Typhoon Kammuri made landfall across the Philippines on Tuesday, forcing the&nbsp;evacuation of some 200,000 residents from coastal and mountainous areas over fears of flooding, storm surges, and landslides. The typhoon damaged houses and knocked out power. Operations at Manila international airport&nbsp;were suspended&nbsp;for 12 hours. The typhoon had&nbsp;windspeeds of 155 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 235 kilometers per hour.&nbsp;

Typhoon Kammuri made landfall across the Philippines on Tuesday, forcing the evacuation of some 200,000 residents from coastal and mountainous areas over fears of flooding, storm surges, and landslides. The typhoon damaged houses and knocked out power. Operations at Manila international airport were suspended for 12 hours. The typhoon had windspeeds of 155 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 235 kilometers per hour.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday ordered the military to scale up the battle preparedness,&nbsp;visualise&nbsp;worst-case scenarios, and asked them to resolutely defend the country&rsquo;s sovereignty.&nbsp;Xi who is the head of the two-million-strong military with prospects of lifelong tenure in power, made the remarks while attending a plenary meeting of the delegation of the&nbsp;People's&nbsp;Liberation Army and People's Armed Police Force during the current parliament session.&nbsp;He ordered the military to think about worst-case scenarios, scale up training and battle preparedness, promptly and effectively deal with all sorts of complex situations.&nbsp;His comments came in the backdrop of the nearly 20-day standoff between India and China at the Line of Actual Control.&nbsp;

The Spanish government has announced 10 days of national mourning in memory of the victims of the new coronavirus.&nbsp;Spanish flags in Madrid's Cibeles Square hung at half staff in a sign of respect.&nbsp;A huge black ribbon has been hung from the monumental archway and a&nbsp;new monument in memory of the victims has been recently unveiled.
The plaque on the eternal flame reads 'your flame will never fade from our hearts.'
Over 26,000 people have died in Spain so far from the Covid-19 outbreak.

Shi Zhengli, a virologist renowned for her work on coronavirus in bats, has said that the viruses being discovered now are "just the tip of the iceberg" and called for international cooperation in the fight against epidemics. In an interview to Chinese state television CGTN, Zhengli&nbsp;said that&nbsp;research into viruses needs scientists and governments to be transparent and cooperative. She added that&nbsp;we must learn in advance&nbsp;about these unknown viruses carried by wild animals in nature and give early warnings to prevent humans from suffering. Zhengli&nbsp;is the deputy director of Wuhan&nbsp;Institute of Virology, the lab being blamed for releasing the deadly virus. She told CGTN&nbsp;that&nbsp;&nbsp;genetic characteristics of the viruses she's worked with didn't match those of the coronavirus spreading in humans.

The New York Stock Exchange&nbsp;is set to reopen its trading floor on Tuesday after a two-month closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. The NYSE is one of the few bourses to still feature floor trade, while most have shifted to fully-electronic trading. Under the new measures only a quarter of the normal number of traders will be allowed to return to work.

The Afghan govt has released another 900 Taliban prisoners to further advance peace efforts, including an extended ceasefire and the immediate start of intra-Afghan peace talks, the govt spokesman said on Tuesday. The govt had released 100 Taliban prisoners on Monday. The&nbsp;move comes after Taliban announced a 3-day ceasefire during Eid&nbsp;and have now agreed to extend it for at least another 4 days. The Afghan govt and Taliban have agreed to a prisoner swap as a pre-condition for intra-Afghan peace talks. Taliban is supposed to release 1000 soldiers while the govt is supposed to release 5000&nbsp;Talibs.&nbsp;

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden has made his first public appearance at a Memorial Day event after more than two months in quarantine amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Wearing a black face mask, the former Vice President accompanied by his wife Jill, on Monday presented a wreath of white roses at Delaware's War Memorial Plaza, before observing a moment of silence to commemorate the military personnel who fought in World War Two and the Korean War. Biden last made a public appearance about 10 weeks ago.

As if Elon Musk's son's name wasn't confusing enough, they've gone ahead and added a roman numeral to it. The baby will be called X &AElig; A-Xii. The announcement was made by his mother, Canadian singer Grimes on Twitter. She said the roman numerals looked 'cooler'&nbsp;Twitter's response to the name change is hilarious!

The US coronavirus death count has risen by 532 over the past 24 hours, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker. The total US death count has now crossed 98,000 and the number of coronavirus infections have gone past 16 lakhs. Both are the highest anywhere in the world.

China has decided to evacuate its citizens, including students, tourists and businessmen, from India who are facing&nbsp;&lsquo;difficulties&rsquo;&nbsp;in the country and want to return home in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.&nbsp;The Chinese embassy put out a notice on its website on Monday, asking those wanting to return home to book tickets in special flights.&nbsp;The notice by the Chinese embassy said the people opting to return home will have to accept all quarantine and epidemic prevention arrangements during the flight as well as after entering China.&nbsp;The move to evacuate its citizens comes in the wake of India emerging as the 10th worst-hit country by the deadly virus, which has infected nearly 1.40 lakh people in India.&nbsp;

The WHO has warned of a "second peak" in coronavirus infections in countries where the cases are declining if they let up too soon on measures to halt the outbreak. The world is still in the middle of the first wave of the coronavirus outbreak, WHO emergencies head Dr Mike Ryan told an online briefing. Ryan noted that while cases are declining in many countries they are still increasing in Central and South America, South Asia and Africa. He said epidemics often come in waves, which means that outbreaks could come back later this year in places where the first wave has subsided.

The World Health Organization has &lsquo;temporarily&rsquo; suspended clinical trials of&nbsp;hydroxychloriquine&nbsp;as a potential treatment for Covid-19 being carried out across a range of countries as a precautionary measure.&nbsp;The decision came after the publication last week of a study in the Lancet indicating that the using the drug on Covid-19 patients could increase their likelihood of dying. US&nbsp;President Donald Trump has touted the drug as a&nbsp;&lsquo;game-changer&rsquo;&nbsp;and&nbsp;revealed last week&nbsp;that he had been taking it as a preventative against the coronavirus after consulting with the White House doctor.&nbsp;

The pilot of the Pakistan International Airlines crashed plane ignored three warnings from the air traffic controllers about the aircraft's altitude and speed before the landing, news agency PTI has reported. The pilot reportedly told the ATC that he was satisfied and would handle the situation. Reports said that pilot repeatedly ignored warning to lower altitude as it prepared to land. 97 people had died in the crash while two miraculously survived.

The United States has imposed travel restrictions on foreign nationals who have been to Brazil in the last 14 days. Brazil has recorded more than 360,000 Covid-19 cases, with over 22,000 deaths due to the virus. Non-Americans who have been in Brazil in the two weeks will be denied entry. The restriction will not affect trade between the two countries. The travel ban will not apply to US citizens, or to the spouse, parent, legal guardian, or child of a US citizen or lawful permanent resident, and most siblings under the age of 21.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has lifted the country&rsquo;s nationwide state of emergency, ending restrictions in the remaining areas where the order was still in effect. Abe said the country had managed to control the spread of Covid-19 since issuing the order in some areas on 7th April, then later extending it nationwide.&nbsp;Japan has been easing restrictions since mid-May, but kept several areas, including Tokyo under strict surveillance. Japan has recorded a relatively low number of cases and deaths in comparison to other major economies. As of Monday, Japan had recorded 820 coronavirus-related deaths and 16,550 infections.

Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says his government will compile a fresh stimulus package worth about $930 billion to provide financial support for companies hit by the coronavirus pandemic. The package would bring the amount of spending to more than $1.9 trillion as the government had earlier compiled a 117 trillion yen stimulus package. The world's third-largest economy has fallen into a recession.

Germany's economy has been pushed into a recession in the first quarter, the govt confirmed on Monday. The 2.2% contraction is the steepest since the financial crisis of 2008 and the second-steepest since the country's reunification in 1990.&nbsp;The official statistics released on Monday confirm preliminary data from earlier this month and show a slump in exports, private consumption, and capital investments.&nbsp;Experts expect a much bigger drop in the second quarter, April to June, as most of the lockdown measures were only introduced in mid-March.

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday said the country is "open" to international research on the origin of the new coronavirus with the World Health Organization taking the lead, but will not accept any lawsuit demanding the country pays compensation to the victims. He said the trace of virus origin must be based on science and not politics. Talking about the possible lawsuit Yi said those who would bring such litigation against China would be "daydreaming and bring disgrace to themselves"

A few demonstrators gathered near the exit of the Trump National Club in Sterling, Virginia, on Sunday as President Donald Trump departed the venue after spending most of the day on the links playing golf. The protesters waved signs criticising the US administration's handling of the coronavirus pandemic and as the presidential motorcade passed them, they could be heard chanting "Stop killing us!". The US leads the world with more than 1.6 million confirmed coronavirus cases, and a death toll that is expected to surpass 100,000 later this week, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.

Several were injured after a shooting erupted at a Florida beachside road, where more than 200 people gathered and were seen partying and dancing despite pandemic restrictions on Saturday night. Local authorities&nbsp;released helicopter images showing the large Memorial Day weekend crowds surrounding a car outside a beachfront mall as men stood on the sunroof and out the windows throwing money around and blocking traffic. The Daytona Beach Police and the sheriff's office said on Twitter that a shooting that ensued near the beach on Saturday night&nbsp;sent several people to the hospital with wounds. Law enforcement agencies say no arrests have been made.
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US President Donald Trump says he's doing fine after taking a two-week course of anti-malaria drug for Covid-19. Trump said that he was taking hydroxychloroquine and a zinc supplement, adding that the regimen was meant to help prevent infection after two White House staffers tested positive for the coronavirus. The Trump administration has pushed the drug as potential prophylaxis for Covid-19 going against warnings of many top medical professionals.

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