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India sets yet another daily record for coronavirus infections

India sets yet another daily record for coronavirus infections

Reuters 2021-04-16 12:10:41

India reported a record daily increase of 217,353 Covid-19 infections over the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed on Friday. It was the eighth record daily increase in the last nine days. Tot...

US imposes fresh sanctions on Russia for ‘malign’ actions including election meddling

US imposes fresh sanctions on Russia for ‘malign’ actions including election meddling

Reuters 2021-04-16 09:52:38

The United States on Thursday (US standard time) imposed a broad array of sanctions on Russia, including curbs to its sovereign debt market, to punish it for interfering in last year’s US electi...

Hospitals run short of beds as Asia's COVID-19 cases surge

Hospitals run short of beds as Asia's COVID-19 cases surge

-- 2021-04-15 15:46:40

India and Thailand reported record daily coronavirus cases on Thursday, as a new wave of infections, combined with a shortage of hospital beds and vaccines, threatens to slow Asia’s recovery fro...

India's daily new Covid-19 cases exceed 200,000 for first time

India's daily new Covid-19 cases exceed 200,000 for first time

Reuters 2021-04-15 11:02:09

India reported a record 200,739 Covid-19 cases over the last 24 hours, according to data issued by the health ministry on Thursday. Deaths stood at 1,038, taking the total to 173,123, the data showed...

Russian police detain four journalists for protest violations

Russian police detain four journalists for protest violations

-- 2021-04-15 10:58:26

Russian police raided a student magazine’s editorial office on Wednesday and detained four of its journalists on criminal charges of encouraging minors to take part in anti-Kremlin protests, the...

US set to announce new sanctions on Russia

US set to announce new sanctions on Russia

Reuters 2021-04-15 10:42:56

The United States will announce sanctions on Russia as soon as Thursday for alleged election interference and malicious cyber activity, targeting several individuals and entities, people familiar the...

European powers warn Iran over uranium enrichment move

European powers warn Iran over uranium enrichment move

-- 2021-04-15 10:29:03

The United States and the European countries party to the Iran nuclear deal pushed back on Wednesday against Tehran’s decision to enrich uranium at 60 per cent purity, with the top US diplomat c...

Over 100 companies oppose US state voting restrictions

Over 100 companies oppose US state voting restrictions

REUTERS 2021-04-15 10:24:33

More than 100 US companies including Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc, Ford Motor Co and Starbucks Corp have declared their opposition to voting curbs that a number of states are considering implementing. A...

India, Pakistan held secret talks to break Kashmir impasse

India, Pakistan held secret talks to break Kashmir impasse

Reuters 2021-04-15 10:07:00

Top intelligence officers from India and Pakistan held secret talks in Dubai in January in a new effort to calm military tension over the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, people with close knowle...

Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff dies at 82, in jail

Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff dies at 82, in jail

-- 2021-04-15 09:57:23

Bernard Madoff, who for decades masqueraded as a successful and trustworthy Wall Street kingpin before admitting to running the largest known Ponzi scheme in history, died on Wednesday in prison where...

Google fined by Turkey for abusing dominant position

Google fined by Turkey for abusing dominant position

REUTERS 2021-04-15 09:50:54

Turkey’s Competition Board has fined Alphabet Inc’s Google more than 296 million lira ($36.65 million) for abusing its dominant position in search engine services, the regulator said on We...

In world first, Denmark discards AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shot

In world first, Denmark discards AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shot

REUTERS 2021-04-14 22:01:28

Denmark on Wednesday became the first country to stop using AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine altogether over a potential link to a rare but serious form of blood clot. The decision will push back the s...

Vice president Kamala Harris says she is planning to visit Guatemala

Vice president Kamala Harris says she is planning to visit Guatemala

REUTERS 2021-04-14 21:14:15

Vice President Kamala Harris said on Wednesday she is planning to visit Guatemala and that the United States must figure out how to bring about economic development in the Northern Triangle countries...

Brazil's P1 coronavirus variant may become more dangerous, study says

Brazil's P1 coronavirus variant may become more dangerous, study says

-- 2021-04-14 20:59:00

Brazil’s P1 coronavirus variant, behind a deadly COVID-19 surge in the Latin American country that has raised international alarm, is mutating in ways that could make it better able to evade ant...

Asian-American businesses suffer more

Asian-American businesses suffer more

REUTERS 2021-04-14 20:19:06

After it shut down for two months last year, Jan-Ie Low and her family reduced the hours at their Las Vegas restaurant and converted much of their dining room into a food delivery hub. Outdoor dining...

Biden ready to announce US withdrawal, even as peace eludes Afghanistan

Biden ready to announce US withdrawal, even as peace eludes Afghanistan

-- 2021-04-14 18:25:49

Afghanistan by Sept 11 aims to close the book on America’s longest war, as critics warn that peace is anything but assured after two decades of fighting. As officials disclosed Biden’s pu...

Myanmar activists stage "bloody" protests against junta

Myanmar activists stage "bloody" protests against junta

REUTERS 2021-04-14 16:59:06

Opponents of Myanmar’s coup splashed red paint and dye on roads and signs outside government offices on Wednesday to represent the blood of people killed protesting against the junta, on the sec...

More guns than people: Why tighter US firearms laws are unlikely

More guns than people: Why tighter US firearms laws are unlikely

Reuters 2021-04-14 16:52:16

Here are some facts about gun violence in the United States:   HOW MANY AMERICANS OWN GUNS? With about 121 firearms in circulation for every 100 residents, the United States is by far the most...

Romanian health minister removed for failure to tackle COVID-19 pandemic

Romanian health minister removed for failure to tackle COVID-19 pandemic

-- 2021-04-14 15:14:43

Romanian health minister was removed from his post for his failure to tackle ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Florin Citu, the prime minister of the country, said on Wednesday he has fired Health Minist...

India's daily virus cases hit record as pilgrims gather for religious festival

India's daily virus cases hit record as pilgrims gather for religious festival

Reuters 2021-04-14 14:08:16

India’s new coronavirus infections reached a record on Wednesday, as crowds of pilgrims gathered for a religious festival despite oxygen shortages and strict curbs in other areas. The country r...

US senators match House bill to assist China's Uighur refugees

US senators match House bill to assist China's Uighur refugees

-- 2021-04-14 12:48:54

A bipartisan pair of US senators on Tuesday introduced a bill to expedite refugee applications from Uighurs, matching an effort in the US House of Representatives to assist members of the largely Musl...

China push for global power tops US security threats: Intel report

China push for global power tops US security threats: Intel report

Reuters 2021-04-14 12:44:13

China’s push for global power is the leading threat to US national security, while Russia’s efforts to undermine American influence and assert itself as a major actor also pose a challenge...

Nearly a million going hungry in conflict-hit Mozambique, UN says

Nearly a million going hungry in conflict-hit Mozambique, UN says

-- 2021-04-14 12:29:48

Almost one million people face severe hunger in northern Mozambique, where hundreds of thousands have fled Islamist militant attacks, the United Nations food agency said on Tuesday. Islamic State-lin...

Biden proposes summit with Putin after Russia calls US 'adversary' over Ukraine

Biden proposes summit with Putin after Russia calls US 'adversary' over Ukraine

-- 2021-04-14 11:20:40

US President Joe Biden called on Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to reduce tensions stirred by a Russian military build-up on Ukraine’s border and proposed a summit of the estranged...

Biden to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan by September 11

Biden to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan by September 11

-- 2021-04-14 11:00:39

President Joe Biden plans to withdraw the remaining 2,500 US troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021, 20 years to the day after the al Qaeda attacks that triggered America’s longest war, US of...

Morgan Stanley aims to support $750b in low-carbon investments by 2030

Morgan Stanley aims to support $750b in low-carbon investments by 2030

-- 2021-04-14 10:35:50

Morgan Stanley said on Tuesday it would seek to encourage an additional $750 billion worth of spending on low-carbon solutions by 2030 under a scheme which two years ago targeted $250 billion in inves...

Tehran to begin 60pc uranium enrichment after nuclear site incident

Tehran to begin 60pc uranium enrichment after nuclear site incident

-- 2021-04-14 10:28:01

Iran said on Tuesday it will start enriching uranium to 60 per cent purity, a move bringing the fissile material closer to levels suitable for a bomb, after accusing Israel of sabotaging a key nuclear...

Egyptians celebrate Ramadan despite Covid-19 worries

Egyptians celebrate Ramadan despite Covid-19 worries

Reuters 2021-04-14 08:26:35

Egyptians are celebrating the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in more normal conditions despite concerns about a rise in coronavirus cases and a possible third wave of infections. Last yea...

India wants Pfizer, Moderna, J&J to seek licence for COVID-19 vaccines soon

India wants Pfizer, Moderna, J&J to seek licence for COVID-19 vaccines soon

REUTERS 2021-04-13 18:46:31

India wants Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson to seek licence for their COVID-19 vaccines as soon as possible, a senior government official said on Tuesday, shortly after the government announ...

Ten lost lives in inter-communal violence amid protests in eastern Congo   

Ten lost lives in inter-communal violence amid protests in eastern Congo  

REUTERS 2021-04-13 18:45:28

Ten people have been killed and 34 injured in fighting between rival ethnic communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern city of Goma, a spokesman for the provincial government sa...