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US to drop charges against Chinese researcher arrested on visa fraud

US to drop charges against Chinese researcher arrested on visa fraud

Reuters 2021-07-23 10:42:43

The US Justice Department moved on Thursday to drop all charges against a Chinese researcher arrested last year over visa fraud in its "China Initiative" that aims to prevent the transfer of US techno...

Global coronavirus cases top 192 million

Global coronavirus cases top 192 million

-- 2021-07-23 10:35:51

The global Covid-19 caseload has now surged past the grim milestone of 192 million as the highly contagious Delta variant is spreading like wildfire in several countries even with mass inoculations un...

'Pingdemic' puts Britain's food supply under strain

'Pingdemic' puts Britain's food supply under strain

REUTERS 2021-07-22 20:10:52

British supermarkets said on Thursday that some products were in short supply and petrol stations had been forced to close after the official health app told hundreds of thousands of workers to isolat...

Britain's Prince George marks eighth birthday with a grin

Britain's Prince George marks eighth birthday with a grin

-- 2021-07-22 18:12:20

Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate released a new photograph of their son Prince George with a beaming smile to mark his eighth birthday on Thursday. The photograph taken by his mother,...

Israel forms task force to assess NSO spyware allegations

Israel forms task force to assess NSO spyware allegations

Reuters 2021-07-22 15:01:59

Israel has set up a senior inter-ministerial team to assess growing allegations that spyware sold by an Israeli cyber firm has been abused on a global scale, Israeli sources said on Wednesday. One so...

Floods expose climate vulnerability, from China to Germany

Floods expose climate vulnerability, from China to Germany

REUTERS 2021-07-22 14:50:39

Deadly floods that have upended life in both China and Germany have sent a stark reminder that climate change is making weather more extreme across the globe. At least 25 people in the central Chines...

China rejects WHO plan for investigation into Covid origin

China rejects WHO plan for investigation into Covid origin

-- 2021-07-22 13:18:54

China rejected on Thursday a World Health Organization (WHO) plan for a second phase of an investigation into the origin of the coronavirus, which includes the hypothesis it could have escaped from a...

US general admits Taliban now control half of Afghan district centres

US general admits Taliban now control half of Afghan district centres

Reuters 2021-07-22 11:36:56

Taliban insurgents control about half of Afghanistan's district centres, the senior US general said on Wednesday, indicating a rapidly deteriorating security situation. Insecurity has been growing in...

Angry Indian Farmers to start a sit-in near parliament

Angry Indian Farmers to start a sit-in near parliament

-- 2021-07-22 09:52:19

Indian farmers, protesting over three new farm laws they say threaten their livelihoods, will start a sit-in near parliament in the centre of the capital New Delhi in a renewed push to pressure the go...

Australia cautions virus cases to rise despite weeks-long lockdown

Australia cautions virus cases to rise despite weeks-long lockdown

REUTERS 2021-07-22 09:18:58

Coronavirus cases in Australia spiked again on Thursday, despite a weeks-long lockdown, with authorities warning that infections would rise more and take a toll on the economy as the country battles t...

Covid-19 pandemic drives US life expectancy fall

Covid-19 pandemic drives US life expectancy fall

BBC 2021-07-21 23:27:35

Life expectancy in the United States declined by a year-and-a-half during 2020, according to health officials. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data showed the average US lifespan dro...

Americas account for 40pc global Covid deaths, 25pc cases: WHO

Americas account for 40pc global Covid deaths, 25pc cases: WHO

-- 2021-07-21 22:26:25

North, Central and South Americas still bear the global burden of 40pc of Covid-19 fatalities and more than 25pc of cases, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Almost 1 million cases wer...

Germany dampens hopes of finding survivors in flood-hit areas

Germany dampens hopes of finding survivors in flood-hit areas

-- 2021-07-21 21:28:19

A relief official dampened hopes on Wednesday of finding more survivors in the rubble of villages devastated by floods in western Germany, as a poll showed many Germans felt policymakers had not done...

Saudi women stand guard in Makkah during Hajj for the first time

Saudi women stand guard in Makkah during Hajj for the first time

REUTERS 2021-07-21 19:49:29

Inspired by her late father's career, Mona decided to join the military and the first group of Saudi women soldiers to work in Islam's holiest sites, where they are helping secure the Hajj annual pilg...

Israel's National Security Council 'looking into' NSO spyware allegations   

Israel's National Security Council 'looking into' NSO spyware allegations  

REUTERS 2021-07-21 19:36:49

Israel has set up a senior inter-ministerial team to "look into" proliferating allegations that spyware sold by an Israeli cyber firm has been abused on a global scale, an Israeli source said on Wedne...

At least 12 dead as floodwaters rush into subway tunnel in China

At least 12 dead as floodwaters rush into subway tunnel in China

-- 2021-07-21 19:10:36

Subway administration urgently halted traffic and cut all power, but one train stopped at a flooded section of the tunnel At least 12 people were killed and 5 injured when a subway tunnel was flooded...

100 Nigerian people freed after 42-day captivity

100 Nigerian people freed after 42-day captivity

REUTERS 2021-07-21 17:34:23

Police and government authorities have secured the release of 100 people, including women, children and nursing mothers, who were kidnapped from their village in north-western Nigeria over a month ago...

Global coronavirus cases top 191 million

Global coronavirus cases top 191 million

-- 2021-07-21 12:32:07

The global coronavirus caseload has now surpassed the grim milestone of 191 million as the highly contagious Delta variant is spreading like wildfire in several countries even with mass inoculations u...

Myanmar human rights defenders under siege

Myanmar human rights defenders under siege

-- 2021-07-21 11:32:12

UN experts have expressed their utmost concern over the situation of human rights defenders in Myanmar, and called for a stronger international response to the military coup, including coordinated san...

Trump ally arrested on foreign lobbying charges

Trump ally arrested on foreign lobbying charges

-- 2021-07-21 11:19:39

Thomas Barrack, a billionaire friend of Donald Trump who chaired the former president's inaugural fund, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with illegally lobbying the Trump administration on behalf o...

China’s Henan province swamped after heaviest rain in 1,000 years

China’s Henan province swamped after heaviest rain in 1,000 years

REUTERS 2021-07-21 10:26:25

Large swathes of China's central Henan province were under water on Wednesday, with its capital Zhengzhou hardest-hit after being drenched by what weather watchers said was the heaviest rain in 1,000...

India reports this year's first bird flu death

India reports this year's first bird flu death

-- 2021-07-21 10:00:59

India has reported its first bird flu death in the country for this year after a 12-year-old boy died at Delhi's All India Insitute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Tuesday, news agency ANI reported. T...

Indian opposition parties disrupt parliament, seeks probe into Pegasus

Indian opposition parties disrupt parliament, seeks probe into Pegasus

REUTERS 2021-07-20 20:29:18

Indian opposition parties disrupted parliament on Tuesday, demanding an investigation into reports that the government used Israeli-made Pegasus spyware to snoop on scores of journalists, activists an...

China rejects hacking charges, accuses US of cyberspying

China rejects hacking charges, accuses US of cyberspying

AP 2021-07-20 20:12:44

China on Tuesday rejected an accusation by Washington and its Western allies that Beijing is to blame for a hack of the Microsoft Exchange email system and complained Chinese entities are victims of d...

Jeff Bezos opens new era of private commercial space tourism

Jeff Bezos opens new era of private commercial space tourism

-- 2021-07-20 19:44:37

Jeff Bezos, the world's richest man, and three crewmates soared high above the Texas desert aboard his space venture Blue Origin's New Shepard launch vehicle on Tuesday and returned to Earth, a histor...

Two-thirds of Indians have coronavirus antibodies, survey shows

Two-thirds of Indians have coronavirus antibodies, survey shows

Reuters 2021-07-20 19:35:00

Two-thirds of India's population have antibodies against the coronavirus, according to data released on Tuesday from a survey of 29,000 people across the nation conducted in June and July. The fourth...

Australia's Covid-19 lockdowns cover more than half the 25m population

Australia's Covid-19 lockdowns cover more than half the 25m population

REUTERS 2021-07-20 19:07:10

More than half of Australia's 25 million population is under lockdown after a third state imposed movement restrictions on Tuesday to contain the spread of the highly contagious Covid-19 Delta variant...

Suu Kyi’s senior adviser dies from COVID-19 in custody

Suu Kyi’s senior adviser dies from COVID-19 in custody

REUTERS 2021-07-20 18:20:17

Myanmar politician Nyan Win, a senior adviser to ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, died in hospital on Tuesday after becoming infected with COVID-19 in jail, his party said, as the Southeast Asian count...

Indonesians celebrate Eid-ul-Azha festival under Covid-19 curbs

Indonesians celebrate Eid-ul-Azha festival under Covid-19 curbs

REUTERS 2021-07-20 16:35:13

Millions of Muslims in Indonesia on Tuesday celebrated Eid-ul-Azha, one of the most important Islamic festivals, as President Joko Widodo pledged that tighter coronavirus restrictions would remain in...

British journalist Simon Dring dies at 76

British journalist Simon Dring dies at 76

-- 2021-07-20 15:03:04

Simon Dring, a famous British foreign correspondent, television producer and presenter, who rose to fame for covering wars and revolutions around the world, has died at the age of 76, bdnews24.com rep...