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Miami collapse: Remaining structure demolished over safety fears

Miami collapse: Remaining structure demolished over safety fears

-- 2021-07-05 17:23:56

The remaining section of a partially collapsed apartment block near Miami has been demolished over safety fears as a tropical storm approaches Florida. On Sunday night, explosive charges were used to...

Saudi Arabia approves security plan for 2021 Hajj

Saudi Arabia approves security plan for 2021 Hajj

-- 2021-07-05 13:19:12

Saudi Arabia has approved the security plan for the 2021 Hajj season that takes into account precautions against COVID-19, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. According to the plan issued by the S...

S Korea in talks with mRNA vaccine makers to produce up to 1 billion jabs

S Korea in talks with mRNA vaccine makers to produce up to 1 billion jabs

Reuters 2021-07-05 13:04:56

South Korea is in talks with mRNA vaccine makers including Pfizer and Moderna to produce Covid-19 shots in the country and is ready to offer the capacity to make up to 1 billion doses immedi...

Australia's NSW says next two days would be 'critical' amid rising covid cases

Australia's NSW says next two days would be 'critical' amid rising covid cases

-- 2021-07-05 12:23:20

Australia's New South Wales (NSW) on Monday said the next two days would be "absolutely critical" in deciding whether a two-week anti-coronavirus lockdown in Sydney, set to end on July 9, will have to...

Worsening Covid surge leads to oxygen shortage in Indonesia

Worsening Covid surge leads to oxygen shortage in Indonesia

-- 2021-07-05 11:32:09

Indonesia's government has ordered oxygen producers to prioritise medical needs as a surge in Covid cases has led to shortages in a number of cities. Hospitals say they are struggling at the limi...

Myanmar's junta bans senior telecom executives from leaving the country

Myanmar's junta bans senior telecom executives from leaving the country

Reuters 2021-07-05 10:43:57

Senior foreign executives of major telecommunications firms in Myanmar have been told by the junta that they must not leave the country without permission, a person with direct knowledge of the matter...

Japan landslide: Rescuers fight time, weather as some 80 still missing

Japan landslide: Rescuers fight time, weather as some 80 still missing

Reuters 2021-07-05 10:13:03

More than a thousand Japanese rescuers combed through crumbled houses and buried roads on Monday two days after landslides tore through a seaside city, fighting time and poor weather to search for som...

Car crash kills 32 in southern Mozambique

Car crash kills 32 in southern Mozambique

XINHUA 2021-07-04 21:38:50

At least 32 people were killed and dozens more were injured in a road accident on Saturday night in Maputo Province, southern Mozambique, Radio Mozambique (RM) reported on Sunday. The crash, involvin...

Philippine military plane crash kills at least 45

Philippine military plane crash kills at least 45

REUTERS 2021-07-04 20:56:59

A Philippines Air Force troop plane crashed and broke up in flames on a southern island on Sunday, killing at least 45 people after some jumped free, officials said, in the country's worst military ai...

Philippine military plane crash kills at least 45

Philippine military plane crash kills at least 45

REUTERS 2021-07-04 20:56:58

A Philippines Air Force troop plane crashed and broke up in flames on a southern island on Sunday, killing at least 45 people after some jumped free, officials said, in the country's worst military ai...

Biden White House serves up burgers, nostalgia for July Fourth

Biden White House serves up burgers, nostalgia for July Fourth

REUTERS 2021-07-04 19:18:28

US President Joe Biden will mark the nation's 245th birthday on Sunday with a traditional celebration looking forward to a rebound from the coronavirus pandemic. After a holiday spent buying cherry p...

Miami building collapse: Search efforts suspended ahead of demolition

Miami building collapse: Search efforts suspended ahead of demolition

BBC 2021-07-04 17:59:21

Search efforts for possible survivors in the rubble of a partially collapsed apartment block near Miami have been suspended ahead of the controlled demolition of the rest of the building. Teams are p...

Myanmar forces kill 25 opponents of military junta in a raid

Myanmar forces kill 25 opponents of military junta in a raid

-- 2021-07-04 17:28:46

Myanmar security forces killed at least 25 people on Friday in a confrontation with opponents of the military junta at a town in the centre of the Southeast Asian nation, a resident and Myanmar-langua...

'What was the point?' Afghans rue decades of war as US quits Bagram

'What was the point?' Afghans rue decades of war as US quits Bagram

Reuters 2021-07-04 15:46:07

As American troops left their main military base in Afghanistan on Friday, marking a symbolic end to the longest war in US history, locals living in the shadow of the base and in nearby Kabul were lef...

Philippine military plane carrying 92 people crashes

Philippine military plane carrying 92 people crashes

-- 2021-07-04 12:22:00

A military plane crashed and broke up in flames in the southern Philippines on Sunday with 92 people aboard, and the army chief said at least 40 people had been rescued. The C-130 aircraft of the Phi...

Two dead after mudslide sweeps through Japan town

Two dead after mudslide sweeps through Japan town

-- 2021-07-04 10:38:56

A gush of mud that swept away homes and cars in a resort town southwest of Tokyo left at least two people dead and about 20 missing, officials said Sunday. Ten people were rescued and as many as 80 h...

Ukraine plans for women to march in high heels spark outrage

Ukraine plans for women to march in high heels spark outrage

BBC 2021-07-03 20:52:00

Plans by Ukraine's defence ministry to have female soldiers march in high heels instead of army boots in a parade next month have caused angry reactions. Iryna Gerashchenko, an opposition member of p...

At least 43 drown as boat carrying migrants, including Bangladeshis, sinks off Tunisia

At least 43 drown as boat carrying migrants, including Bangladeshis, sinks off Tunisia

-- 2021-07-03 20:46:56

At least 43 migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as the travellers, including Bangladeshis, tried to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy, while another 84 were rescued, the Tunisian Red...

Canada heatwave: Lightning triggers wildfires in British Columbia

Canada heatwave: Lightning triggers wildfires in British Columbia

BBC 2021-07-03 20:32:00

More than 130 wildfires - many sparked by lightning strikes - are burning across western Canada following a record-breaking heatwave. Canada's federal government said it would send military aircraft...

Iran may face fifth COVID-19 wave as Delta variant spreads

Iran may face fifth COVID-19 wave as Delta variant spreads

REUTERS 2021-07-03 19:57:26

Iran may face a fifth wave of COVID-19 infections as the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus spreads through the Middle East's worst-hit country, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani w...

US takes further actions against Burmese military regime   

US takes further actions against Burmese military regime  

FE Online Report 2021-07-03 19:53:25

The United States has taken further actions against the Burmese military regime, according to a statement issued on Saturday. In response to the brutal campaign of violence perpetrated by the Burmese...

At least 43 migrants drown in shipwreck off Tunisia

At least 43 migrants drown in shipwreck off Tunisia

REUTERS 2021-07-03 18:25:55

At least 43 migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy, while another 84 were rescued, the Tunisian Red Crescent told Reuters on Saturday....

India's Bharat Biotech says its vaccine 93.4pc effective against severe Covid-19

India's Bharat Biotech says its vaccine 93.4pc effective against severe Covid-19

Reuters 2021-07-03 11:47:29

Phase-III trials of a vaccine made by India's Bharat Biotech showed it was 93.4 per cent effective against severe symptomatic Covid-19, the firm said on Saturday, a finding that could boost people's a...

US forces quit Afghan base after 20 years

US forces quit Afghan base after 20 years

-- 2021-07-03 11:38:23

All US and NATO forces in Afghanistan have evacuated the Bagram Airfield near the Afghan capital Kabul, handing over the largest coalition base to the Afghan government troops, the Tolo News TV report...

US impose further sanctions on Myanmar military, enablers

US impose further sanctions on Myanmar military, enablers

-- 2021-07-03 10:30:08

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Assets Control has designated 22 individuals connected to the military regime in Myanmar. The US government came up with this further action in r...

Death toll in Florida condo collapse rises to 22

Death toll in Florida condo collapse rises to 22

Reuters 2021-07-03 10:26:18

The death toll rose to 22 on Friday from the collapse of a Florida condominium tower after the remains of four more victims were found in the rubble, and local officials ordered a second residential c...

Global Covid-19 cases top 183 million

Global Covid-19 cases top 183 million

-- 2021-07-03 10:13:10

With the new variants of Covid-19 spreading faster than ever before in several nations, the global corona cases have now topped 183 million. According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total cas...

Boeing 737 cargo plane goes down in water off Honolulu

Boeing 737 cargo plane goes down in water off Honolulu

-- 2021-07-02 20:35:34

A Boeing 737 cargo plane with two people onboard has gone down in the water off Honolulu after experiencing engine trouble, CNBC reported on Friday. The severity of the crash was unclear, CNBC said....

Indian High Court raps Bengal govt again for post-poll violence

Indian High Court raps Bengal govt again for post-poll violence

UNB 2021-07-02 19:53:48

For the second time in a fortnight, a higher court in Kolkata on Friday came down heavily on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's government for the post-poll violence in the eastern state of West Bengal...

New Saudi airline plan takes aim at Emirates, Qatar Airways

New Saudi airline plan takes aim at Emirates, Qatar Airways

-- 2021-07-02 18:38:33

Saudi Arabia plans to target international transit passenger traffic with its new national airline, going head-to-head with Emirates and Qatar Airways and revving up the regional competition. Crown P...