Russia to test coronavirus vaccine on soldiers
MOSCOW – Russia has announced that it will begin clinical trials of a vaccine against COVID-19 in 50 soldiers, who have volunteered to participate in…
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Trump threatens military force after week of violent protests across US states
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Monday declared himself the “president of law and order” as protesters just outside the White House gates were dispersed…
Trump’s social media censorship executive order challenged by legal experts
WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump’s attempt to curb what he says is social media censorship is a political gambit and will not change the…
WATCH | Pakistan International Airlines plane crashes in Karachi
Khawaja Dawood/The Santiago Times Special Correspondent LAHORE – A passenger plane with nearly 100 people on board crashed in a crowded neighbourhood on the edge…
COVID-19 may never go away, warns WHO
GENEVA – The novel coronavirus may become another just another virus in the world community like HIV infection, and may never go away, a senior…
Serious fist and stone incident at India-China border post
NEW DELHI – Several Indian and Chinese soldiers were injured in a high-altitude cross-border clash involving fistfights and stone-throwing at a remote but strategically important…
Indian Jews join Israeli military
By Dan Lavie/Special to The Santiago Times TEL AVIV – Pvt. Baruch Chayim Gangte and Pvt. Yotam Singson are part of a group of 12…
Dead cat in Catalonia tests positive for coronavirus
BARCELONA – A cat belonging to a family in the Spanish region of Catalonia tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the professor who conducted an…
Russian PM in hospital after testing positive for COVID-19
MOSCOW – Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has told President Vladimir Putin that he had been diagnosed with the coronavirus and was temporarily stepping down…
Trump confirms first Coronavirus death in U.S.
WASHINGTON – A woman has died from coronavirus in Washington, making it the first reported death in the United States. President Donald Trump said the…