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Australia's second most populous state, Victoria, reported 397 cases of the new coronavirus on Saturday, down by more than a third from Friday, but authorities said they are considering further restrictions as numbers remain worrisome. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2BRsZ6e

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The global coronavirus outbreak is the sort of disaster whose effects will last far into the future, World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday. ​​"The pandemic is a once-in-a-century health crisis, the effects of which will be felt for decades to come," Tedros told a meeting of the WHO's emergency committee. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2CYlbjL

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Pakistan's security forces opened fire on protesters demanding the reopening of a border crossing with Afghanistan, killing at least three people and wounding 30 others, security sources said on Friday. The Chaman border crossing in Balochistan was closed due to coronavirus outbreak, leaving more than 100,000 people in the area jobless. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/30f1D34

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Japan has signed a deal to secure 120 million doses of a potential coronavirus vaccine, German pharmaceutical group BioNTech, which is developing the drug with US pharma giant Pfizer, said Friday. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed, with BioNTech saying the terms were based on the timing of the delivery and volume of doses. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3hRdCKi

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News of his improved health comes just as Saudis mark the start of the Eid al-Adha festival on Friday, which Muslims around the world celebrate. It coincides with the last days of the hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, which this year saw only a sliver of the usual numbers of pilgrims taking part due to the coronavirus pandemic. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3378MEG

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"We have reopened mountaineering and will issue climbing permits for the autumn season," tourism department official Mira Acharya said, adding that climbers must follow health protocols issued by the government. The autumn climbing season in Nepal runs from September to November. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/339sRdu

Just days after her husband said he had overcome the virus with a negative test following weeks in quarantine, Bolsonaro's wife Michelle has tested positive, the presidential office said in a statement. Earlier on Thursday, Brazil's science and technology minister, Marcos Pontes, said his test had come back positive, becoming the fifth minister in Bolsonaro's government to be diagnosed with the disease. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/33dAqQm

With 25 companies testing their vaccine candidates on humans and getting ready to immunise hundred millions of people once the products are shown to work, the question of who pays for any claims for damages in case of side effects has been a tricky point in supply negotiations. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2D3QYzC

Buddy the seven-year-old German shepherd became sick in April, around the same time his owner Robert Mahoney was recovering from Covid-19, according to the magazine this week. Buddy seemed to have a stuffed nose and difficulty breathing, and his condition only worsened over the following weeks and months. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3jWbwum

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At least 17 people were killed in a car bomb explosion in an Afghan city south of Kabul on Thursday, officials and a medic said, just hours before the scheduled start of a ceasefire. "Seventeen bodies and 21 wounded people were brought to our hospital," Sediqullah, a senior doctor at a hospital in the city of Puli Alam in Logar province, told AFP. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/39HCxNJ

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Beijing recently conducted "high-intensity" naval exercises in the South China Sea, China's defence ministry said Thursday, as tensions grow over the Asian power's manoeuvres in the contested waters. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/39DrbKz

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Beijing's ties with Moscow appears to have hit a roadblock with the latter announcing a postponement of delivery of S-400 surface-to-air missile systems to Beijing. China has tried to play down the development. Recently, Russia has accused one of its leading Arctic researchers of treason, alleging that he gave sensitive information to China. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3ge33AH

In Baghdad official radio announces the end of the "traitor regime" it accuses of being an accomplice in an "American Zionist plot", aimed at undermining the recovery of the Iraqi economy. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/30e62nb

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The US and Vietnam have signed a memorandum of understanding, which includes support against illegal "intimidation" of the latter's fishermen at sea. The MOU, which aims to strengthen Vietnam's fisheries management and law enforcement capabilities. "We look forward to working together with Vietnam to strengthen the sustainability of its fisheries and support its fishers against illegal intimidation," said a US official. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3gdcBMe

Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews said Thursday that masks or other face coverings will be compulsory for the whole state beginning late Sunday. In addition, residents around the city of Geelong will not be allowed to have visitors in their homes beginning late Thursday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/39Dl0WR

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday attended his first public event since recovering from Covid-19, though he declined to speak. ​​ Brazil's president is typically last to address at the presidential palace, but Bolsonaro only watched the event recognizing women who work in rural areas around Latin America and left the room once it ended. He wore a mask throughout the event. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2P4jxiK

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The threat from the Communist Party of China is very real, US secretary of state Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday asserting that the Trump administration has begun to take all the "right actions" to rebalance the relationship with Beijing in a way that protects and secures freedom for Americans. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3fcEfrx

A spike in infections in Arizona, California, Florida and Texas this month has overwhelmed hospitals. The rise has forced states to make a U-turn on reopening economies that were restricted by lockdowns in March and April to slow the spread of the virus. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3hUHOV3

A Japanese court on Wednesday for the first time recognized people exposed to radioactive "black rain" that fell after the 1945 US atomic attack on Hiroshima as atomic bomb survivors, ordering the city and the prefecture to provide the same government medical benefits as given to other survivors. The court said all 84 plaintiffs also developed radiation-induced illnesses and should be certified as atomic bomb victims. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Eya2Xa

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said the country's coronavirus outbreak had stabilised but warned the situation remained difficult and could easily deteriorate. Russia has registered the fourth-highest number of infections in the world and health officials on Wednesday reported a total of 828,990 cases and 13,673 fatalities. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/30a3dDB

Vietnam, virus-free for months, was bracing for another wave of Covid-19 infections on Wednesday after state media reported new cases in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and the Central Highlands linked to a recent outbreak in the central city of Danang. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3hKgfgW

US deaths from the novel coronavirus were approaching 150,000 on Wednesday, the highest level in the world and rising by 10,000 in 11 days, according to a Reuters tally. This is the fastest increase in fatalities since the United States went from 100,000 cases to 110,000 cases in 11 days in early June, according to the tally. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3fbxKVR

Another river overflowed its banks in nearby Akita prefecture, he said. Suga told reporters no deaths have been confirmed. But he warned people should evacuate from risky areas. A mudslide has isolated an area with more than 500 people, he added. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2CPwn25

President Donald Trump groused on Tuesday about medical expert Anthony Fauci's high approval ratings and joked that "nobody likes me" as he struggles to improve his standing with voters for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. "It can only be my personality," said Trump. While Americans trust Fauci's advice, Trump has drawn criticism over his handling of the pandemic. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2X5qDbi

Pilgrims, donning face masks and moving in small groups after days in isolation, began arriving to Islam's holiest site in Mecca on Wednesday for the start of a historically unique and scaled-down haj experience reshaped by the coronavirus pandemic. This year pilgrims are eating prepackaged meals alone in their hotel rooms and praying at a distance from one another. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/335lWSo

Joe Biden was uncharacteristically tight-lipped on Tuesday about the final stretch of his search for a vice president. But the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee seemed prepared to talk about at least one leading contender: California Senator Kamala Harris. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2DcUyHl

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A week after appearing to project a more serious tone about the coronavirus, President Donald Trump is back to pushing unproven claims that an anti-malaria drug is an effective treatment and challenging the credibility of the nation's leading infectious disease expert. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3jLLdqT