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Protesters topple statues of Victoria, Elizabeth in Canada

Protesters topple statues of Victoria, Elizabeth in Canada

-- 2021-07-02 18:35:23

Protesters have toppled statues of Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II in the Canadian city of Winnipeg as anger grows over the discovery of the remains of hundreds of children in unmarked graves at...

India crosses grim milestone of 400,000 Covid-19 deaths

India crosses grim milestone of 400,000 Covid-19 deaths

Reuters 2021-07-02 11:35:56

India reached the grim milestone of 400,000 deaths from the coronavirus on Friday, half of them during a second wave in the past few months that overwhelmed the healthcare system and crematoriums. In...

Some European countries to allow travellers from India inoculated with Serum-made Covishield

Some European countries to allow travellers from India inoculated with Serum-made Covishield

Reuters 2021-07-02 10:01:45

Germany and Spain are among nine countries in Europe who have told India they will accept travellers inoculated with Covishield, the Indian-made version of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine, Indian forei...

Trump company's CFO surrenders ahead of expected unveiling of criminal tax charge

Trump company's CFO surrenders ahead of expected unveiling of criminal tax charge

Reuters 2021-07-01 18:15:08

The chief financial officer of the Trump Organisation surrendered to authorities on Thursday as he and former US President Donald Trump's namesake company prepare to face criminal charges. Allen Weis...

10 killed in overnight attack on eastern Congo city of Beni

10 killed in overnight attack on eastern Congo city of Beni

Reuters 2021-07-01 18:09:45

At least 10 people were killed overnight in a raid on the city of Beni in eastern Congo, witnesses said, and a civil society group and a monitoring body said Islamist militants were suspected of being...

Tokyo mom creates COVID-19 vaccination database

Tokyo mom creates COVID-19 vaccination database

REUTERS 2021-07-01 16:34:26

Balancing a new software programming job and caring for a toddler in Tokyo, LaShawn Toyoda saw increasing confusion in her social media feeds among non-Japanese speakers about how they could get a COV...

Thailand's 'paradise island' Phuket reopens to tourists

Thailand's 'paradise island' Phuket reopens to tourists

-- 2021-07-01 15:48:59

Hundreds of vaccinated foreign tourists arrived on the Thai resort island of Phuket on Thursday, the first visitors to its beaches and golf courses under a pilot programme designed to revive a tourism...

Indonesia announces lockdown as Covid cases soar

Indonesia announces lockdown as Covid cases soar

-- 2021-07-01 12:36:24

Indonesia has announced a lockdown on its main island Java, as well as the tourism destination of Bali. The announcement by President Joko Widodo comes as the country battles multiple outbreaks a...

Mexico's virus death toll could be 60pc higher than official count

Mexico's virus death toll could be 60pc higher than official count

Reuters 2021-07-01 11:23:25

Covid-19-related deaths in Mexico likely exceed the confirmed toll by about 60 per cent, Health Ministry data released on Wednesday showed. Authorities have said previously that fatalities likely far...

Xi hails 'new world' as China's Communist Party marks centenary

Xi hails 'new world' as China's Communist Party marks centenary

REUTERS 2021-07-01 10:43:43

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday hailed a "new world" created by the country's people as China's Communist Party marked the centenary of its founding, and warned foreign forces attemping to bu...

Deaths rise in US, Canada from worst heatwave on record

Deaths rise in US, Canada from worst heatwave on record

-- 2021-07-01 10:23:42

A heatwave that smashed all-time high temperature records in western Canada and the US Northwest has left a rising death toll in its wake as officials brace for more sizzling weather and the threat of...

Afghan civilians take up arms as US-led forces leave

Afghan civilians take up arms as US-led forces leave

Reuters 2021-06-30 19:44:19

Gun in hand, 55-year-old Dost Mohammad Salangi recites poetry as he leads a small group of men to a look-out post high in the rugged hills of Parwan province, north of the Afghan capital Kabul. Heavi...

Saudi Arabia to launch second national airline

Saudi Arabia to launch second national airline

REUTERS 2021-06-30 19:14:02

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced plans on Tuesday to launch a second national airline as part of a broader strategy to turn the kingdom into a global logistics hub as it seeks...

HK tycoon Jimmy Lai's Next Digital to stop operating from Thursday

HK tycoon Jimmy Lai's Next Digital to stop operating from Thursday

REUTERS 2021-06-30 16:31:49

Hong Kong media group Next Digital, owned by jailed tycoon Jimmy Lai, will cease operating from July 1 after the company's assets were frozen as part of a national security investigation, according to...

India reports 45,951 new virus cases, 817 deaths

India reports 45,951 new virus cases, 817 deaths

Reuters 2021-06-30 13:32:56

India reported on Wednesday 45,951 new Covid-19 infections over the past 24 hours, data from the health ministry showed. India's coronavirus-related deaths rose by 817 overnight.

Seven-year-old Taiwan boy thrown 27 times during judo class dies

Seven-year-old Taiwan boy thrown 27 times during judo class dies

-- 2021-06-30 12:04:28

A seven-year-old boy who was slammed to the floor 27 times during judo practice has died in Taiwan. In April, he had suffered severe brain haemorrhaging after a judo class which saw both his clas...

After Covid-19 surge, some signs of internal dissent appear against India’s Modi

After Covid-19 surge, some signs of internal dissent appear against India’s Modi

REUTERS 2021-06-30 11:42:34

Govind Pasi, a grassroots member of India's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), says he got no help from his connections in the ruling party when his wife contracted coronavirus and died at home for lack of...

A hundred years on, how the Communist Party dominates China

A hundred years on, how the Communist Party dominates China

REUTERS 2021-06-30 11:17:09

China's ruling Communist Party celebrates the 100th anniversary of its founding on July 1. What Are The Origins Of The Party? The Communist Party of China (CCP) was founded in 1921, holding its firs...

Over 130 dead in Canada amid record-breaking heatwave

Over 130 dead in Canada amid record-breaking heatwave

-- 2021-06-30 11:12:22

Dozens of people have died in Canada amid an unprecedented heatwave that has smashed temperature records. Police in the Vancouver area have responded to more than 130 sudden deaths since Friday....

Myanmar military authorities to release 700 prisoners from jail

Myanmar military authorities to release 700 prisoners from jail

Reuters 2021-06-30 10:36:33

Myanmar's military authorities will release around 700 prisoners from Yangon's Insein jail on Wednesday, prison chief Zaw Zaw told Reuters. The prison chief declined to specify who would be released....

Young brides' deaths trigger dowry crackdown in southern India

Young brides' deaths trigger dowry crackdown in southern India

Thomson Reuters Foundation 2021-06-29 20:12:06

India's Kerala state has launched a crackdown on the payment of dowry after the deaths of four young married women highlighted domestic abuse linked to the custom, which remains common despite being b...

Bali reopening to foreign tourists delayed as virus cases spike

Bali reopening to foreign tourists delayed as virus cases spike

Reuters 2021-06-29 15:11:38

Indonesia's government will wait until Covid-19 cases fall significantly before opening Bali to foreign tourists, the country's tourism minister said in an interview. The coronavirus pandemic has dev...

More Australian cities put under lockdown amid outbreak of Delta variant

More Australian cities put under lockdown amid outbreak of Delta variant

Reuters 2021-06-29 13:50:55

Australia's most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), reported a slight rise in Covid-19 infections on Tuesday, while officials tightened curbs and pushed for vaccinations to contain flare-ups of th...

Global Covid cases cross 181 million

Global Covid cases cross 181 million

-- 2021-06-29 12:52:38

The global Covid-19 caseload surged past 181 million Tuesday even with mass inoculations underway. The total caseload and fatalities stand at 181,388,210 and 3,928,804, respectively, as of Tuesday mo...

Hong Kong bans all incoming flights from UK to curb Covid spread

Hong Kong bans all incoming flights from UK to curb Covid spread

-- 2021-06-29 11:54:36

Hong Kong is to ban all flights from the UK to curb the spread of the Delta variant of Covid. The UK is to be classified as an "extremely high-risk" country, the highest rating Hong Kong has for...

Death toll in Florida condo collapse rises to 11

Death toll in Florida condo collapse rises to 11

Reuters 2021-06-29 11:53:48

Search-and-rescue teams pulled two more bodies from the concrete and steel rubble of a partially collapsed Florida condominium tower on Monday, bringing the death toll to 11 with 150 people still list...

Ethiopia declares ceasefire in Tigray region as rebels take control of capital

Ethiopia declares ceasefire in Tigray region as rebels take control of capital

-- 2021-06-29 10:12:45

Ethiopia's government has declared a ceasefire in its war-torn Tigray region, as rebel fighters claim control of the regional capital Mekelle. Residents reported scenes of jubilation with thousan...

US troops come under rocket fire in Syria

US troops come under rocket fire in Syria

-- 2021-06-29 09:35:59

US troops came under rocket fire in Syria on Monday, but escaped injury, in apparent retaliation for weekend US airstrikes against Iran-aligned militia in Syria and Iraq. A US military spokesman said...

UN peacekeeping missions globally prepare for possible shutdown

UN peacekeeping missions globally prepare for possible shutdown

-- 2021-06-29 08:34:20

United Nations peacekeeping missions globally are preparing for a possible shutdown on Thursday if the 193-member UN General Assembly is unable to agree on a new $6 billion budget for the year to June...

India announces to provide free visas to 500,000 tourists

India announces to provide free visas to 500,000 tourists

-- 2021-06-28 22:10:33

India will provide free visas to 500,000 tourists as part of the country’s measures to revive the tourism sector battered by the Covid-19 pandemic. India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sithar...