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India’s new Covid-19 cases still stay above 300,000, army called to help

India’s new Covid-19 cases still stay above 300,000, army called to help

REUTERS 2021-04-27 12:29:53

India's coronavirus death toll neared the bleak milestone of 200,000 with another 2,771 fatalities reported on Tuesday, while its armed forces pledged urgent medical aid to help battle the staggering...

US to share up to 60m AstraZeneca vaccine doses with other countries: White House

US to share up to 60m AstraZeneca vaccine doses with other countries: White House

-- 2021-04-27 12:21:26

The US will share up to 60 million doses of its AstraZeneca vaccine with other countries as they become available, the White House has said. The doses will be able to be exported in the coming mo...

More than 30 Nigerian soldiers die in militant attack: sources

More than 30 Nigerian soldiers die in militant attack: sources

REUTERS 2021-04-26 21:16:45

Militants overrun an army base in northeastern Nigeria, killing more than 30 soldiers before pulling back in the face of air strikes, sources said. The attackers were believed to belong to the region...

Global military spending rises by 2.6pc despite pandemic

Global military spending rises by 2.6pc despite pandemic

-- 2021-04-26 20:26:25

Global military expenditure rose by 2.6 per cent to $1.98 trillion last year even as some defence funds were reallocated to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the Stockholm International Peace Research Inst...

Mutant strains from India fuel infection surge in Nepal

Mutant strains from India fuel infection surge in Nepal

-- 2021-04-26 19:57:02

Authorities in Nepal were grappling to contain the rapid rise of COVID-19 cases with experts fearing that thousands of people in the Himalayan state have caught the more infectious mutant strains emer...

European Union sues AstraZeneca over delayed vaccine delivery

European Union sues AstraZeneca over delayed vaccine delivery

-- 2021-04-26 19:37:54

The European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union, has initiated a legal action against AstraZeneca for not respecting its contract for the supply of COVID-19 vaccines and for not ha...

Saudi Arabia to reduce cost of recruiting Bangladeshi domestic workers

Saudi Arabia to reduce cost of recruiting Bangladeshi domestic workers

-- 2021-04-26 19:30:31

Saudi Arabia wants to reduce the cost of recruiting domestic workers from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. It follows similar measures undertaken to lower the cost of recruiting from the Philippines,...

Netherlands to ban flights from India over virus fear

Netherlands to ban flights from India over virus fear

XINHUA 2021-04-26 18:27:26

The Dutch ministry in charge of aviation said Sunday that flights from India would be banned until at least May 1 amid concerns about a new coronavirus variant, reported Sputnik. "A flight ban will t...

Israel examining heart inflammation cases in people who received Pfizer vaccine

Israel examining heart inflammation cases in people who received Pfizer vaccine

-- 2021-04-26 15:43:08

Israel's Health Ministry said on Sunday it is examining a small number of cases of heart inflammation in people who had received Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine, though it has not yet drawn any conclusions....

India reports 352,991 daily Covid cases, a global record

India reports 352,991 daily Covid cases, a global record

Reuters 2021-04-26 11:21:08

India on Monday set a global record for a rise in daily coronavirus cases for a fifth straight day, while deaths from Covid-19 also jumped by an all-time high over the last 24 hours. With 352,991 new...

Indian coronavirus variant reaches Switzerland

Indian coronavirus variant reaches Switzerland

-- 2021-04-25 20:35:33

The first case of the Indian variant of COVID-19 was confirmed in Switzerland, federal government's centre for public health of Switzerland said, as other countries introduce travel bans to contain it...

Missing Indonesian submarine found broken into three parts

Missing Indonesian submarine found broken into three parts

-- 2021-04-25 20:16:00

A missing Indonesian submarine was found, broken into at least three parts, deep in the Bali Sea, army and navy officials said on Sunday, as the president sent condolences to relatives of the 53 crew....

India sets Covid-19 infection record for fourth straight day

India sets Covid-19 infection record for fourth straight day

CNN 2021-04-25 20:13:05

India reported 349,691 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday, the fourth day in a row the country has set a world record for daily infections during the coronavirus pandemic, according to government and s...

World will be completely back to normal by 2022, Bill Gates hopes

World will be completely back to normal by 2022, Bill Gates hopes

-- 2021-04-25 19:36:01

Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has expressed his hope that the world will be "completely back to normal" by the end of 2022, as excess COVID-19 vaccines become available. Speaking to the Sophy...

At least eight dead in glacier avalanche in India’s Himalayan state

At least eight dead in glacier avalanche in India’s Himalayan state

REUTERS 2021-04-25 16:44:38

At least eight people died and 384 were rescued after a glacier broke triggering an avalanche close to the Indo-China border in the Indian state of Uttarakhand on Friday, a government official said....

EU blames China for endangering peace in South China Sea

EU blames China for endangering peace in South China Sea

Reuters 2021-04-25 16:39:13

The European Union called out China on Saturday for endangering peace in the South China Sea and urged all parties to abide by a 2016 tribunal ruling which rejected most of China’s claim to sove...

82 killed in Baghdad hospital fire

82 killed in Baghdad hospital fire

AP 2021-04-25 16:24:24

Iraq’s Interior Ministry said Sunday that 82 people died and 110 were injured in a catastrophic fire that broke out in the intensive care unit of a Baghdad hospital tending to severe coronavirus...

Myanmar activists slam ASEAN-junta consensus, vow to continue protests

Myanmar activists slam ASEAN-junta consensus, vow to continue protests

-- 2021-04-25 15:43:59

Myanmar's pro-democracy activists sharply criticised an agreement between the country's junta chief and Southeast Asian leaders to end the nation's violent post-coup crisis and vowed on Sunday to cont...

Why India is facing an oxygen crisis as Covid-19 cases surge

Why India is facing an oxygen crisis as Covid-19 cases surge

REUTERS 2021-04-25 13:43:40

By air, by train and by road, India is scrambling to move large quantities of medical oxygen to hospitals in its capital New Delhi and other areas hit hard by a record surge of Covid-19. ARE HOSPITAL...

At least 27 killed in fire at Baghdad Covid hospital

At least 27 killed in fire at Baghdad Covid hospital

-- 2021-04-25 09:49:54

At least 27 people were killed and 46 injured in a fire on Saturday at a hospital in southeastern Baghdad that had been equipped to house COVID-19 patients, medical sources at three nearby hospitals s...

India exempts customs duty on vaccines, oxygen for three months

India exempts customs duty on vaccines, oxygen for three months

-- 2021-04-24 21:00:55

Amid a massive oxygen crisis across the nation, the Indian central government on Saturday decided to waive off the customs duty and health cess on import of oxygen and oxygen-related equipment for thr...

ASEAN leaders reach consensus on ending Myanmar crisis

ASEAN leaders reach consensus on ending Myanmar crisis

-- 2021-04-24 19:53:36

Southeast Asian leaders said they had agreed on a plan with Myanmar's junta chief on Saturday to end the crisis in the violence-hit nation, including halting the killing of civilian protesters and acc...

Indian hospitals turn away patients in COVID-19 ‘tsunami’

Indian hospitals turn away patients in COVID-19 ‘tsunami’

Reuters 2021-04-24 19:24:16

Overwhelmed hospitals in India begged for oxygen supplies on Saturday as the country’s coronavirus infections soared again overnight in a “tsunami” of disease, setting a new world re...

Cambodia closes markets to curb COVID-19, thousands plead for food

Cambodia closes markets to curb COVID-19, thousands plead for food

REUTERS 2021-04-24 18:12:05

Cambodia closed all markets in the capital Phnom Penh on Saturday to contain a spike in coronavirus infections as thousands of families plead for food during a two-week lockdown. The Southeast Asian...

Navalny ends hunger strike, but political prospects darken

Navalny ends hunger strike, but political prospects darken

-- 2021-04-24 17:49:43

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Friday he would start gradually ending a hunger strike after getting medical care, even as the political prospects for him and his movement darkened. Soun...

Iran bans flights from India, Pakistan

Iran bans flights from India, Pakistan

AP 2021-04-24 17:39:15

Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency is reporting the country’s civil aviation agency has banned all flights to and from India and Pakistan because of the dramatic surge in coronavirus cases...

53 Indonesian sailors feared dead as rescuers find debris of missing submarine

53 Indonesian sailors feared dead as rescuers find debris of missing submarine

-- 2021-04-24 16:48:54

Indonesian searchers have recovered debris believed to be from the missing submarine lost in the Bali Sea on Wednesday, the country’s military chief said on Saturday Hopes for the 53 crew are d...

ASEAN leaders discuss Myanmar crisis with junta chief

ASEAN leaders discuss Myanmar crisis with junta chief

-- 2021-04-24 16:38:40

Southeast Asian leaders began a crisis meeting on Myanmar on Saturday aiming to persuade Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who led the military takeover that sparked turmoil in his country, to forge a...

At least eight die in glacier avalanche in India's Himalayan state

At least eight die in glacier avalanche in India's Himalayan state

Reuters 2021-04-24 15:47:43

At least eight people died and 384 were rescued after a glacier broke triggering an avalanche close to the Indo-China border in the Indian state of Uttarakhand on Friday, a government official said....

India Covid-19 patients suffocate from low oxygen amid surge

India Covid-19 patients suffocate from low oxygen amid surge

AP 2021-04-24 15:28:24

In this April 23, 2021, file photo, Health workers carry a patient after a fire in Vijay Vallabh COVID-19 hospital at Virar, near Mumbai, India. India is battling the world’s fastest pace of spr...