FE ONLINE DESK 2021-06-22 17:17:18
The share of renewable energy that achieved lower costs than the most competitive fossil fuel option doubled in 2020, a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) showed. “...
Global Times 2021-06-22 15:30:27
Chinese government approved a list of COVID-19 vaccines for export on Tuesday in a bid to support the vaccine exports and support global cooperation against the pandemic. The Ministry of Commerce (MO...
REUTERS 2021-06-22 15:25:16
Pakistan has made an agreement to procure 13 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer, the country's health minister said on Tuesday. An exact timeline was not yet available, health minister Fai...
REUTERS 2021-06-21 22:02:18
The top United Nations human rights official said on Monday she hoped to agree terms for a visit this year to China, including its Xinjiang region, to look into reports of serious violations against M...
Reuters 2021-06-21 21:56:54
India gave out a record 7.5 million vaccine doses on Monday under a federal campaign to inoculate all adults for free after weeks of criticism that a chaotic rollout had worsened a second wave that ki...
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India on Monday began a nationwide campaign of free COVID-19 shots for all adults after weeks of criticism that a chaotic rollout had caused acute shortages and intensified a deadly second wave that k...
Reuters 2021-06-21 11:59:17
Western officials warned Tehran on Sunday that negotiations to revive its nuclear deal could not continue indefinitely, after the sides announced a break following the election of a new hardline presi...
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A real estate developer in China has constructed a 10-storey earthquake-resistant residential building in 28 hours. Broad Group, the developer of the building, shared a nearly five-minute-long video...
BBC 2021-06-20 17:39:51
Israel's Prime Minister has said the international community should "wake up" to the election of Iran's next president, Ebrahim Raisi. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Iran's "regime of brutal han...
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Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi won Iran's presidential race by securing over 60 per cent of votes, the Iranian Interior Ministry has announced. "Ebrahim Raisi won the first place with 17,926,345 votes...
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Over 178 million people have been found infected with Covid-19 as many countries are still grappling with a spike in cases and deaths across the world. The total caseload and deaths from the virus st...
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India's central government on Saturday urged states to be careful in reopening COVID-19 lockdowns to prevent a resurgence of infections in the hard-hit country. Indian states are easing restrictions...
Reuters 2021-06-19 15:37:57
Hardline judge Ebrahim Raisi leads Iran's presidential election, an interior ministry official said on Saturday, a day after millions of Iranians voted in a contest that critics boycotted over economi...
Reuters 2021-06-19 14:00:01
The United Nations General Assembly on Friday called for a stop to the flow of arms to Myanmar and urged the military to respect November election results and release political detainees, including le...
Reuters 2021-06-19 11:57:31
Health officials in India's richest state have urged authorities to step up preparations against a possible third wave of coronavirus infections, they said on Friday, as lockdowns eased less than a mo...
AP 2021-06-18 21:26:24
Israel said Friday it will transfer around 1.0 million doses of soon-to-expire coronavirus vaccines to the Palestinian Authority in exchange for a similar number of doses the Palestinians expect to re...
Reuters 2021-06-18 17:37:08
Iranians are voting to elect a new president, with all but one of the four candidates regarded as hardliners. Opinion polls suggest Ebrahim Raisi, a conservative Shia cleric who heads the judiciary,...
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Police in India have summoned Twitter's top official in the country to answer allegations that the US firm failed to stop the spread of a video that allegedly incited "hate and enmity" between Hindu a...
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A third wave of coronavirus infections is likely to hit India by October, and although it will be better controlled than the latest outbreak the pandemic will remain a public health threat for at leas...
REUTERS 2021-06-18 14:18:01
A group of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh is learning the art of photography at a local media school to help them document conditions in the sprawling camps where they live and even go on to become p...
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Landslides and flash floods triggered by heavy rain across Nepal this week killed 11 people including one Indian and two Chinese workers at a development project, while 25 people were missing elsewher...
REUTERS 2021-06-18 11:36:14
US President Joe Biden's executive order aimed at safeguarding Americans' sensitive data would force some Chinese apps to take tougher measures to protect private information if they want to remain in...
REUTERS 2021-06-17 15:31:26
Some camps dotted in the forest have a few dozen people, some more than a thousand. The displaced sleep packed together under plastic sheeting for protection from Myanmar's monsoon rains. Food is sho...
Reuters 2021-06-17 14:38:29
More than 350 Indonesian doctors have contracted Covid-19 despite being vaccinated with Sinovac and dozens have been hospitalised, officials said, as concerns rise about the efficacy of some vaccines...
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The global Covid-19 caseload has now surged past 177 million, with the world still struggling to contain the second outbreak of the virus. The total caseload and fatalities from the virus stand at 17...
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Uttarakhand state in northern India has ordered a police inquiry into allegations of private labs filing fake Covid reports. Media reports say fake names, mobile numbers and addresses were used i...
REUTERS 2021-06-17 12:46:40
The European Union's envoy for Afghanistan said on Wednesday time was running out for Afghan peace negotiations and more needed to be done to boost the discussions as international forces withdraw fro...
Xinhua 2021-06-17 12:16:11
Japan plans to introduce vaccine passports by around late July, the Japanese government's top spokesman said Thursday. "We want to start around that time once overall preparations are made," Chief...
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Five hundred Hong Kong police officers sifted through reporters' computers and notebooks at pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily on Thursday, the first case in which authorities have cited media articles...
Reuters 2021-06-17 11:54:41
A senior Chinese epidemiologist said the United States should be the priority in the next phase of investigations into the origin of Covid-19 after a study showed the disease could have been circulati...
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