REUTERS 2021-03-22 09:35:00
Demonstrators in Myanmar maintained their dogged opposition to military rule on Sunday despite a rising death toll, with two more people killed as the junta appeared equally determined to resist growi...
REUTERS 2021-03-22 09:20:50
India’s health ministry warned on Sunday that a huge gathering of devotees for a Hindu festival could send coronavirus cases surging, as the country recorded the most new infections in nearly fo...
BBC 2021-03-21 21:38:24
Rajiv Nath, who heads India's largest syringe factory, says he is turning down as many as 40 requests for syringes from across the world. Mr Nath's Hindustan Syringes & Medical Devices (HMD) is i...
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The federal cabinet of the United Arab Emirates approved a new system allowing professionals to reside in the Gulf state while working remotely for employers abroad, a scheme that the emirate of Dubai...
Reuters 2021-03-21 17:31:36
China has accelerated its vaccinations against COVID-19, administering 10 million doses in around a week, and is considering varied visa policies based on vaccination and virus conditions in different...
Reuters 2021-03-21 17:04:56
The Serum Institute of India (SII) has told Brazil, Saudi Arabia and Morocco that further supplies of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine will be delayed due to surging demand at home and as it works thr...
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China and the United States will set up a joint working group on climate change in a potentially positive takeaway from what was an unusually rancorous high-level meeting. The top Chinese and US dipl...
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Thousands of Israelis demonstrated outside the residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Saturday, calling for an end to his leadership just three days before the country’s...
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Mediterranean countries on the frontline of Europe’s migration crisis called for more solidarity from EU governments on Saturday and said a proposed overhaul of migration rules did not go far en...
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Thailand’s army has denied supplying rice to units of Myanmar’s armed forces and said on Saturday any food being sent over the border was part of normal trade. Myanmar’s military is...
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Holidays abroad are “extremely unlikely” for most Britons this summer due to the risk of importing new variants of COVID-19, a scientist who advises the government said on Saturday, leavin...
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Australia’s east coast was smashed by heavy rains on Saturday, sparking dangerous flash flooding that forced the evacuation of multiple regions as the fast-moving waters unmoored houses, engulfe...
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Some migrant families arriving in the United States will be housed in hotels under a new programme managed by nonprofit organisations, according to two people familiar with the plans, a move away from...
REUTERS 2021-03-20 21:53:21
Thai police used water cannon and charged toward protesters who had gathered near the King’s Palace in Bangkok on Saturday to call for the release of protest leaders and demand reform of the mon...
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US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin discussed India's planned purchase of Russia's S400 air defence system at a meeting with his Indian counterpart on Saturday, reiterating US allies should steer clear...
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The Electoral Commission of the United Kingdom has started a probe into allegations of using funding of Conservative Party for renovation of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's official flat. The...
BBC 2021-03-20 19:37:25
France and Poland have reintroduced partial lockdowns as both countries battle a sharp rise in Covid infections in recent weeks. Some 21 million people in 16 areas of France, including the capital Pa...
AP 2021-03-20 18:59:26
The European Union’s (EU) executive arm is increasing its pressure on pharmaceutical companies to speed up their vaccine delivery to the continent as virus numbers are rising again in many membe...
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Saudi Arabia has prohibited its men from marrying women from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Chad and Myanmar. According to unofficial figures, there are about 500,000 women from these four countries currently...
FE ONLINE DESK 2021-03-20 18:33:35
The European Union plans to launch a Digital Green Certificate to facilitate safe free movement of the COVID-19 negative and vaccinated people inside its member countries. The European Commission mad...
AP 2021-03-20 17:28:45
The people of Myanmar have huge expectations from the United Nations and the international community following the February 1 coup, with many calling for sanctions and some urging the UN to send peace...
AP 2021-03-20 17:08:37
One year ago, Bergamo’s state-of-the-art Pope John XXIII Hospital verged on collapse as doctors struggled to treat 600 patients, with 100 of them in intensive care. Army trucks ferried the dead...
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An earthquake struck northeastern Japan on Saturday, hitting areas devastated by the 2011 disaster and generating a tsunami of 1 metre, public broadcaster NHK said. The quake hit the coast of Miyagi...
BBC 2021-03-20 16:27:13
Finland has been named the happiest place in the world for a fourth year running, in an annual UN-sponsored report. The World Happiness Report saw Denmark in second place, then Switzerland, Iceland a...
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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan pulled his country out of an international accord designed to protect women, the country’s official gazette said on Saturday, despite calls from campaigners who...
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Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has tested positive for COVID-19, the country’s health minister said on Saturday, two days after the premier got his vaccination. Khan is “self isolatin...
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Climate activist Greta Thunberg took part in a protest under the banner of “No More Empty Promises” in central Stockholm on Friday, with protesters attending in shifts to avoid breaching c...
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The US House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved legislation condemning the military coup in Myanmar, as lawmakers decried increasingly harsh tactics used to suppress demonstrations since t...
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The Afghan government and the Taliban agreed on Friday to try to accelerate peace talks, at a meeting in Moscow that followed an international conference there on the peace process, a senior Afghan of...
-- 2021-03-20 11:14:02
More than 1,000 people fleeing violence in Myanmar have crossed into neighbouring India’s Mizoram state since late February, an Indian lawmaker told Reuters on Friday. With that number likely t...
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