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The US health watchdog has authorised the emergency use of a new and expensive saliva based laboratory diagnostic test for Covid-19 that could be a game changer in the diagnosis of the infection as it will enable rapid testing amongst more people easily. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2PTn8R8

The US health watchdog has authorised the emergency use of a new and expensive saliva based laboratory diagnostic test for Covid-19 that could be a game changer in the diagnosis of the infection as it will enable rapid testing amongst more people easily. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2PTn8R8

With the detection of the 670 new cases, Pakistan's coronavirus tally now stands at 288,717, the ministry said. Of the total infections, Sindh reported the maximum number of 125,904 cases, followed by Punjab at 95,391, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa at 35,153, Islamabad at 15,378, Balochistan at 12,224, Gilgit-Baltistan at 2,486 and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) at 2,181. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3kR4ozR

Eighteen bodies have been recovered in Nepal's Sindhupalchowk district after a landslide hit the area on August 14, officials said. Twenty-one others are still missing as rescuers continued to search for people trapped under the debris. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2E0zYdU

A riot was declared in Oregon's biggest city as protesters demonstrated outside a law enforcement building early Sunday, continuing a nightly ritual in Portland. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/31XMenG

Palestinian militants in Gaza fired two rockets into southern Israel after Israeli airstrikes targeted sites belonging to the territory's militant Hamas rulers. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2CuNCFt

The US Postal Service is warning states it cannot guarantee that all ballots cast by mail for the Nov. 3 election will arrive in time to be counted, even if ballots are mailed by state deadlines. That's raising the possibility that millions of voters could be disenfranchised. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3iKsFpt

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The protesters on Friday chanted slogans for the freedom of victims of enforced disappearances in Sindh. They held placards with pictures of victims of enforced disappearances, according to a statement issued by Sindhi Foundation which organised the protest. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2PYQg9O

Vladimir Putin has offered to help ensure Belarus's security, according to its president Alexander Lukashenko, as pressure builds on the strongman leader and opposition protesters prepare for a show of force Sunday. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/3g2Nivi

The Empire State Building in New York was lit up in the colours of the Indian national flag on the occasion of India's 74th Independence Day. Under the concept of a drive-thru festival, more than 800 cars drove into a first-of-its-kind Independence Day celebration in the suburbs of Washington DC to commemorate the occasion. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2EbYMzl

Harris, 55, who is the first black to be selected as a vice-presidential candidate of a major party, took a trip down the memory lane, mentioning her "long walks" in Madras (now Chennai) with her grandfather who would tell her about the "heroes" responsible for the birth of the world's largest democracy. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/31VawP8

Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris on Saturday took a trip down memory lane, recalling her mother's attempts to "instil a love of good idli" in her and sister Maya and "long walks" with her grandfather in Chennai. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2DWvoxr

President Donald Trump said Saturday he will "take a look" at pardoning Edward Snowden, the former US intelligence contractor who revealed in 2013 that the US government was spying on its citizens. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3kIdm2q

President Donald Trump's younger brother, Robert Trump, a businessman known for an even keel that seemed almost incompatible with the family name, died Saturday night after being hospitalized in New York, the president said in a statement. He was 71. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3atAPj7

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President Donald Trump said Saturday he will "take a look" at pardoning Edward Snowden, the former US intelligence contractor who revealed in 2013 that the US government was spying on its citizens. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3kIdm2q

In the US, pharmaceutical companies plan to make around 196 million doses to serve the population of 330 million, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/33Z5q78

"I want to be part of history. I want to help," said Rodriguez, a 63-year-old teacher sitting in the offices of a clinical investigation center north of Miami, as nurses prepare to inject her. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3askrQ0

When Siddarth Shankar applied to Yale in 2017, he did not hesitate to identify himself as Asian American and wrote about how visiting family members in Kashmir had shaped his worldview. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/341lNQA

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But for the Trump administration, the vote could open a separate path to try to inflict maximum damage on Iran ahead of US polls. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3iLG7tu