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Australia cautions virus cases to rise despite weeks-long lockdown

Australia cautions virus cases to rise despite weeks-long lockdown

REUTERS 2021-07-22 09:18:58

Coronavirus cases in Australia spiked again on Thursday, despite a weeks-long lockdown, with authorities warning that infections would rise more and take a toll on the economy as the country battles t...

Saudi women stand guard in Makkah during Hajj for the first time

Saudi women stand guard in Makkah during Hajj for the first time

REUTERS 2021-07-21 19:49:29

Inspired by her late father's career, Mona decided to join the military and the first group of Saudi women soldiers to work in Islam's holiest sites, where they are helping secure the Hajj annual pilg...

Israel's National Security Council 'looking into' NSO spyware allegations   

Israel's National Security Council 'looking into' NSO spyware allegations  

REUTERS 2021-07-21 19:36:49

Israel has set up a senior inter-ministerial team to "look into" proliferating allegations that spyware sold by an Israeli cyber firm has been abused on a global scale, an Israeli source said on Wedne...

At least 12 dead as floodwaters rush into subway tunnel in China

At least 12 dead as floodwaters rush into subway tunnel in China

-- 2021-07-21 19:10:36

Subway administration urgently halted traffic and cut all power, but one train stopped at a flooded section of the tunnel At least 12 people were killed and 5 injured when a subway tunnel was flooded...

Global coronavirus cases top 191 million

Global coronavirus cases top 191 million

-- 2021-07-21 12:32:07

The global coronavirus caseload has now surpassed the grim milestone of 191 million as the highly contagious Delta variant is spreading like wildfire in several countries even with mass inoculations u...

Myanmar human rights defenders under siege

Myanmar human rights defenders under siege

-- 2021-07-21 11:32:12

UN experts have expressed their utmost concern over the situation of human rights defenders in Myanmar, and called for a stronger international response to the military coup, including coordinated san...

China’s Henan province swamped after heaviest rain in 1,000 years

China’s Henan province swamped after heaviest rain in 1,000 years

REUTERS 2021-07-21 10:26:25

Large swathes of China's central Henan province were under water on Wednesday, with its capital Zhengzhou hardest-hit after being drenched by what weather watchers said was the heaviest rain in 1,000...

India reports this year's first bird flu death

India reports this year's first bird flu death

-- 2021-07-21 10:00:59

India has reported its first bird flu death in the country for this year after a 12-year-old boy died at Delhi's All India Insitute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Tuesday, news agency ANI reported. T...

Indian opposition parties disrupt parliament, seeks probe into Pegasus

Indian opposition parties disrupt parliament, seeks probe into Pegasus

REUTERS 2021-07-20 20:29:18

Indian opposition parties disrupted parliament on Tuesday, demanding an investigation into reports that the government used Israeli-made Pegasus spyware to snoop on scores of journalists, activists an...

China rejects hacking charges, accuses US of cyberspying

China rejects hacking charges, accuses US of cyberspying

AP 2021-07-20 20:12:44

China on Tuesday rejected an accusation by Washington and its Western allies that Beijing is to blame for a hack of the Microsoft Exchange email system and complained Chinese entities are victims of d...

Two-thirds of Indians have coronavirus antibodies, survey shows

Two-thirds of Indians have coronavirus antibodies, survey shows

Reuters 2021-07-20 19:35:00

Two-thirds of India's population have antibodies against the coronavirus, according to data released on Tuesday from a survey of 29,000 people across the nation conducted in June and July. The fourth...

Australia's Covid-19 lockdowns cover more than half the 25m population

Australia's Covid-19 lockdowns cover more than half the 25m population

REUTERS 2021-07-20 19:07:10

More than half of Australia's 25 million population is under lockdown after a third state imposed movement restrictions on Tuesday to contain the spread of the highly contagious Covid-19 Delta variant...

Suu Kyi’s senior adviser dies from COVID-19 in custody

Suu Kyi’s senior adviser dies from COVID-19 in custody

REUTERS 2021-07-20 18:20:17

Myanmar politician Nyan Win, a senior adviser to ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, died in hospital on Tuesday after becoming infected with COVID-19 in jail, his party said, as the Southeast Asian count...

Indonesians celebrate Eid-ul-Azha festival under Covid-19 curbs

Indonesians celebrate Eid-ul-Azha festival under Covid-19 curbs

REUTERS 2021-07-20 16:35:13

Millions of Muslims in Indonesia on Tuesday celebrated Eid-ul-Azha, one of the most important Islamic festivals, as President Joko Widodo pledged that tighter coronavirus restrictions would remain in...

Australia's Covid lockdowns expand to combat Delta variant spread

Australia's Covid lockdowns expand to combat Delta variant spread

-- 2021-07-20 11:59:37

A third Australian state announced lockdown rules on Tuesday to combat the Covid-19 Delta variant spread, with South Australia entering week-long restrictions, joining an extended lockdown in Victoria...

Indonesians celebrate Eid al-Adha festival under Covid curbs

Indonesians celebrate Eid al-Adha festival under Covid curbs

REUTERS 2021-07-20 11:58:25

Millions of Muslims in Indonesia on Tuesday celebrated Eid al-Adha, one of the most important Islamic festivals, as President Joko Widodo pledged that tighter coronavirus restrictions would remain in...

Rockets fall near Kabul presidential palace during Eid prayers

Rockets fall near Kabul presidential palace during Eid prayers

REUTERS 2021-07-20 11:42:59

Rockets landed near the Afghan presidential palace in Kabul on Tuesday during prayers for the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, a live television broadcast showed. There were no immediate reports of in...

Caught between China and the US, Asian states stockpile powerful new missiles

Caught between China and the US, Asian states stockpile powerful new missiles

REUTERS 2021-07-20 11:35:23

Asia is sliding into a dangerous arms race as smaller nations that once stayed on the sidelines build arsenals of advanced long-range missiles, following in the footsteps of powerhouses China and the...

India's daily Covid-19 cases hit 4-month low

India's daily Covid-19 cases hit 4-month low

-- 2021-07-20 11:22:11

India reported on Tuesday 30,093 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed, the lowest such figure in four months. India's tally of infections stands at 406,130, th...

35 killed in suicide attack in Iraq amid Eid festival

35 killed in suicide attack in Iraq amid Eid festival

-- 2021-07-20 11:00:31

A suicide bomber killed at least 35 people and wounded dozens in a crowded market in the Sadr City neighbourhood of Baghdad on Monday, the eve of the Eid-ul-Azha festival, security, and hospital sourc...

Myanmar targets higher vaccinations as Covid cases surge

Myanmar targets higher vaccinations as Covid cases surge

-- 2021-07-20 10:16:06

Myanmar's military-controlled health ministry expects half of the population to be vaccinated against COVID-19 this year, state media reported on Tuesday, a day after authorities announced a record...

30 die as bus, truck collide in Pakistan

30 die as bus, truck collide in Pakistan

REUTERS 2021-07-19 18:51:38

Thirty people were killed and 74 injured when a passenger bus and truck collided in Punjab province early on Monday morning, rescue and hospital officials said. Rescue officials said the accident occ...

Taiwan approves Medigen's COVID-19 vaccine candidate

Taiwan approves Medigen's COVID-19 vaccine candidate

Reuters 2021-07-19 16:34:13

Taiwan's government on Monday approved the use and production of Medigen Vaccine Biologics Corp's COVID-19 vaccine candidate, a major step in the island's plans to develop its own vaccines to protect...

American duo jailed for helping former Nissan boss Ghosn flee Japan

American duo jailed for helping former Nissan boss Ghosn flee Japan

-- 2021-07-19 14:12:30

A Tokyo court on Monday doled out the first sentences related to Carlos Ghosn's arrest and escape from Japan, imprisoning US Army Special Forces veteran Michael Taylor for two years and his son Peter...

Western missions in Kabul now urge Taliban to halt fighting

Western missions in Kabul now urge Taliban to halt fighting

REUTERS 2021-07-19 13:24:45

Fifteen diplomatic missions and the NATO representative in Kabul joined hands on Monday to urge the Taliban to halt military offensives across Afghanistan, just hours after a peace meeting in Doha fai...

Vaccinated pilgrims gather for Hajj

Vaccinated pilgrims gather for Hajj

-- 2021-07-19 13:17:11

Muslim pilgrims vaccinated against COVID-19 gathered on Sunday for the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, which has barred worshippers from abroad for a second year running due to the pandemic an...

Global coronavirus cases top 190 million

Global coronavirus cases top 190 million

-- 2021-07-19 12:59:53

The global Covid-19 caseload has surpassed 190 million as the 2nd wave of coornavirus continues its onslaught across the world amid a speeding inoculation effort. The total caseload and fatalities fr...

Nepal's new PM wins confidence vote amid Covid crisis

Nepal's new PM wins confidence vote amid Covid crisis

REUTERS 2021-07-19 10:58:24

Nepal's new Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba won a vote of confidence in parliament on Sunday, days after the Supreme Court reinstated the legislature that was dissolved in May. The 75-year-old, who...

Singapore advises unvaccinated people to stay home as Covid cases surge

Singapore advises unvaccinated people to stay home as Covid cases surge

-- 2021-07-19 09:45:40

Singapore's health ministry on Sunday "strongly" advised unvaccinated individuals, especially the elderly, to stay home as much as possible over the next few weeks, citing heightened concerns about th...

Heavy rain triggers landslides in Mumbai, killing 25

Heavy rain triggers landslides in Mumbai, killing 25

Reuters 2021-07-18 14:54:09

At least 25 people died in three Mumbai suburbs when several houses collapsed after landslides triggered by heavy rain, local officials said on Sunday. Rescuers were seen using their hands to dig up...