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...
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...
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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...
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...
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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...
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...
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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...
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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...
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...
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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...
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...
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