as educational establishments started reopening after a coronavirus delay of ...US faces severe economic downturn as virus tolls fall in hardest-hit Europe
The world’s biggest economy faces a severe downtown but will not suffer another Great Depression, US Fed chief Jerome Powell said on ...China’s ambassador to Israel found dead
China’s ambassador to Israel, Du Wei, died at his home in Tel Aviv on Sunday, apparently from natural causes, a statement from ...














