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Indian-American physician appointed delegate to RNC

This is the fifth consecutive time Shivangi has been appointed a delegate to the Republican National Convention, India-West news reported on Saturday citing an official statement as saying.
Global COVID-19 cases near 12.7 million: Johns Hopkins

As of Sunday morning, the total number of cases stood at 12,681,472, while the fatalities rose to 564,420, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update.
5.1-magnitude earthquake jolts China; tremors felt in Beijing

Strong tremors were felt in the nearby regions including Beijing, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Garment workers lose jobs across Asia, stores in US, Europe shut

As per Wall Street Journal reports, millions of people belonging from various Asia's developing countries relied on factories producing T-shirts, trousers for employment.
Iran warns Europe not to give in to US pressures for extending UN arms embargo

"We have warned the European countries that if they give in to the political and diplomatic pressures from the United States, Iran has effective measures in response," Abbas Mousavi, spokesman of the foreign ministry, told Tasnim.
We face famine or virus: Syria’s displaced alarmed at aid impasse

A UN Security Council resolution authorising aid deliveries through the Turkish border expired on Friday as Russia and China vetoed an extension
Trump threatens to pull tax exemption for schools, colleges

Trump said on Twitter on Friday he was ordering the Treasury Department to re-examine the tax-exempt status of schools that he says provide “radical indoctrination” instead of education
WHO warns COVID-19 ‘getting worse’

The WHO chief added that the pandemic was "still accelerating", as the total number of COVID-19 cases worldwide has "doubled in the last six week", the Metro newspaper reported
Go back to work, try to lead more normal lives: Boris Johnson

UK prime minister urged people to start going back to work if they can and feel confident to return to shops and restaurants as they begin opening up by following the social distancing guidance
Pakistan records 2,752 new coronavirus cases, tally at 2,46,351

The death toll jumped to 5,123 with 65 more fatalities due to the viral infection
Remdesivir linked to reduced death risk in severe Covid-19 patients

This is an important finding that requires confirmation in prospective clinical trials, Gilead said on Friday about the results presented at the virtual COVID-19 conference as part of the 23rd International AIDS Conference
WHO believes ‘unknown pneumonia’ in Kazakhstan could be COVID-19

Michael Ryan, executive director of the Health Emergencies Program of the WHO, said at a regular briefing that the pneumonia outbreak in the Central Asian nation was "certainly on our radar,"
California to free 8,000 inmates over pandemic fears

In a statement on Friday, the Department said the additional actions aimed at protecting its most vulnerable population and staff from COVID-19, and allowing state prisons to maximize available space to implement physical distancing
Donald Trump to sign immigration bill to protect ‘Dreamers’

In an interview with anchor Jose Diaz-Balart of Telemundo, a North American Spanish language news, Trump said, "You have breaking news.
UN chief wants Tamil Nadu custodial deaths probed

"Every death of all these cases as a principal need to be fully investigated," Dujarric said on Friday when he was asked about the deaths of P Jayaraj and his son J Fennix, allegedly due to torture by police after their arrest on June 19.
Global COVID-19 cases top 12.4 million: Johns Hopkins

As of Saturday morning, the total number of cases stood at 12,461,962, while the fatalities rose to 559,481, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update.
Where is the fifth ocean?

The Southern Ocean extends from the coast of Antarctica north to 60 degrees south latitude
WHO pair head to China for virus origin scoping mission

Scientists believe the killer virus jumped from animals to humans, possibly from a market in the city of Wuhan selling exotic animals for meat
US SC rules half of Oklahoma as Native American land

Thursday's decision in McGirt v Oklahoma is seen as one of the most far-reaching cases for Native Americans before the highest US court in decades, the BBC said in a report.
US sanctions Chinese officials over Xinjiang ‘abuse’

The sanctions target the US-connected financial interests of regional Chinese Communist Party (CCP) chief Chen Quanguo and three other officials, said the BBC report.