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The security alert comes as bilateral tensions intensify over issues ranging from the COVID-19 pandemic, trade, the new Hong Kong security law and allegations of human rights violations against Uighurs in the Xinjiang region.

More than 200 scientists published an open letter to the WHO on July 6 warning about airborne transmission of COVID-19 via aerosols and urging the organization to recognize the risks.

In comparison to past wars, the U.S. has now had more deaths from COVID-19 than all the combat-related deaths in all the wars since the Korean War, including the Vietnam War and Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

Just hours after the court ruling was published, brushing aside international warnings not to change the status of the nearly 1,500-year-old monument that is revered by Christians and Muslims alike, Erdogan said.

The United States and the international community has to make the Chinese Communist Party understand that we expect them to play by the rules, US Senator said.

WHO said some outbreak reports related to indoor crowded spaces have suggested the possibility of aerosol transmission, combined with droplet transmission, such as during choir practice, in restaurants or fitness classes.

At least 12,063,425 cases and 549,451 deaths have been recorded, with the number of infections doubling since May 31. About half of those who caught the virus have recovered.

The draft Civil Partnership Act and amendments of the Civil and Commercial Code will be sent to Parliament soon for approval, deputy government spokeswoman Ratchada Thanadirek said after Wednesday's Cabinet meeting.

Special Assistant to KPK Chief Minister on Minorities Wazir Zada made this announcement during his visit to Bhai Joga Singh Gurdwara and expressed condolences over the demise of the Sikh pilgrims.

The comments by Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun were a rare case of a senior US official directly criticising North Korea since the two countries launched now-stalled diplomacy on North Korea's nuclear arsenal in 2018.

The miners were collecting stones in the jade-rich Hpakant area of Kachin state — the centre of Myanmar's secretive jade industry — when the "muddy wave" crashed onto them, after heavy rain, the fire service department said in a Facebook post.

Nepal PM's press advisor Surya Thapa announced that the meeting was postponed until Friday. The reason for the deferment for a fourth time was not revealed.

Bolsonaro is one of 1.9 million confirmed COVID-19 victims in coronavirus-wracked Brazil. Data shows that Black Brazilians and Indigenous people are getting sick and dying at much higher rates.

Biden's team said a policy plan to create manufacturing jobs is coming "soon" but offered early hints in a document outlining how they would prevent shortages of equipment to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

Citizens from Muslim-majority nations made up 4.5 percent of the US physician workforce in 2019, with Pakistan, Egypt and Iran historically providing the bulk.

Out of the total infections, Sindh province reported 94,528 cases, Punjab 81,963, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa 28,116, Islamabad 13,494, Balochistan 10,814, Gilgit-Baltistan 1,561 and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir 1,342.