Coronavirus restrictions are being relaxed again in England under a plan outlined by Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday. ....

An unexploded World War II bomb weighing about 45 kg that could have "caused serious damage" was defused by Hong Kong police on Friday, it was reported. ....

The Brazilian government reported on Thursday that the country has registered over 2 million cases of the novel coronavirus after 45,403 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours, for a total of 2,012,151. ....

The first images snapped by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft, an international collaboration between NASA and the European Space Agency, or ESA, are now available for the public, including the closest pictures ever taken of the Sun. ....

A Covid-19 vaccine developed by researchers at Oxford University generated an immune response against the disease in Phase-1 trial, The Telegraph reported even as official publication of the results are awaited. ....

The number of Covid-19 cases in the US surpassed 3.5 million on Thursday, reaching 35,33,317, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. ....

US President Donald Trump's administration is considering a sweeping ban on travel from members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and their families, a media report said. ....

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro confirmed that he has once again tested positive for the novel coronavirus, roughly a week after he contracted the virus. ....

Former US Vice President Joe Biden, who is to be the Democratic Party candidate for president, has announced an immigration agenda that will end the country-wise green card caps for employment visas so that wait times stretching to decades for Indians can be reduced if he is elected. ....

The overall number of global COVID-19 cases has increased to more than 13.2 million, while the deaths have soared to over 577,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. ....