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One dead, nearly 100 missing as building collapses in Miami

One dead, nearly 100 missing as building collapses in Miami

Reuters 2021-06-25 09:57:57

Rescue crews picked through tons of rubble on Thursday looking for survivors after the collapse of part of an oceanfront apartment tower overnight near Miami, where officials reported at least one per...

Oman introduces long-term residence visas for foreign investors

Oman introduces long-term residence visas for foreign investors

REUTERS 2021-06-24 20:06:35

Oman will start granting long-term residence visas to foreign investors, state media said on Wednesday, as the debt-burdened Gulf state pursues wide-ranging reforms to fix its shaky finances. The mov...

Gas infrastructure across Europe leaking planet-warming methane

Gas infrastructure across Europe leaking planet-warming methane

Reuters 2021-06-24 18:45:35

The potent greenhouse gas methane is spewing out of natural gas infrastructure across the European Union because of leaks and venting, video footage made available to Reuters shows. Using a 100,000 e...

Bhutan ready to mix COVID-19 doses to deal with vaccine shortages

Bhutan ready to mix COVID-19 doses to deal with vaccine shortages

-- 2021-06-24 17:30:32

Bhutan's Prime Minister on Thursday said he "has no problem" in mixing-and-matching COVID-19 vaccine doses to immunise a population of about 700,000 people in the tiny Himalayan nation. Bhutan, nestl...

Russia assures Myanmar junta leader of strengthening military ties

Russia assures Myanmar junta leader of strengthening military ties

-- 2021-06-23 19:31:54

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told Myanmar's junta leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing that Moscow is committed to strengthening military ties with it, Russia's RIA news agency reported. R...

Oxford University explores anti-parasitic drug ivermectin as COVID-19 treatment

Oxford University explores anti-parasitic drug ivermectin as COVID-19 treatment

Reuters 2021-06-23 17:41:16

The University of Oxford said on Wednesday it was testing anti-parasitic drug ivermectin as a possible treatment for COVID-19, as part of a British government-backed study that aims to aid recoveries...

Japanese couples must choose same surname

Japanese couples must choose same surname

REUTERS 2021-06-23 16:19:39

Japan's top court on Wednesday threw out a challenge by three couples who wanted to keep their own surnames after marriage, ruling those laws stipulating Japanese couples must choose one family name w...

Seven injured in blast in Pakistan's Lahore

Seven injured in blast in Pakistan's Lahore

-- 2021-06-23 14:10:02

At least seven people were injured when a blast went off inside a residential area in Lahore, the capital city of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province Wednesday, local media reported. The nature of the...

US blocks 36 Iran-affiliated websites

US blocks 36 Iran-affiliated websites

Reuters 2021-06-23 14:04:24

The US Justice Department said on Tuesday it seized 36 Iranian-linked websites, many of them associated with either disinformation activities or violent organisations, taking them offline for violatin...

New restrictions as Australia’s Sydney fights ‘dangerous’ Covid outbreak

New restrictions as Australia’s Sydney fights ‘dangerous’ Covid outbreak

-- 2021-06-23 13:28:46

Sweeping new restrictions will be imposed across Sydney as Australia's largest city grapples with a fast-growing Covid outbreak. Authorities reported 16 new infections on Wednesday, which brings...

India's COVID tally crosses 30 million

India's COVID tally crosses 30 million

-- 2021-06-23 12:41:34

India's COVID-19 tally surpassed 30 million-mark and the death toll crossed 390,000 on Wednesday, said the federal health ministry. While the tally rose to 30,028,709, the aggregate death toll reache...

Global coronavirus cases top 179 million

Global coronavirus cases top 179 million

-- 2021-06-23 11:49:20

The Covid-19 pandemic continues to devastate countries across the world. The total caseload has now surged past 179 million. In fact, the global case count and fatalities stand at 179,095,448 and 3,8...

India says 'Delta plus' variant a new concern

India says 'Delta plus' variant a new concern

Reuters 2021-06-23 09:14:30

India on Tuesday declared a new coronavirus variant to be of concern, and said nearly two dozen cases had been detected in three states. The variant, identified locally as "Delta plus", was found in...

Palestinians, settlers clash in tense Jerusalem neighborhood

Palestinians, settlers clash in tense Jerusalem neighborhood

AP 2021-06-22 21:56:44

Palestinians and Jewish settlers hurled stones, chairs and fireworks at each other overnight in a tense Jerusalem neighborhood where settler groups are trying to evict several Palestinian families, of...

‘Trump considered sending COVID-infected Americans to Guantanamo Bay’

‘Trump considered sending COVID-infected Americans to Guantanamo Bay’

AL JAZEERA 2021-06-22 21:13:21

Former President Donald Trump considered sending US citizens infected with the coronavirus to Guantanamo Bay, according to a new book “Don’t we have an island that we own?” Trump as...

Philippines' Duterte threatens to jail people refusing COVID-19 vaccine

Philippines' Duterte threatens to jail people refusing COVID-19 vaccine

REUTERS 2021-06-22 20:41:58

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to jail people who refuse to be vaccinated against the coronavirus as the Philippines battles one of Asia's worst outbreaks, with over 1.3 million case...

Face masks will no longer be mandatory in Italy from June 28

Face masks will no longer be mandatory in Italy from June 28

-- 2021-06-22 18:27:28

Italy will lift a requirement that people wear face masks outdoors from June 28, the country said late on Monday, as COVID-19 cases and hospitalisations declined. Mandatory masks were imposed in Octo...

Myanmar security forces clash with a newly-formed militia group

Myanmar security forces clash with a newly-formed militia group

REUTERS 2021-06-22 17:35:50

Myanmar security forces backed by armoured vehicles clashed on Tuesday with a newly formed militia group in the second-biggest city of Mandalay resulting in at least two casualties, according to membe...

Renewables are cheapest source of power, IRENA says

Renewables are cheapest source of power, IRENA says

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-06-22 17:17:18

The share of renewable energy that achieved lower costs than the most competitive fossil fuel option doubled in 2020, a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) showed. “...

More than 8,500 children used as soldiers in 2020: UN

More than 8,500 children used as soldiers in 2020: UN

-- 2021-06-22 16:10:31

More than 8,500 children were used as soldiers last year in various conflicts across the world and nearly 2,700 others were killed, the United Nations said on Monday. UN chief Antonio Guterres' annua...

Chinese govt grants four COVID-19 vaccines for export

Chinese govt grants four COVID-19 vaccines for export

Global Times 2021-06-22 15:30:27

Chinese government approved a list of COVID-19 vaccines for export on Tuesday in a bid to support the vaccine exports and support global cooperation against the pandemic. The Ministry of Commerce (MO...

Pakistan to receive 13m doses of Pfizer vaccine by end 2021

Pakistan to receive 13m doses of Pfizer vaccine by end 2021

REUTERS 2021-06-22 15:25:16

Pakistan has made an agreement to procure 13 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer, the country's health minister said on Tuesday. An exact timeline was not yet available, health minister Fai...

South Africans without internet miss out on Covid vaccines

South Africans without internet miss out on Covid vaccines

Thomson Reuters Foundation 2021-06-22 14:10:23

When Esther Dhlamini went to collect her pension in Johannesburg's Soweto township, she was surprised to find a local bishop on hand to soothe her fears about Covid-19 vaccination and register her for...

UN rights chief seeks Xinjiang visit amid reports of Uyghurs persecution

UN rights chief seeks Xinjiang visit amid reports of Uyghurs persecution

REUTERS 2021-06-21 22:02:18

The top United Nations human rights official said on Monday she hoped to agree terms for a visit this year to China, including its Xinjiang region, to look into reports of serious violations against M...

India's vaccinations hit record with free COVID shots

India's vaccinations hit record with free COVID shots

Reuters 2021-06-21 21:56:54

India gave out a record 7.5 million vaccine doses on Monday under a federal campaign to inoculate all adults for free after weeks of criticism that a chaotic rollout had worsened a second wave that ki...

India begins inoculating all adults with free shots

India begins inoculating all adults with free shots

-- 2021-06-21 16:06:29

India on Monday began a nationwide campaign of free COVID-19 shots for all adults after weeks of criticism that a chaotic rollout had caused acute shortages and intensified a deadly second wave that k...

Ethiopians vote in what government bills as first free election

Ethiopians vote in what government bills as first free election

Reuters 2021-06-21 13:54:36

Ethiopians voted on Monday in national and regional elections that the prime minister has billed as proof of his commitment to democracy after decades of repressive rule in Africa's second-most populo...

Western parties warn Iran, say nuclear talks won't continue indefinitely

Western parties warn Iran, say nuclear talks won't continue indefinitely

Reuters 2021-06-21 11:59:17

Western officials warned Tehran on Sunday that negotiations to revive its nuclear deal could not continue indefinitely, after the sides announced a break following the election of a new hardline presi...

Iran, six world powers adjourn talks on reviving 2015 nuclear deal

Iran, six world powers adjourn talks on reviving 2015 nuclear deal

-- 2021-06-20 22:15:33

Negotiators for Iran and six world powers on Sunday adjourned talks on reviving their 2015 nuclear deal and return to respective capitals for consultations as remaining differences still need to be ov...

China constructs 10-storey earthquake-resistant building in 28 hours

China constructs 10-storey earthquake-resistant building in 28 hours

-- 2021-06-20 20:36:16

A real estate developer in China has constructed a 10-storey earthquake-resistant residential building in 28 hours. Broad Group, the developer of the building, shared a nearly five-minute-long video...