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Myanmar junta leader arrives in Jakarta for ASEAN crisis summit

Myanmar junta leader arrives in Jakarta for ASEAN crisis summit

-- 2021-04-24 15:27:11

Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar’s junta chief, arrived in Jakarta on Saturday for a summit of Southeast Asian leaders centred on the crisis in his country, video footage released by the...

Hope fades for Indonesian missing submarine

Hope fades for Indonesian missing submarine

REUTERS 2021-04-24 15:09:51

The United States is deploying a P-8 Poseidon aircraft to assist in the search and rescue operation for a missing Indonesian navy submarine lost in the Bali Sea, as hopes fade for the 53 crew which ar...

US lawmakers urge Biden to back 'moral' patent waiver to hasten vaccine access

US lawmakers urge Biden to back 'moral' patent waiver to hasten vaccine access

REUTERS 2021-04-24 14:29:00

US lawmakers and nonprofit groups on Friday heaped pressure on the Biden administration to back a temporary patent waiver for Covid-19 vaccines to help poor countries contain the pandemic. The groups...

India's daily virus cases climb to new world record

India's daily virus cases climb to new world record

Reuters 2021-04-24 14:25:31

India's coronavirus infections rose by 346,786 overnight, the health ministry said on Saturday, setting a new world record for the third consecutive day, as overwhelmed hospitals in the densely-popula...

25 Covid patients die in Delhi hospital due to oxygen shortage

25 Covid patients die in Delhi hospital due to oxygen shortage

-- 2021-04-24 14:13:38

The oxygen crisis in the Indian capital is escalating by the day. At least 25 Covid patients on life support have died at a leading Delhi hospital due to a shortage of oxygen. Jaipur Golden Hospital,...

Activists dump fake coal in fossil fuel protest

Activists dump fake coal in fossil fuel protest

Reuters 2021-04-24 11:24:09

Climate activists dumped fake coal outside Lloyd's of London's headquarters on Friday, targeting the global insurer in a protest against the industry's backing for major fossil fuel mining projects in...

Can the Saudis' oil money help him save the planet?

Can the Saudis' oil money help him save the planet?

Reuters 2021-04-24 11:15:59

Spanish biologist Carlos Duarte had been at a Saudi royal palace until three o'clock in the morning, waiting for the country's most powerful man. Finally in his hotel room, Duarte awoke hours later a...

J&J COVID-19 vaccine expected to be imported to India by July

J&J COVID-19 vaccine expected to be imported to India by July

REUTERS 2021-04-23 18:15:25

Johnson & Johnson's single-shot COVID-19 vaccine is expected to be imported to India for "fill and finish" by June or July, financial daily Mint reported on Friday, citing ANI. Fill and finish is...

At least 130 migrants feared drowned in Mediterranean

At least 130 migrants feared drowned in Mediterranean

-- 2021-04-23 16:09:42

A search in the Mediterranean Sea for boats packed with migrants has found ten bodies floating near a capsized rubber boat that was believed to have been carrying 130 people, the French humanitarian o...

Oxygen gets armed escort in India as supplies run low in COVID crisis

Oxygen gets armed escort in India as supplies run low in COVID crisis

-- 2021-04-23 15:36:05

Sirens wailing, a police convoy escorting a tanker carrying oxygen reached a hospital in India's capital just in time, to the huge relief of doctors and relatives of COVID-19 patients counting on the...

Indonesia to restrict foreign travellers from India over coronavirus strains

Indonesia to restrict foreign travellers from India over coronavirus strains

REUTERS 2021-04-23 15:08:47

Indonesia will stop issuing visas for foreigners who have been in India in the past 14 days to prevent the spread of different coronavirus strains, a government minister said on Friday. India is faci...

Covid reaches world's tallest peak as climber tests positive

Covid reaches world's tallest peak as climber tests positive

-- 2021-04-23 14:46:15

At least one climber on Mount Everest has tested positive for Covid-19, just weeks after the world's tallest peak reopened to climbers following a year of closure. Norwegian climber Erlend Ness w...

India sets yet another world record for daily virus cases

India sets yet another world record for daily virus cases

Reuters 2021-04-23 12:27:54

India reported the world's highest daily tally of coronavirus cases for the second day on Friday, surpassing 330,000 new cases, as it struggles with a health system overwhelmed by patients and plagued...

Pharma giants earn billions as world confronts vaccine apartheid: Oxfam

Pharma giants earn billions as world confronts vaccine apartheid: Oxfam

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-04-23 12:10:42

Ahead of shareholder meetings for the giant pharmaceutical corporations, the People’s Vaccine Alliance calculates that Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca have paid out $26 billion in...

Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny urged to end hunger strike immediately

Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny urged to end hunger strike immediately

-- 2021-04-23 12:01:38

Doctors of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have urged him to immediately end his hunger strike, warning that otherwise he could die. In a statement, the five say they have been sh...

China hopes ASEAN summit helps with Myanmar 'soft landing'

China hopes ASEAN summit helps with Myanmar 'soft landing'

Reuters 2021-04-23 11:41:31

Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi said on Thursday that China hoped the upcoming ASEAN summit on member Myanmar would pave the way for a "soft landing". The in-person summit in Jakarta on Saturday is...

Ramadan sees Israeli police and Palestinians face off in Jerusalem

Ramadan sees Israeli police and Palestinians face off in Jerusalem

-- 2021-04-22 21:13:17

Nightly clashes and other violent incidents between Palestinians and Israelis in Jerusalem during Ramadan have laid bare simmering tensions in the holy city, reports Reuters. Palestinians have clashe...

Singapore to block arrivals from India due to coronavirus wave

Singapore to block arrivals from India due to coronavirus wave

Reuters 2021-04-22 17:45:33

Singapore health ministry said on Thursday it will not allow entry to long-term visa holders and short-term visitors with recent travel history to India, which is battling a second wave of COVID-19 in...

Plastic pollution: Oil, gas industries plan to ramp up production in the coming years

Plastic pollution: Oil, gas industries plan to ramp up production in the coming years

SM Najmus Sakib 2021-04-22 17:29:49

Asia-focused overview of the plastic pollution crisis said the oil and gas industries will ramp up plastic production in the coming years raising fears of possible ‘plastic pandemic’ among...

US pledges to halve its emissions by 2030 in renewed climate fight

US pledges to halve its emissions by 2030 in renewed climate fight

Reuters 2021-04-22 16:33:55

The Biden administration on Thursday pledged to slash US greenhouse gas emissions by 50 per cent-52 per cent from 2005 levels by 2030, a new target it hopes will spur other big emitter countries to ra...

Singapore quarantines over 1,100 migrant workers

Singapore quarantines over 1,100 migrant workers

Reuters 2021-04-22 15:11:46

Singapore is quarantining more than 1,100 migrant workers after about a dozen Covid-19 cases were found in a dormitory and was investigating the possibility of re-infections among those who had recove...

Australia cancels state deals on China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Australia cancels state deals on China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Reuters 2021-04-22 13:33:38

Australia said a decision to cancel two accords between Victoria state and China on the Belt and Road Initiative was taken to ensure consistency in foreign relations and was not aimed at any count...

EU preparing to sue AstraZeneca over vaccine shortfalls: Report

EU preparing to sue AstraZeneca over vaccine shortfalls: Report

Reuters 2021-04-22 12:53:17

he European Commission is preparing to launch legal proceedings against vaccine maker AstraZeneca, Politico reported late Wednesday, citing five unnamed European Union diplomats. At a meeting of...

China administers 200m doses of Covid vaccine domestically

China administers 200m doses of Covid vaccine domestically

-- 2021-04-22 12:01:57

Around 200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered so far inside China, with an emphasis on front-line workers, university students and people living in border areas, health officials...

Millions face hunger as Myanmar crisis worsens: UN

Millions face hunger as Myanmar crisis worsens: UN

REUTERS 2021-04-22 11:34:02

Food insecurity is rising sharply in Myanmar in the wake of the military coup and deepening financial crisis with millions more people expected to go hungry in coming months, the United Nations said o...

India sets new global record for daily Covid-19 cases

India sets new global record for daily Covid-19 cases

Reuters 2021-04-22 10:53:51

India on Thursday reported more than 300,000 coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours, the highest daily global total, while Covid-19-related deaths also jumped by a record. India's daily jump in cas...

US adds 116 countries to its ‘Do Not Travel’ list

US adds 116 countries to its ‘Do Not Travel’ list

REUTERS 2021-04-22 10:30:48

The US State Department has added at least 116 countries this week to its “Level Four: Do Not Travel” advisory list, putting the UK, Canada, France, Israel, Mexico, Germany and others on...

Blast at Pakistan luxury hotel leaves four dead

Blast at Pakistan luxury hotel leaves four dead

-- 2021-04-22 09:29:22

A bomb explosion at a luxury hotel in the Pakistani city of Quetta has killed at least four people and wounded 12. The Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan is suspected to have been the target of the a...

Search for missing Indonesian submarine reveals oil spill

Search for missing Indonesian submarine reveals oil spill

-- 2021-04-21 22:07:16

Indonesian rescuers searching for a submarine that went missing with 53 people on board found an oil spill on Wednesday near where the vessel dived, authorities said. The 44-year-old submarine, KRI N...

Serum Institute may resume vaccine exports after two months

Serum Institute may resume vaccine exports after two months

-- 2021-04-21 21:51:41

Serum Institute of India (SII) is not thinking about exports of its COVID-19 vaccine doses at this moment as India may face crisis for jab until July. Amid a steep rise in Covid-19 cases in India and...