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Experts have struggled to accurately measure a crucial metric in the pandemic: the fatality rate, or percentage of people infected with the pathogen who are likely to die.

Democrat Joe Biden won the Nov. 3 U.S. presidential election, beating President Donald Trump, after a longerthanusual process of counting mailin ballots that a record number of Americans relied on during the coronavirus pandemic.

U.S. stocks pulled back on Thursday, amid increasing worries about worsening coronavirus counts across the country. Markets around the world have taken a pause after galloping higher this month, at first on expectations that Washington will continue sever...

Wall Street sank and U.S. Treasury yields edged lower on Thursday as euphoria over a potential COVID19 vaccine faded in the face of spiking infections and threat of a new round of economic restrictions to contain the pandemic.

Federal health officials have reached an agreement with pharmacies across the U.S. to distribute free coronavirus vaccines after they are approved and become available to the public.

Doctors treating iconic actor Soumitra Chatterjee on Thursday conducted the first plasmapheresis on the veteran for raising his plasma count and his condition was stable but critical, one of the physicians of the private hospital said in a statement Thu...

Through decades, deaths and disasters, AC/DC keeps thundering on.

Germany's health minister said on Thursday he expects restrictions imposed to curb the coronavirus pandemic will continue through winter, with life unlikely to get back to normal in December or January even if infections fall.

Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said the INS AIRAVAT left Mumbai on October 24 on a visit to this region with this aid comprising wheat flour, rice and sugar.

Rare Enterprises bought 50 lakh scrips of the company at an average price of Rs 57.73 apiece, as per NSE's bulk deal data.

U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said on Thursday vaccine developers should push to make billions of their COVID19 vaccines to ensure access to all parts of the world, instead of focusing on the rich countries.

In a tweet, he said these initiatives will help create jobs, alleviate the stressed sectors, ensure liquidity, boost manufacturing, energise the real estate sector and support farmers.

Dutch police on Thursday said they had arrested a suspect after the embassy of Saudi Arabia in the Netherlands was sprayed with gunfire before dawn earlier in the day. No one was injured.

French music distributor Believe is preparing a 2021 stock market flotation that could value it at around 2 billion euros ($2.4 billion) as its owners seek to benefit from high valuations for tech companies, people close to the matter said.

ER's Principal Chief Operations Manager U K Bal said that in view of the rush of passengers during office hours, it will increase its timetabled suburban train services in both Howrah and Sealdah divisions to 'almost 100 per cent' during peak hours.

Hooker Leonardo Ghiraldini could make his first appearance for Italy in more than 20 months.