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This could add up to the increasing tensions between the US and China as President Donald Trump has repeatedly blamed Beijing for the coronavirus pandemic that has wreaked havoc across the world and accused Beijing of suppressing the details of the contagion. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2zYZzlG

The decision marks the first time in Saudi Arabia's modern history that Muslims outside the kingdom have been barred from performing the hajj, which last year drew 2.5 million pilgrims. The move to scale back the five-day event, scheduled for the end of July, is fraught with political and economic peril and comes after several Muslim nations pulled out of the ritual that forms one of the main pillars of Islam. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3dsCghL

The world's largest economy is the hardest-hit country by the pandemic, with more than 2.31 million official cases -- out of which about 640,000 people have fully recovered, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally. President Donald Trump said Monday that the virus death toll in the US could surpass 150,000. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/31egWKe

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In spite of the government's drive to discourage consumption of wildlife and pets for meat due to health reasons, the controversial dog meat festival has kicked off in Yulin city of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region in mainland China. But campaigners said visitors to the 10-day annual festival dwindled this year, with hopes that this year's event could be the last. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Vb4HKL

The world's largest economy is the hardest-hit country by the pandemic, with more than 2.31 million official cases -- out of which about 640,000 people have fully recovered, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally. President Donald Trump said Monday that the virus death toll in the US could surpass 150,000. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/31egWKe

A wave of nationwide rallies calling for racial justice has swept the United States since the May 25 death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/318iFAQ

Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana, who was rearrested in Los Angeles on an extradition request by India for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, is not a flight risk, his attorney has told a US court and proposed a $1.5 million bond for his release. Rana was recently released from jail on compassionate ground after testing positive for Covid-19. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3eqc8FJ

Russia celebrates its victory in World War II every year on May 9 with a massive military parade on Red Square in front of the president and other world leaders. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/37THRN5

The Soviet victory over Nazi Germany is personally important to President Vladimir Putin, who has harnessed the USSR's military triumph in 1945 to stir national pride among Russians today. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/3hRMFXA

The move is certain to intensify already high tensions between the Koreas. North Korea recently abruptly raised its fiery rhetoric against South Korean civilian leafleting, destroyed a Seoul-built liaison office on its territory and pushed to resume its psychological warfare against the South. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3eraAeh

"Rana should be released on a robust bond: secured by approximately $1.5 million in property pledged by family and friends and under the supervision of his daughter, Lemaan Rana, a matriculating medical student and Ph.D. candidate," Amy Karlin, the Interim Federal Public Defender said in the court submission on behalf of Rana. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3eqc8FJ

Russia celebrates its victory in World War II every year on May 9 with a massive military parade on Red Square in front of the president and other world leaders. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/37THRN5

The United States on Monday tightened rules on four more Chinese state media organizations, denouncing them as propaganda outlets, renewing a feud with Beijing. ​​The State Department said it was reclassifying four outlets - China Central Television, the China News Service, the People's Daily and the Global Times - as foreign missions rather than media outlets in the United States, adding to five others designated in February. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/31aarrY

China on Tuesday successfully launched the last satellite of its BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS), touted to be a competitor to the Global Positioning System (GPS) of the US, taking another step to becoming a major space power. The satellite was launched on Tuesday morning from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwest China's Sichuan Province. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Yqu2m7

Although protesters initially focused on removing statues of Confederate generals, the movement has begun to turn its focus to icons of US history, including the nation's founders Thomas Jefferson and George Washington, and President Theodore Roosevelt. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2V7d1Lw

The United States on Monday tightened rules on four more Chinese state media organizations, denouncing them as propaganda outlets, renewing a feud with Beijing. ​​The State Department said it was reclassifying four outlets - China Central Television, the China News Service, the People's Daily and the Global Times - as foreign missions rather than media outlets in the United States, adding to five others designated in February. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/31aarrY

Prior to Donald Trump's weekend rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma -- hyped as a major relaunch ahead of the November election -- Trump's campaign chairman tweeted that more than a million tickets had been requested. But just 6,200 people attended. Viral posts by K-pop fans and TikTok users revealed that plans to reserve tickets and not attending en masse had been circulating for days. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3hSu3XD

Saudi Arabia said on Monday it will bar arrivals from abroad to attend the haj this year due to the coronavirus, allowing only a limited number of Saudi citizens and residents to make the pilgrimage. The announcement means this will be the first year in modern times that Muslims from around the world have not been allowed to make the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/37T0rVm

US President Donald Trump believes that China is responsible for the spread of deadly coronavirus, his spokesperson Kayleigh McEnany has said. "The president never regrets putting the onus back on China — pointing out that China is responsible for this and, in the process, standing up for US troops who are being blamed by China in a campaign of misinformation," McEnany said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/318WIBU

Prior to Donald Trump's weekend rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma -- hyped as a major relaunch ahead of the November election -- Trump's campaign chairman tweeted that more than a million tickets had been requested. But just 6,200 people attended. Viral posts by K-pop fans and TikTok users revealed that plans to reserve tickets and not attending en masse had been circulating for days. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3hSu3XD

US President Donald Trump believes that China is responsible for the spread of deadly coronavirus, his spokesperson Kayleigh McEnany has said. "The president never regrets putting the onus back on China — pointing out that China is responsible for this and, in the process, standing up for US troops who are being blamed by China in a campaign of misinformation," McEnany said. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/318WIBU

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