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Most of the best studies, which are randomized controlled trials, focused on how well surgical masks protect health care workers in hospitals from picking up infections from sick patients, and found that consistent use of them helped.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Soros said humanity was at a turning point and the coming years would determine the fate of rulers like President Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping as well as the world itself.

China will close Beijing's Forbidden City — one of the country's most revered cultural sites — due to rising fears over a new SARS-like virus that has infected hundreds.

Chinese officials assured all assistance, including food supply, to the Indians who stayed put in the province, the Indian Embassy in Beijing said in a press release on Thursday.

According to a cybersecurity firm run by a former Obama administration official, evidence on the phone suggests it was infected by spyware in May 2018 via a WhatsApp message from the account of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Under sustained pressure from President Donald Trump, Mexico's government has adopted tougher measures to reduce the number of people heading towards the US border.

The State Department plans to publicise the rules on Thursday, according to two officials with knowledge of the plans who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.

The Pakistani Prime Minister claimed that India might attempt to raise tensions at the border in order to divert attention from domestic protests against the new citizenship law and the Kashmir issue.

The 40-year-old MP for Wigan in Greater Manchester is now confirmed as the second name on the ballot paper alongside frontrunner Sir Kier Starmer, ahead of a postal vote set to open on February 21.

Speaking at a session at the WEF 2020 here, Mnuchin said the US will maintain tariffs on China as it negotiates the next phase of a trade agreement.

Brune Poirson first spearheaded a law banning destruction of unsold goods and now she’s part of the team taking on the “handbag war”.

The four shortlisted astronauts -- all test pilots from the Indian Air Force -- are currently in Russia for an 11-month training programme.

Parts of the country welcomed heavy rainfall overnight, but authorities warned Tuesday that storms were bringing added complications, and the fire-danger risk could be elevated in the coming days.

It conceded some security personnel had used disproportionate force and committed war crimes and serious human rights violations, including the "killing of innocent villagers and destruction of their homes".

The President expressed concerns over the need to contain the virus, especially China is experiencing huge mobility in the week-long public holiday in Chinese New Year next week.

Ahead of the announcement of his meeting with Donald Trump, Imran Khan said there was an urgent need for the UN Security Council to insist India allow the UN Military Observer Group return to Kashmir