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US novelist Larry McMurtry, who wrote 'Lonesome Dove,' dead at 84

US novelist Larry McMurtry, who wrote 'Lonesome Dove,' dead at 84

-- 2021-03-27 10:35:51

Larry McMurtry, who wrote of complex relationships in novels such as “The Last Picture Show” and “Terms of Endearment,” and then helped redefine the American Old West with the...

Anti-Asian hate in US rising, parents grapple over whether to talk to their children

Anti-Asian hate in US rising, parents grapple over whether to talk to their children

Reuters 2021-03-27 10:22:19

After eight people were killed in last week’s shootings at three Atlanta-area spas, including six women of Asian descent, Stefany Stuber sat down to talk to her seven-year-old daughter, Olivia....

US accuses China of 'state-led' social media campaign

US accuses China of 'state-led' social media campaign

Reuters 2021-03-27 10:02:11

The United States on Friday condemned what it called a “state-led” social media campaign in China against US and other international companies for deciding not to use cotton from China&rsq...

Egyptian train collision kills 32, injures dozens

Egyptian train collision kills 32, injures dozens

Reuters 2021-03-26 21:29:34

At least 32 people were killed and 91 injured when two trains collided in central Egypt on Friday, health ministry officials said. “Unknown individuals” triggered the emergency brakes on...

India criticises Saudi advice on tapping stored oil

India criticises Saudi advice on tapping stored oil

Reuters 2021-03-26 21:28:32

Indian oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday described his Saudi counterpart’s advice to reduce oil stores to tackle high crude prices as “undiplomatic”. “That was in a wa...

India plans to widen vaccination campaign

India plans to widen vaccination campaign

Reuters 2021-03-26 14:55:57

India plans to widen a coronavirus vaccination campaign soon to include more younger people, the health minister said on Friday, as its new infections rose by the most in more than five months. The w...

Fire at Mumbai hospital claims at least six lives

Fire at Mumbai hospital claims at least six lives

Reuters 2021-03-26 13:08:11

At least six people died in a fire that engulfed a mall housing a hospital that treated coronavirus patients in Mumbai, authorities said on Friday. More than 70 patients with Covid-19 infections in t...

US transport chief not endorsing banning gas-vehicles after 2035

US transport chief not endorsing banning gas-vehicles after 2035

Reuters 2021-03-26 11:51:10

US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said on Thursday he was unaware of any support by the Biden administration to ban gas-powered vehicles after 2035 as California aims to do. Asked by a lawma...

Why more migrant children arriving at the US-Mexico border

Why more migrant children arriving at the US-Mexico border

-- 2021-03-26 11:41:12

US President Joe Biden will likely face questions during his first presidential news conference on Thursday about his handling of a rising number of unaccompanied children arriving at the US-Mexico bo...

Big Tech CEOs told 'time for self-regulation is over'

Big Tech CEOs told 'time for self-regulation is over'

-- 2021-03-26 11:14:06

In their first appearance before Congress since Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol, the chief executives of Facebook, Google and Twitter were asked by US lawmakers whether their platforms bore so...

US Supreme Court widens ability to sue police for excessive force

US Supreme Court widens ability to sue police for excessive force

Reuters 2021-03-26 11:10:01

The US Supreme Court on Thursday expanded the ability of people to sue police for excessive force, ruling in favor of a New Mexico woman who filed a civil rights lawsuit after being shot by officers s...

Merkel defends rollout as vaccine pressure grows

Merkel defends rollout as vaccine pressure grows

-- 2021-03-25 17:49:43

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has defended the EU's decision to procure coronavirus vaccines jointly as the bloc struggles with delays in rollout. EU leaders are to hold virtual talks shortly to di...

Argentina leaves Lima Group, blaming bloc's Venezuela policies

Argentina leaves Lima Group, blaming bloc's Venezuela policies

-- 2021-03-25 13:22:42

Argentina has said it would withdraw from the ‘Lima Group’ of Latin American nations, blasting the regional bloc’s policy of isolating Venezuela under President Nicolas Maduro and no...

Israel's 4th election in two years sees no clear winner

Israel's 4th election in two years sees no clear winner

Reuters 2021-03-25 12:35:45

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to secure a solid parliamentary majority in the country’s election on Tuesday but a potential deal with a rival rightist could make him the event...

India delays big exports of AstraZeneca vaccine, including to COVAX

India delays big exports of AstraZeneca vaccine, including to COVAX

Reuters 2021-03-25 10:32:25

India has put a temporary hold on all major exports of the AstraZeneca coronavirus shot made by the Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s biggest vaccine-maker, to meet domestic demand as...

Republicans fail to label migrant surge at US-Mexico border a crisis

Republicans fail to label migrant surge at US-Mexico border a crisis

Reuters 2021-03-25 10:21:15

US Senate Republicans put their opposition to President Joe Biden’s border policy on full display on Wednesday, with a symbolic show of their own legislation aimed at pressuring the White House...

Merkel drops Easter shutdown plan for Germany, apologises

Merkel drops Easter shutdown plan for Germany, apologises

-- 2021-03-24 22:03:13

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday dropped plans for a five-day shutdown over Easter, which had prompted confusion and criticism. She called the idea a mistake and apologized to Germans. Me...

'Double mutant' Covid variant found in India

'Double mutant' Covid variant found in India

-- 2021-03-24 21:04:38

A new "double mutant" variant of the coronavirus has been detected from samples collected in India. Officials are checking if the variant, where two mutations come together in the same virus, may be...

Myanmar junta's civilian rivals promise justice for Rohingya

Myanmar junta's civilian rivals promise justice for Rohingya

-- 2021-03-24 20:23:20

One of the leaders of a group of civilian rivals to Myanmar's military junta promised on Wednesday to deliver justice for the country's Rohingya minority, saying they had also suffered at the hands of...

Myanmar’s junta frees hundreds of demonstrators, businesses remain shut

Myanmar’s junta frees hundreds of demonstrators, businesses remain shut

-- 2021-03-24 18:22:21

Myanmar’s junta freed hundreds of demonstrators arrested during its brutal crackdown on protests on Wednesday, while many businesses in Yangon remained closed and streets were deserted after ant...

Australian floods kill two, more evacuations as clean-up starts   

Australian floods kill two, more evacuations as clean-up starts  

REUTERS 2021-03-24 16:56:43

The bodies of two men were found in Australia on Wednesday in cars trapped in floodwaters, the first deaths linked to wild weather in recent days that has submerged houses, swept away livestock and cu...

Merkel calls meeting to discuss Covid-19 lockdown

Merkel calls meeting to discuss Covid-19 lockdown

REUTERS 2021-03-24 15:37:17

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called an unexpected meeting with leaders of the federal states for Wednesday morning to discuss the coronavirus pandemic after they agreed early on Tuesday to exte...

China plans to invite Palestinians and Israelis for talks

China plans to invite Palestinians and Israelis for talks

REUTERS 2021-03-24 15:31:34

China's State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi attends a meeting with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Guilin, China, March 22, 2021 —Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout via Reuters...

Singapore court orders blogger to pay PM $99,000 in defamation case

Singapore court orders blogger to pay PM $99,000 in defamation case

-- 2021-03-24 15:17:02

The Singapore high court has ordered a blogger to pay Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong S$133,000 ($98,825) in damages in a defamation case filed by the city-state's leader, according to a judgment relea...

Global coronavirus cases surpass 124 million

Global coronavirus cases surpass 124 million

-- 2021-03-24 13:48:36

With the Covid-19 situation worsening around the world, the global caseload crossed 124 million on Wednesday. According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the global Covid-19 tally and fatalities now...

Pine forest near Rome to get protection from satellites, drones

Pine forest near Rome to get protection from satellites, drones

Reuters 2021-03-24 12:15:14

Italian aerospace and defence group Leonardo and a consortium of IT companies are to use satellites, sensors and drones to protect a 1,000 hectare nature reserve on the outskirts of Rome. The pine fo...

Myanmar anti-coup protesters plan silent strike

Myanmar anti-coup protesters plan silent strike

-- 2021-03-24 12:10:19

Myanmar activists plan more anti-coup protests on Wednesday, including a silent strike with many businesses due to close and calls for people to stay home, a day after a seven-year-old girl was killed...

Eruption of Guatemala's Pacaya volcano grounds planes

Eruption of Guatemala's Pacaya volcano grounds planes

Reuters 2021-03-24 11:33:21

Guatemalan authorities closed the capital’s international airport on Tuesday as ash and rocks sprayed from the Pacaya volcano, grounding nine planes and diverting an incoming flight to neighbour...

Prince Harry named chief impact officer at mental health company

Prince Harry named chief impact officer at mental health company

REUTERS 2021-03-24 08:52:13

Britain’s Prince Harry will become the first chief impact officer of BetterUp Inc, a San Francisco-based start-up that provides employee coaching and mental health assistance, the company said o...

Vatican insists on diverting military expenses to improve health, fight poverty

Vatican insists on diverting military expenses to improve health, fight poverty

REUTERS 2021-03-24 08:31:45

The coronavirus pandemic should make governments realise that defence spending cannot guarantee security for their populations and should encourage them instead to divert funds to improve health care...