The coronavirus death toll in the United States crossed 25,000 on Tuesday with the country witnessing the highest single-day tally of 2,129. Data | United States bears the global brunt of new coronavirus cases As of Tuesday, more than 6,05,000 Americans had tested positive for the novel coronavirus — more than the other top three […]
Kurdish-led forces on Tuesday said more people were surrendering from the Islamic State group’s last scrap of territory in Syria, after overnight air raids and shelling ravaged jihadist outposts. A ragged tent encampment in the eastern Syrian village of Baghouz is all that remains of a once-sprawling IS “caliphate” declared in 2014 across large swaths […]
Australian officials issued fresh evacuation warnings on Wednesday ahead of a forecast spike in the intensity of uncontrollable bushfires that have devastated vast swathes of countryside and sent smoke clouds as far away as Brazil. Residents of Victoria state’s fire-ravaged east were urged to leave before another heatwave raises the bushfire danger, while in South […]
