Pakistan has recorded 553 more coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the country's COVID-19 caseload to 279,699, officials said on Sunday. The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) in its update on the second day of Eid al-Adha reported that six more people lost their lives due to the contagion, taking the death toll to 5,976.

Pakistan reports 553 new COVID-19 patients, tally stands at 279,669

Astronomers have discovered a "space butterfly" coloured with brilliant blues and clouds of purple and red thousands of light years away. The space phenomenon, named for its resemblance to a butterfly, is actually a planetary nebula -- a giant cloud of gas that forms around an ancient star that hasn't yet exploded.

Astronomers capture 'space butterfly' from thousands of light years away

Scientists have examined the chances of healthy people catching COVID-19 in a train carriage with a single infectious person, and have found that a safe social distance of more than one metre is required for an hour spent travelling together with the individual.

COVID-19 transmission rate in train carriage decoded

US federal officers will stay in the protest-wracked city of Portland until local law enforcement officials finish a "cleanup of anarchists and agitators," President Donald Trump has repeated.

Fed agents staying in Portland until police 'cleanup', repeats Trump

The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on a powerful Chinese company and two officials for what it said were human rights abuses against Uighurs and other ethnic minorities.

US imposes human rights sanctions on Chinese company, individuals

Afghanistan accused Pakistan on Friday of killing 15 civilians during clashes at a border crossing where crowds were jostling to cross for the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha.

At least 22 have died in border clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan

A person was hospitalised after being diagnosed with babesiosis, the UK’s first case of the rare tick-borne disease. A second person was taken to hospital with a probable case of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE), according to Public Health England.

First cases of rare tick-borne disease recorded in UK

China's embassy in Germany condemned Berlin`s suspension of its extradition treaty with Hong Kong, a move Germany said was a response to the postponement of an election in the Chinese city.

China criticises Germany's suspension of extradition treaty with Hong Kong

Hundreds of children contracted the coronavirus at a summer camp held in the month of June in the US state of Georgia, health authorities said Friday. The virus infected at least 260 of the 597 attendees, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

Coronavirus infected hundreds of children at June summer camp in US

South Korean authorities arrested the founder of a secretive Christian sect at the centre of the country's largest outbreak of COVID-19 infections on Saturday for allegedly hiding crucial information from contact-tracers and other offences.

South Korea sect leader arrested over coronavirus outbreak

Mexico surpassed Britain as the country with the third-highest coronavirus death toll on Friday, as the pandemic reaches new milestones in Latin America and threatens to disrupt efforts to reopen the region's reeling economies.

Mexico takes over UK with third highest coronavirus death toll

An Indian serial killer, who admitted his involvement in the murder of more than 50 taxi drivers, has been caught by police after he fled to another state while out of prison on parole.

Indian serial killer confesses involvement in more than 50 murders

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