WASHINGTON, Aug 2: The top Democrats in Congress are not close to a deal with the White House to pump more money into the U.S. economy to ease the coronavirus’ heavy toll, both sides said on Saturday, after an essential lifeline for millions of unemployed Americans expired.

Russia's coronavirus cases surpass 850,000

Published On: August 2, 2020 03:41 PM NPT By: Reuters

MOSCOW, Aug 2: Russia reported 5,427 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Sunday, bringing its nationwide tally to 850,870, the fourth largest caseload in the world.

MELBOURNE, Aug 2: Australia’s second-most populous state of Victoria declared a state of disaster on Sunday and imposed a nightly curfew for the capital Melbourne as part of its harshest movement restrictions to date to contain a resurgent COVID-19.

South Africa surpasses 500,000 COVID-19 cases

Published On: August 2, 2020 01:31 PM NPT By: Associated Press

JOHANNESBURG, Aug 2: South Africa on Saturday surpassed 500,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, representing more than 50% of all reported coronavirus infections in Africa’s 54 countries.

Mexico logs over 9,000 new coronavirus cases for first time

Published On: August 2, 2020 08:30 AM NPT By: Reuters

MEXICO CITY, Aug 2: Mexico racked up a record number of new confirmed coronavirus infections on Saturday, registering more than 9,000 daily cases for the first time and passing the previous peak for the second day running, official data showed.

SHANGHAI, Aug 1: Apple Inc AAPL.N removed 29,800 apps from its Chinese app store on Saturday, including more than 26,000 games, according to data from research firm Qimai.

PARIS, Aug 1:  Mexico now has the third most COVID-19 deaths in the world, behind the United States and Brazil, while former success story Vietnam is struggling to control an outbreak spreading in its most famous beach resort.

Tokyo reports record 472 new coronavirus cases on Saturday: NHK

Published On: August 1, 2020 01:05 PM NPT By: Reuters

TOKYO, August 1: The number of new coronavirus cases confirmed in Tokyo was around 472 on Saturday, a new record, NHK public television quoted Tokyo officials as saying.

LONDON, July 31: Three British teenagers were sentenced to a combined 42 years in jail by a judge on Friday for killing a policeman who was dragged behind a car for more than a mile, in a case that shocked the country.

U.S. records nearly 25,000 coronavirus deaths in July

Published On: July 31, 2020 06:05 PM NPT By: Reuters

WASHINGTON DC, July 31: U.S. coronavirus deaths rose by almost 25,000 in July and cases doubled in at least 18 states during the month, according to a Reuters tally, dealing a crushing blow to hopes of quickly reopening the economy.