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Modi created vaccine shortage through exports, Sonia Gandhi says

Modi created vaccine shortage through exports, Sonia Gandhi says

-- 2021-04-10 19:24:50

India’s Congress party president Sonia Gandhi has alleged that Indian central government exported Covid-19 vaccine and thus allowed shortage in India. Indian opposition leader came up with the...

Two killed during anti-UN protests in eastern Congo

Two killed during anti-UN protests in eastern Congo

-- 2021-04-10 18:54:42

At least two people were killed during violent protests on Friday against the United Nations peacekeeping mission in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local officials said. Troops attached to the...

Facebook turns its headquarters into vaccination site

Facebook turns its headquarters into vaccination site

-- 2021-04-10 18:14:01

Facebook Inc said on Friday it is converting a part of its Menlo Park headquarters into a vaccination site, joining the government effort to speed up the vaccination drive in the United States. For t...

South Asia surpasses grim milestone of 15 million COVID-19 cases

South Asia surpasses grim milestone of 15 million COVID-19 cases

-- 2021-04-10 16:52:27

Coronavirus infections in the South Asia sub-region surpassed the grim milestone of 15 million on Saturday, a Reuters tally shows, led by India’s record daily infections and vaccine shortages....

Ten Myanmar policemen killed in attack by ethnic armies against junta

Ten Myanmar policemen killed in attack by ethnic armies against junta

REUTERS 2021-04-10 16:47:04

An alliance of ethnic armies in Myanmar that has opposed the junta's crackdown on anti-coup protests attacked a police station in the east on Saturday and at least 10 policemen were killed, domestic...

US considering cash payments to Central America to stem migration

US considering cash payments to Central America to stem migration

-- 2021-04-10 15:56:45

The United States is considering a conditional cash transfer programme to help address economic woes that lead migrants from certain Central American countries to trek north, as well as sending COVID-...

Saudi Arabia executes three soldiers for 'high treason'

Saudi Arabia executes three soldiers for 'high treason'

-- 2021-04-10 15:34:12

Saudi Arabia executed three soldiers Saturday it accused of committing ‘high treason,’ without elaborating on which enemy the kingdom believed the men aided. The state-run Saudi Press Age...

India's Covid cases hit yet another daily record

India's Covid cases hit yet another daily record

Reuters 2021-04-10 14:03:21

India reported a record 145,384 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday and the highest number of deaths in more than five months, as it grapples with an overwhelming second-wave of infections that has forced...

Volcano erupts in southern Caribbean

Volcano erupts in southern Caribbean

-- 2021-04-10 10:53:34

La Soufriere volcano on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent erupted on Friday after decades of inactivity, sending dark plumes of ash and smoke billowing into the sky and forcing thousands fro...

World reacts to death of Prince Philip

World reacts to death of Prince Philip

Reuters 2021-04-10 10:46:14

Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth and a leading figure in the British royal family for almost seven decades, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace said on Friday. Here are reactions from major...

80pc of people in death penalty trials as minors in Saudi Arabia still at risk of execution

80pc of people in death penalty trials as minors in Saudi Arabia still at risk of execution

-- 2021-04-10 10:32:40

Anti-death penalty group Reprieve said on Friday that 80 per cent of those sentenced to death for crimes in Saudi Arabia while minors still face execution despite reforms announced in 2020. Saudi aut...

Biden's budget fuels health, education spending showing sharp change from Trump

Biden's budget fuels health, education spending showing sharp change from Trump

REUTERS 2021-04-10 09:49:23

US President Joe Biden asked Congress to sharply hike spending on climate change, cancer and underperforming schools, but his first budget wishlist on Friday drew howls of bipartisan concern over mili...

Myanmar junta claims dwindling of protests despite killing of 10 more protesters by troops

Myanmar junta claims dwindling of protests despite killing of 10 more protesters by troops

Reuters 2021-04-10 08:46:43

Myanmar’s junta said on Friday that a protest campaign against its rule was dwindling since people wanted peace, and that it would hold elections within two years, the first timeframe it has giv...

Prince Philip: Who he was, what he did and why he mattered

Prince Philip: Who he was, what he did and why he mattered

BBC 2021-04-09 21:43:39

The Duke of Edinburgh, arguably the world's most famous husband, has died at the age of 99. He spent seven decades in the shadow of his wife, the UK's Queen Elizabeth II - but his force of personalit...

Myanmar junta says protests against its rule are dwindlin

Myanmar junta says protests against its rule are dwindlin

-- 2021-04-09 19:04:39

The junta will hold elections within two years and hand over power to the elected government, military spokesman Brigadier General Zaw Min Tun told a news conference in the capital, Naypyitaw, reports...

British MPs object to travel ban on visitors from Bangladesh, Pakistan

British MPs object to travel ban on visitors from Bangladesh, Pakistan

-- 2021-04-09 19:00:15

British Members of Parliament (MPs) from across the political spectrum have raised “major concerns” with their Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the imposition of a travel ban on visitors fr...

Rahul Gandhi demands immediate halt on vaccine exports

Rahul Gandhi demands immediate halt on vaccine exports

-- 2021-04-09 18:35:38

India's opposition Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has urged Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to impose a suspension on COVID-19 vaccine exports, predicting ‘catastrophic effects’ on the e...

Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth, dies

Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth, dies

-- 2021-04-09 17:35:17

Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth and a leading figure in the British royal family for almost seven decades, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace said on Friday. The Duke of Edinburgh, as he w...

US blacklists seven Chinese supercomputing entities

US blacklists seven Chinese supercomputing entities

-- 2021-04-09 17:11:14

The US Commerce Department said Thursday it was adding seven Chinese supercomputing entities to a US economic blacklist for assisting Chinese military efforts. The Commerce Department said the seven...

Egypt sentences Muslim Brotherhood leader to life in prison

Egypt sentences Muslim Brotherhood leader to life in prison

-- 2021-04-09 17:04:13

A senior leader of Egypt’s outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group has been convicted on “terror” charges and sentenced to life in prison, state media has reported. According to the state...

Nepal battles worst forest fires in years

Nepal battles worst forest fires in years

-- 2021-04-09 16:51:31

Nepal is battling its worst forest fires in years, officials said on Friday, with smoke wafting across its mountains and souring the air as it settles into the bowl that holds capital city Kathmandu,...

Facebook suspends 16,000 accounts for selling fake reviews

Facebook suspends 16,000 accounts for selling fake reviews

-- 2021-04-09 16:26:48

Britain’s competition watchdog said on Friday social media company Facebook Inc suspended 16,000 accounts that were selling and buying fake reviews of various products and services, the second t...

Police fine Norway prime minister over virus rules violation

Police fine Norway prime minister over virus rules violation

-- 2021-04-09 15:22:33

Norwegian police said on Friday they have fined Prime Minister Erna Solberg for breaking COVID-19 social distancing rules when she organised a family gathering to celebrate her birthday. The fine is...

France recommends second mRNA COVID-19 dose for under-55s after first AstraZeneca shot

France recommends second mRNA COVID-19 dose for under-55s after first AstraZeneca shot

-- 2021-04-09 15:14:23

France's top health body said recipients of a first dose of AstraZeneca's traditional COVID-19 vaccine who are under 55 should get a second shot with a new-style messenger-RNA (mRNA) vaccine, confirmi...

India to review Covid-19 vaccines amid blood clot concerns

India to review Covid-19 vaccines amid blood clot concerns

Reuters 2021-04-09 12:02:30

A government panel of experts is investigating for any domestic cases of blood clotting, even mild ones, as a side effect of the two Covid-19 vaccines being administered in India, financial daily Mint...

Myanmar state-owned gems enterprise blacklisted

Myanmar state-owned gems enterprise blacklisted

-- 2021-04-09 11:39:43

The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on a Myanmar state-owned gems enterprise in a bid to curtail the military junta’s ability to generate revenues, according to a statement. The mo...

Bolivia's Uru Uru lake appears to be made of plastic

Bolivia's Uru Uru lake appears to be made of plastic

REUTERS 2021-04-09 11:28:58

Bolivia’s Uru Uru lake is more plastic than water, with discarded bottles, containers, toys and tires stretching out towards the horizon, a dystopian image reflecting years of human pollution an...

Press freedom in Macau’s gambling hub under spotlight

Press freedom in Macau’s gambling hub under spotlight

REUTERS 2021-04-09 11:23:41

At a meeting at the Portuguese unit of Macau’s public broadcaster TDM on March 10, two senior journalists addressed about 25 staff, reading new editorial rules requiring them to promote “p...

India's Modi rejects calls to widen vaccine access as infections hit record

India's Modi rejects calls to widen vaccine access as infections hit record

-- 2021-04-09 10:05:59

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has rejected calls from states to offer coronavirus vaccinations to younger people to help contain a record surge in cases. Many states in India, the world’s...

US Senate moves ahead with effort to counter China

US Senate moves ahead with effort to counter China

-- 2021-04-09 08:39:46

Leaders of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee introduced major legislation on Thursday to boost the country’s ability to push back against China’s expanding global influence by prom...