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Society

Russia confirms over 10,000 Coronavirus cases cases in the past day

The deadly virus outbreak has claimed the lives of over 270,000 worldwide and infected over 3.9 million people globally

May 9, 2020

By IBTimes APAC Desk

Society

Amazon in danger after Coronavirus pandemic takes attention away from the accelerated deforestation

The attention on the coronavirus has led to the lack of notice on the Amazon forests leading to one of the largest deforestations in the past few years

May 9, 2020

By Parvathy Rajagopal

Society

Dubai's Burj Khalifa gets turned into World's Tallest Donation Box for Coronavirus

Each donation of AED 10 will light up a LED light on the facade of the tallest tower in the world and is aimed at providing meals to the less fortunate communities in the UAE

May 9, 2020

By Gani Mohamed Waseem

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Politics

Twitter disagree that China, Russia spreading COVID-19 misinformation

Twitter disputes the US government's claim that thousands of accounts on its platform that were disseminating misinformation

May 9, 2020

By IANS

Politics

Audio clip with toilet flush sound during US Supreme Court online hearing goes viral on social media

The sound of toilet flush was heard as attorney Robert Martinez was placing his arguments regarding the Telephone Consumer Protection Act before the Supreme Court hearing

May 9, 2020

By Suman Priya Mendonca

Science

Forget Coronavirus, alien virus from Mars could create chaos on Earth: Experts warn

Experts revealed that astronauts should stay in quarantine after the space trip to prevent a possible virus attack

May 9, 2020

By Nirmal Narayanan

Society

Plandemic: A close look at this viral conspiracy video's claims on Coronavirus, Ebola and Fauci

Several social media platforms have been trying to delete the video as it violates the rules, but Plandemic became so popular that people keep on posting the clips

May 9, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Society

Japan after facing criticism prepares to do more Coronavirus testing

The deadly virus outbreak has created a major stir around the world and has spread to more than 170 countries globally

May 9, 2020

By IBTimes SG Desk

Society

China's military spending can drop as economy struggles to recover from Coronavirus hit

Impacted by the coronavirus, China's GDP dropped 6.8 percent in the first three months of 2020.

May 9, 2020

By Jacob J

Who is Jia Jia, Chinese columnist missing over letter asking President Xi to resign?

Society

China claims it is willing to help North Korea in fight against Coronavirus

The deadly virus outbreak has created havoc around the world and has claimed the lives of over 270,000 worldwide

May 9, 2020

By IBTimes SG Desk

Society

Germany's confirmed cases of Coronavirus rise by 1,251 to 168,551: Report

The novel virus outbreak has infected more than 3.9 million people globally with US accounting for almost one-third of the cases

May 9, 2020

By IBTimes APAC Desk

Society

Thailand confirms 4 new Coronavirus cases and one new death

The deadly virus outbreak has created havoc around the world and has spread to more than 170 countries worldwide

May 9, 2020

By IBTimes SG Desk

Society

Coronavirus at White House: After Trump's valet, Mike Pence's aide tests positive

Katie Miller is the wife of Stephen Miller, one of the senior advisers to the US President

May 9, 2020

By Parvathy Rajagopal

Society

Three nurses murdered in Mexico as coronavirus reaches peak transmission

In Mexico, the healthcare workers have faced increased aggression in recent weeks over fears of contagion

May 9, 2020

By Reuters

Health

New York: 5-year-old child dies of rare syndrome linked to coronavirus

As many as 73 such cases were reported in New York, where children displayed symptoms similar to Kawasaki disease and toxic shock-like syndrome

May 9, 2020

By Shubhangi Shah

Science

Kolkata-based entrepreneur Koushik Sengupta contributes towards COVID-19 cause & welfare of girl child

The COVID-19 is an unprecedented time for us. It has adversely impacted the lives as well as the livelihood of thousands of people

May 9, 2020

By IBTimes SG Desk

Science

'Super immunity' in bats enables them to carry deadly coronaviruses

The study by researchers from the University of Saskatchewan found that bat cells can be infected for a prolonged period of time with the MERS coronavirus without falling sick

May 8, 2020

By Jeevan Biswas