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Time running out for Afghan peace process: EU envoy

Time running out for Afghan peace process: EU envoy

REUTERS 2021-06-17 12:46:40

The European Union's envoy for Afghanistan said on Wednesday time was running out for Afghan peace negotiations and more needed to be done to boost the discussions as international forces withdraw fro...

Japan plans to introduce vaccine passports by late July

Japan plans to introduce vaccine passports by late July

Xinhua 2021-06-17 12:16:11

Japan plans to introduce vaccine passports by around late July, the Japanese government's top spokesman said Thursday. "We want to start around that time once overall preparations are made," Chief...

500 policemen raid Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai's Apple Daily newsroom

500 policemen raid Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai's Apple Daily newsroom

-- 2021-06-17 12:12:46

Five hundred Hong Kong police officers sifted through reporters' computers and notebooks at pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily on Thursday, the first case in which authorities have cited media articles...

Chinese expert says Covid-19 origins probe should now shift to US: Global Times

Chinese expert says Covid-19 origins probe should now shift to US: Global Times

Reuters 2021-06-17 11:54:41

A senior Chinese epidemiologist said the United States should be the priority in the next phase of investigations into the origin of Covid-19 after a study showed the disease could have been circulati...

Refugees in India hit hard by Covid-19 impact: Report

Refugees in India hit hard by Covid-19 impact: Report

Reuters 2021-06-17 11:30:29

At least 200,000 refugees are among the worst affected by India's Covid-19 outbreak as they have no access to welfare schemes or free healthcare, a report by an international consortium of rights grou...

Kim Jong-un acknowledges 'tense' food situation in North Korea

Kim Jong-un acknowledges 'tense' food situation in North Korea

-- 2021-06-17 09:53:53

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has formally acknowledged that the country is facing food shortages. Addressing a meeting of senior leaders, Mr Kim said "the people's food situation is now gettin...

Putin, Biden begin summit with slim hopes, deep disagreements

Putin, Biden begin summit with slim hopes, deep disagreements

-- 2021-06-16 19:25:16

Shaking hands in front of a grand Geneva villa, US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday began their first summit since Biden took office, with deep disagreements likel...

Flash floods kill 10 people in Bhutan, seven missing in Nepal

Flash floods kill 10 people in Bhutan, seven missing in Nepal

-- 2021-06-16 16:48:34

Flash floods triggered by heavy rains washed away a remote mountain camp in Bhutan on Wednesday killing 10 people and injuring five, while floods in neighbouring Nepal left seven people missing, autho...

Taj Mahal re-opens for tourists as India rushes to lift Covid restrictions

Taj Mahal re-opens for tourists as India rushes to lift Covid restrictions

-- 2021-06-16 13:58:40

India's iconic Taj Mahal re-opened to the public on Wednesday as the country, still reeling from a disastrous second wave of the pandemic, rushes to lift restrictions in a bid to revitalise its econom...

Indian scientists say they didn't back doubling of Covid vaccine dosing gap

Indian scientists say they didn't back doubling of Covid vaccine dosing gap

Reuters 2021-06-16 10:20:25

The Indian government doubled the gap between the two doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine without the agreement of the scientific group that it said recommended the increase, three members of th...

Israel launches air strikes in Gaza strip for first time since end of last month's fighting

Israel launches air strikes in Gaza strip for first time since end of last month's fighting

-- 2021-06-16 08:36:49

Israel mounted air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the first since the end of 11 days of cross-border fighting last month, in response to incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian terr...

Four dead in shooting on Chicago’s South Side

Four dead in shooting on Chicago’s South Side

AP 2021-06-15 20:44:38

An argument in a residence on Chicago’s South Side early Tuesday erupted into gunfire, leaving four women dead and four other people injured, police said. The shooting happened at 5:42am, polic...

Quoting Irish poet, Biden ends EU trade war

Quoting Irish poet, Biden ends EU trade war

-- 2021-06-15 20:13:38

US President Joe Biden ended one front in a Trump-era trade war when he met European Union leaders on Tuesday by agreeing on a truce in a transatlantic dispute over aircraft subsidies that has dragged...

French Muslims pay heavy price in COVID pandemic

French Muslims pay heavy price in COVID pandemic

REUTERS 2021-06-15 19:48:32

Every week, Mamadou Diagouraga comes to the Muslim section of a cemetery near Paris to stand vigil at the grave of his father, one of the many French Muslims to have died from COVID-19. Diagouraga lo...

Biden to hold first summit as US president with Putin

Biden to hold first summit as US president with Putin

-- 2021-06-15 18:59:38

Expectations for a major breakthrough at a summit on Wednesday between US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are low with ties between Washington and Moscow at their most s...

G7 infrastructure plan can hardly rival BRI

G7 infrastructure plan can hardly rival BRI

Global Times 2021-06-15 17:00:20

With eyes fixated on China, the just concluded G7 summit in the UK announced an infrastructure plan, aiming to rival the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) adopted and implemented by China. Though it was...

Experts warn of COVID-19 explosion in Delhi

Experts warn of COVID-19 explosion in Delhi

-- 2021-06-15 15:27:52

In India's capital, Delhi, thousands of commuters crowded into underground train stations and shopping malls on Tuesday, prompting some doctors to warn it could lead to a resurgence in COVID-19 infect...

US Navy aircraft carrier enters South China Sea amid rising tensions

US Navy aircraft carrier enters South China Sea amid rising tensions

Reuters 2021-06-15 13:03:12

A US aircraft carrier group led by the USS Ronald Reagan has entered the South China Sea as part of a routine mission, the US Navy said on Tuesday, at a time of rising tensions between Washington and...

Beijing urges NATO to stop exaggerating 'China threat theory'

Beijing urges NATO to stop exaggerating 'China threat theory'

Reuters 2021-06-15 12:31:16

China's mission to the European Union urged NATO on Tuesday to stop exaggerating the "China threat theory" after the group's leaders warned that the country presents "systemic challenges". NATO leade...

Global coronavirus cases top 176 million

Global coronavirus cases top 176 million

-- 2021-06-15 12:13:44

Notwithstanding a drop in the number of fresh cases in several countries, the global Covid-19 caseload surged past 176 million on Tuesday. The total Covid case count and fatalities currently stand at...

US COVID deaths cross 600,000-mark

US COVID deaths cross 600,000-mark

-- 2021-06-15 11:23:10

The United States has now lost over 600,000 mothers, fathers, children, siblings, and friends to COVID-19, a painful reminder that death, sickness, and grief continue even as the country begins to ret...

India gingerly eases rules as infections hit 2-month low

India gingerly eases rules as infections hit 2-month low

-- 2021-06-15 11:19:43

Many Indian states have eased coronavirus restrictions including the capital Delhi, where authorities allowed all shops and malls to open, as the number of new infections dropped to the lowest in more...

Indonesian police investigate death of critic who died during flight

Indonesian police investigate death of critic who died during flight

-- 2021-06-15 11:00:33

Indonesian police are looking into the sudden death of an official who fought against a controversial gold mine, following calls for an investigation. Helmud Hontong, deputy regent of Indonesia's...

Far-right Israeli groups to march in East Jerusalem

Far-right Israeli groups to march in East Jerusalem

-- 2021-06-15 10:01:08

Far-right Israeli groups will march in and around East Jerusalem's Old City on Tuesday in a flag-waving procession that risks igniting tensions with Palestinians in the contested city and rekindling v...

Myanmar's Suu Kyi goes on trial

Myanmar's Suu Kyi goes on trial

REUTERS 2021-06-14 20:28:09

Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi went on trial on Monday, appearing unwell as the first witnesses took the stand in cases against her of illegally possessing walkie-talkie radios and breaking...

India records 70,421 COVID-19 cases, 3,921 deaths

India records 70,421 COVID-19 cases, 3,921 deaths

PTI 2021-06-14 16:25:36

India recorded a single-day rise of 70,421 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest in 74 days, taking the country’s infection tally to 2,95,10,410, while the count of active cases fell below 10 lakhs aft...

China denounces joint statement by G7 leaders

China denounces joint statement by G7 leaders

-- 2021-06-14 14:07:58

China denounced on Monday a joint statement by the Group of Seven leaders that had scolded Beijing over a range of issues as a gross interference in the country's internal affairs, and urged the group...

Former head of Myanmar's Covid vaccination programme arrested

Former head of Myanmar's Covid vaccination programme arrested

Reuters 2021-06-14 13:11:42

The former head of Myanmar's Covid-19 immunisation programme has been arrested and faces charges of high treason for colluding with opponents of the military authorities, state media reported on Monda...

Christchurch mosque attack movie: Producer quits after backlash

Christchurch mosque attack movie: Producer quits after backlash

-- 2021-06-14 12:33:45

The producer of a movie about the Christchurch terror attacks in New Zealand has pulled out of the project after mounting criticism over the film. Philippa Campbell apologised for her involvement...

Suu Kyi's trial set to start in Myanmar

Suu Kyi's trial set to start in Myanmar

-- 2021-06-14 12:19:16

The trial of Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi was set to start on Monday, as the junta that overthrew her elected government rejected criticism by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights ove...