Japan to remove travel ban for 12 countries including Singapore next month

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Wednesday declared that catching the coronavirus was a “blessing from God” that exposed him to...

Who pays for the toilet paper? The big questions of the work-from-home era

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AMSTERDAM - As the world convulses in crisis, and tens of millions of us dig in for the long haul of...

Indonesian busts out of South Korean quarantine facility

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SEOUL - An Indonesian seaman bust out of a South Korean quarantine facility by breaking through a wall a day before...

Q&A: Where are we in the Covid-19 vaccine race?

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NEW YORK - Drugmakers and research centers around the world are working on Covid-19 vaccines, with large global trials of several...

‘There’s no one left’: Violent floods sweep bodies from cemetery in France

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SAINT-DALMAS-DE-TENDE, France - Corpses from a cemetery in southern France were swept down a mountainous valley by a violent storm,...

Tasmanian Devils set paw on mainland Australia after 3,000 years

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SYDNEY - The world’s largest surviving marsupial carnivore, the Tasmanian Devil, has been returned to the wild on Australia’s mainland...

Black hole discoveries win 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics

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STOCKHOLM/BERLIN - Three scientists who unravelled some of the deep mysteries of black holes, the awe-inspiring pockets of the universe where...

Indonesians police fire water cannons at protesters rallying against jobs law

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JAKARTA - Indonesian police used water cannons and tear gas on Tuesday to disperse protesters rallying against a new jobs...

Covid-19 vaccine may be ready by year-end, says WHO’s Tedros