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The largest increase was identified in Moscow, where 2,884 new positive tests were registered (up from 2,704 yesterday).

On Friday, the second day of the meeting, the leaders discussed the EU's single market, industrial policy and digital transformation.

On Friday, Health Minister Mai al-Kaileh confirmed 545 new cases, three deaths and 435 recoveries.

New York: New York state Governor Andrew Cuomo has urged officials in New York City to step up with the enforcement of wearing masks and social distancing due to the Covid-19 pandemic, or else face fines of upto $10,000. In a conference call on Friday, Cuomo said that he was going to enforce Section 16 of […]

There have been more than 200 cases at the University of Sheffield and 177 at University of Liverpool.

The flight failure came as it emerged the number of migrants living in budget hotels has gone up to more than 9,500.

The diplomatic reception attended by around 1,000 guests every autumn is expected to be cancelled, but one-off events that were planned are likely to be staged in 2021, if government guidelines allow.

As of Saturday, the overall tally of coronavirus cases in the UK increased to 469,764, while the death toll stood at 42,358.

The CEOs will testify on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which protects tech companies from liability over the content posted by users on their online services, reports CNBC.

The process of entering will be published online in the coming days, while those who have the needed documentation can start arriving in the country from October 8 onwards.

Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Trump was receiving the anti-viral drug remdesivir following consultation with specialists.

The Democratic presidential candidate emphasised on the importance of wearing masks, saying they are the most important, powerful public health tool.

The US is the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 7,331,241 and 208,693, respectively, according to the CSSE.

Accompanied by some officers of the High Commission of India in Sri Lanka, Rajapaksa paid his tributes to Gandhi statue

The huge international numbers come from a new report from Pure Earth and UNICEF. Pure Earth works to solve pollution problems that can be harmful to humans.

The decision to resume the pilgrimage was in response to the "aspirations of Muslims home and abroad" to perform the ritual and visit the holy sites, the interior ministry said last month.

Amazon had earlier tried to play down the importance of sharing data on how the pandemic affected workers, despite criticism from current and former employees over the protection measures put in place by the e-commerce giant.

The app, called "Covid Alert NY", is free and available through Apple's App Store and Google Play for both iOS and Android, CNBC said in a news report.

During Tuesday's acrimonious showdown with Biden, debate moderator Chris Wallace called on Trump to explicitly condemn white supremacists.

Earlier in the day, President Trump had announced that he and his wife Melania Trump have been tested positive for coronavirus.

The president had argued that the US needs to save and protect jobs for its domestic work force at a time when millions of them lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The announcement came after White House adviser Hope Hicks, one of Trump's closest aide, was confirmed to have tested positive for the virus on Thursday.

Another 15 people were injured and taken to hospitals, where they were in stable condition, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

Trump did not say how long he was planning to be in isolation -- he is regularly tested for the potentially deadly virus but the tests can yield false negative results.