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'She screams when someone comes near'

'She screams when someone comes near'

Reuters 2021-06-09 20:50:33

Three weeks since Suzy Eshkuntana was pulled from the rubble of her house, destroyed by an Israeli air strike, the six-year-old girl has barely spoken except to ask for her mother and four siblings wh...

US super-rich 'pay almost no income tax'

US super-rich 'pay almost no income tax'

BBC 2021-06-09 19:24:27

Details claiming to reveal how little income tax US billionaires pay have been leaked to an news website. ProPublica says it has seen the tax returns of some of the world's richest people, including...

Man held over Macron slapping was medieval martial arts enthusiast

Man held over Macron slapping was medieval martial arts enthusiast

-- 2021-06-09 18:49:11

The man alleged to have slapped French President Emmanuel Macron in the face ran a club for enthusiasts of medieval swordsmanship and had no previous criminal record, sources close to the investigatio...

With G7 summit the first stop, Biden embarks on eight-day trip to Europe

With G7 summit the first stop, Biden embarks on eight-day trip to Europe

-- 2021-06-09 17:44:03

US President Joe Biden departs for Britain on Wednesday on his first trip abroad since taking office, an eight-day mission to rebuild trans-Atlantic ties strained during the Trump era and to reframe r...

Myanmar's Kayah State may face starvation, UN rights envoy warns

Myanmar's Kayah State may face starvation, UN rights envoy warns

REUTERS 2021-06-09 16:32:54

Myanmar's Kayah State could suffer a "massive" loss of life beyond anything seen since the military seized power, with more than 100,000 people fleeing their homes to escape conflict, a UN human right...

Women falling behind in India's vaccination drive

Women falling behind in India's vaccination drive

Reuters 2021-06-09 13:21:01

Many more men in India have received Covid-19 vaccines than women, government data showed on Tuesday, highlighting gender disparity in the country's immunisation drive that has also disadvantaged the...

10 mine-clearing workers killed in Taliban attack in Afghanistan  

10 mine-clearing workers killed in Taliban attack in Afghanistan  

-- 2021-06-09 12:38:35

Taliban insurgents shot dead 10 Afghans working for a de-mining agency in an attack on their camp in the north of the country, police said on Wednesday. Violence has sharply increased across Afghanis...

Jerusalem flag march through Muslim Quarter to go ahead

Jerusalem flag march through Muslim Quarter to go ahead

-- 2021-06-09 11:54:21

The outgoing Israeli government has given the go-ahead for a march by religious nationalists which was cancelled by organisers over fears it could trigger a new round of conflict. The flag march...

US identifies 3,900 children separated at border for reunion with parents

US identifies 3,900 children separated at border for reunion with parents

-- 2021-06-08 21:29:13

A task force, formed by US President Joe Biden, has identified roughly 3,900 children separated from parents at the US-Mexico border in an effort to reunite migrant families separated by Donald Trump&...

Over 800 ‘criminals’ arrested worldwide using FBI-run app

Over 800 ‘criminals’ arrested worldwide using FBI-run app

-- 2021-06-08 21:04:33

More than 800 suspected criminals were arrested worldwide and $148 million in cash were seized after being tricked into using an FBI-run encrypted messaging app, officials say. A huge amount of drugs...

French President Macron slapped in face during walkabout

French President Macron slapped in face during walkabout

REUTERS 2021-06-08 20:30:30

French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped in the face on Tuesday by a man in a crowd of onlookers while on a walkabout in southern France, a video of the incident showed. Macron's security entoura...

Gandhi's great-granddaughter jailed for fraud in South Africa

Gandhi's great-granddaughter jailed for fraud in South Africa

-- 2021-06-08 17:43:17

A 56-year-old great-granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi, who was accused in a six-million rand fraud and forgery case, has been sentenced to seven years in jail by a Durban court. Ashish Lata Ramgobin wa...

Myanmar junta defends its plan for ‘restoring’ democracy

Myanmar junta defends its plan for ‘restoring’ democracy

-- 2021-06-08 16:20:56

The Myanmar junta's foreign minister had defended its plan for restoring democracy, state media reported on Tuesday, after a meeting at which Southeast Asian counterparts pressed the army to implement...

Death toll in Pakistan train crash reaches 56

Death toll in Pakistan train crash reaches 56

-- 2021-06-08 14:44:27

The death toll in a train crash in southern Pakistan rose to 56 on Tuesday, a railway spokeswoman said, the latest accident to highlight a broken railway system that dates back to the 19th century. A...

Modi changes India's vaccine policy amid criticism

Modi changes India's vaccine policy amid criticism

Reuters 2021-06-08 12:52:35

India's Covid-19 immunisation campaign has struggled to keep pace with demand, especially after a dramatic second wave of infections has left hospitals inundated with patients and killed more than 180...

India's COVID-19 death toll crosses 350,000-mark

India's COVID-19 death toll crosses 350,000-mark

-- 2021-06-08 11:55:09

India's coronavirus death toll surpassed the 350,000-mark, reaching 351,309 on Tuesday, confirmed the country's health ministry. As many as 2,123 people died due to the pandemic during the past 24 ho...

Muslim family of four killed in 'premeditated' truck attack in Canada

Muslim family of four killed in 'premeditated' truck attack in Canada

-- 2021-06-08 10:46:58

Four members of a Muslim family were killed in a "premeditated" vehicle attack on Sunday, Canadian police say. The attack took place in the city of London, Ontario province. A boy aged nine, the...

Thailand debut locally made AstraZeneca but supplies are tight

Thailand debut locally made AstraZeneca but supplies are tight

AP 2021-06-07 20:06:47

Health authorities in Thailand began their much-anticipated mass rollout of locally produced AstraZeneca vaccines on Monday, but it appeared that supplies were falling short of demand from patients wh...

All adults in India to get COVID-19 vaccine free of cost

All adults in India to get COVID-19 vaccine free of cost

-- 2021-06-07 18:52:57

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that the federal government of the country would provide COVID-19 vaccines free of charge to all adults from later this month in an effort to turn th...

First case against Suu Kyi to end by next month, lawyer says

First case against Suu Kyi to end by next month, lawyer says

-- 2021-06-07 18:07:27

Court proceedings in the first criminal case involving deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi are set to finish late next month, her lawyer said on Monday, citing a decision by the presiding judge....

Nigeria's Boko Haram leader is dead, rival militant group says

Nigeria's Boko Haram leader is dead, rival militant group says

Reuters 2021-06-07 15:24:16

The Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) militant group said in an audio recording heard by Reuters on Sunday that Abubakar Shekau, leader of rival Nigerian militant Islamist group Boko Haram,...

Covid crisis makes electricity too costly for millions in Africa, Asia

Covid crisis makes electricity too costly for millions in Africa, Asia

REUTERS 2021-06-07 14:15:59

The economic toll from the Covid-19 pandemic has left more than 25 million people in Africa and Asia unable to afford electricity, threatening a global goal to provide power to everyone by 2030, inter...

Two die of black fungus in Nepal

Two die of black fungus in Nepal

-- 2021-06-07 13:26:34

At least two people have died in Nepal from mucormycosis, a rare fungal infection mostly found among COVID-19 patients with diabetes, while the country have reported around a dozen of such cases, said...

Netanyahu alleges Israeli election fraud

Netanyahu alleges Israeli election fraud

Reuters 2021-06-07 11:34:29

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday a newly formed coalition that is poised to unseat him was the result of "the greatest election fraud" in the history of democracy. Hours after...

Two trains collide in Pakistan, killing at least 35

Two trains collide in Pakistan, killing at least 35

AP 2021-06-07 10:11:23

Two express trains collided in southern Pakistan early on Monday, killing at least 35 passengers, authorities said, as rescuers and villagers worked to pull injured people and more bodies from the wre...

Turkey says it will defeat 'sea snot' outbreak in Marmara Sea

Turkey says it will defeat 'sea snot' outbreak in Marmara Sea

-- 2021-06-06 19:08:57

Turkey's environment minister pledged on Sunday to defeat a plague of "sea snot" threatening the Sea of Marmara with a disaster management plan he said would secure its future. A thick slimy layer of...

India to ease lockdown restrictions

India to ease lockdown restrictions

-- 2021-06-06 13:18:16

India reported 114,460 new coronavirus infections on Sunday, the lowest in two months, while the death toll increased by 2,677, as parts of the country prepared to ease movement restrictions. India h...

Trump, in rare public outing, criticises China, Fauci

Trump, in rare public outing, criticises China, Fauci

-- 2021-06-06 12:47:09

Former President Donald Trump on Saturday sharply attacked US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, demanded reparations from China and denounced an in...

Gunmen kill 88 people in Nigeria

Gunmen kill 88 people in Nigeria

-- 2021-06-06 12:47:02

At least 88 people were killed and scores of others wounded following attacks by bandits in Nigeria's northwestern state of Kebbi, local police confirmed on Saturday. The bandits unleashed terror on...

Over 130 civilians killed in Burkina Faso attack

Over 130 civilians killed in Burkina Faso attack

-- 2021-06-06 11:41:13

Armed men have killed over 132 people in an attack on a village in northern Burkina Faso, the country's worst attack in recent years, the government says. Homes and the local market were burned d...