Brazil President Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus
UTV | COLOMBO – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday he tested positive for the novel coronavirus, adding in a television interview that he...
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Pakistan’s health and foreign ministers test positive for COVID-19
(UTV | COLOMBO) – Pakistan’s Minister of State for Health Zafar Mirza tested positive for the coronavirus, the latest high profile government minister to contract...
Japan braces for more rain as death toll rises
Japan is bracing for more heavy rain after a weekend of flooding left at least 37 people dead. More than 40,000 rescue workers in the...
India overtakes Russia in Covid-19 cases
India has recorded more than 24,000 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, taking its total above that of Russia. The country now...
Outrage as Indian Judge calls alleged rape victim ‘Unbecoming’
An Indian judge is under pressure to delete comments from a court order that questioned the behaviour of a woman who alleged she was raped....
Texas Governor mandates wearing of face masks
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered face coverings to be worn in public as coronavirus cases rocket in the state. The directive applies to counties...
Myanmar jade mine landslide kills more than 100
(UTV | COLOMBO) – At least 113 bodies have been found after a landslide at a jade mining site in northern Myanmar, officials say. Rescue...
Hong Kong: UK makes citizenship offer to residents
(UTV | COLOMBO) – Up to three million Hong Kong residents are to be offered the chance to settle in the UK and ultimately apply...
Hong Kong: US passes sanctions as nations condemn new law
(UTV | COLOMBO) – The US House of Representatives has approved new Hong Kong-related sanctions, after Beijing imposed a security law that was condemned by...
Coronavirus: Fauci warns of 100,000 US cases per day
UTV | COLOMBO – Top disease researcher Dr Anthony Fauci has told the US Senate that he “would not be surprised” if new virus cases...