A US Navy warship has successfully tested a new high-energy laser weapon that can destroy aircraft mid-flight. The Navy, in a statement on Friday, said lasers, which it calls directed energy weapons (DEW), can be effective defences against drones or armed small boats.

US successfully tests a laser weapon that can destroy aircraft mid-flight

The Vatican Museums will open up again on June 1 after months of staying shut down due to the coronavirus lockdown. A statement said the Museums, which house some of the world's greatest Renaissance masterpieces as well as ancient Roman and Egyptian artefacts, can be visited from the beginning of June, though only by making on-line reservations in order to control the number of people.

Coronavirus: Museums in Vatican City to reopen on June 1

A new cluster of coronavirus infections has broken out in Malaysia at a detention centre for undocumented migrants. The health ministry said on Saturday that 21 cases were identified at the Semenyih detention centre near the capital Kuala Lumpur, which houses around 1,600 detainees.

Second coronavirus cluster in Malaysia breaks out at migrant detention centres

With a vaccine still a long distance away, efforts to repurpose old medications used for other ailments provide hope of an early counter to COVID-19, say scientists, placing the antiviral remdesivir on top of the list of possible contenders.

Several drugs under trial for COVID-19, remdesivir leading contender, say scientists

Cyclone Amphan, which tore through West Bengal this week, has caused a damage of Rs 1 trillion ($13 billion) to infrastructure and crops. Neighbouring Bangladesh, which also fell in Cyclone Amphan's path on Wednesday, said it had suffered a loss of 11 billion taka ($130 million).

Cyclone Amphan loss estimated at Rs 1 trillion in India

Hertz Global Holdings Inc has filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday after its business was decimated during the coronavirus pandemic and talks with creditors failed to result in much needed relief.

Car rental group Hertz files for bankruptcy

The Indian government on Thursday refuted China's claims that India was carrying out activities in violation of the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh and Sikkim. "Any suggestion that Indian troops had undertaken activity across the LAC in the Western Sector or the Sikkim sector is not accurate," the spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, Anurag Srivastava told the media during a virtual press briefing.

India refutes China's claims of activity in violation of Line of Actual Control

Farmers in Jammu and Kashmir are reaping a bumper strawberry crop this season, all thanks to good weather conditions. But what's worrying them is the coronavirus lockdown.

Coronavirus lockdown looms over strawberry boom in Kashmir

The coronavirus pandemic has changed how we live and it definitely has also changed how we celebrate our festivals. Days ahead of the Islamic festival of Eid, the administration in Jammu and Kashmir is training bakers for personal safety, production, and distribution to stop any chances of coronavirus transmission.

Jammu and Kashmir: Ahead of Eid, bakers resume business after undergoing coronavirus tests, training

Beijing is set to impose a new national security law on Hong Kong following the last year's often violent anti-China unrest that plunged the city into its deepest turmoil since returning to Chinese rule in 1997.

With US' support, Hong Kong has a chance to fight back against China's new law

Former White House butler, Wilson Roosevelt Jerman, who had served as many as 11 US Presidents, has died of COVID-19. His death was confirmed by his granddaughter, Shanta Taylor Gay.

Former White House butler who served 11 presidents dies of COVID-19

China's parliament begins its annual session on Friday and is expected to unveil stimulus measures to spur an economy battered by the coronavirus. Their biggest challenge, however, continues to be the surging unemployment.

China's delayed parliament to focus on its biggest challenge - unemployment

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