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Renewables are cheapest source of power, IRENA says

Renewables are cheapest source of power, IRENA says

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. “...

Chinese govt grants four COVID-19 vaccines for export

Chinese govt grants four COVID-19 vaccines for export

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...

Pakistan to receive 13m doses of Pfizer vaccine by end 2021

Pakistan to receive 13m doses of Pfizer vaccine by end 2021

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...

UN rights chief seeks Xinjiang visit amid reports of Uyghurs persecution

UN rights chief seeks Xinjiang visit amid reports of Uyghurs persecution

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...

India's vaccinations hit record with free COVID shots

India's vaccinations hit record with free COVID shots

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...

India begins inoculating all adults with free shots

India begins inoculating all adults with free shots

-- 2021-06-21 16:06:29

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...

Western parties warn Iran, say nuclear talks won't continue indefinitely

Western parties warn Iran, say nuclear talks won't continue indefinitely

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...

China constructs 10-storey earthquake-resistant building in 28 hours

China constructs 10-storey earthquake-resistant building in 28 hours

-- 2021-06-20 20:36:16

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...

Israel PM warns world of Ebrahim Raisi

Israel PM warns world of Ebrahim Raisi

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...

Ebrahim Raisi wins Iran's presidential election

Ebrahim Raisi wins Iran's presidential election

-- 2021-06-20 11:30:06

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...

Global coronavirus cases top 178 million

Global coronavirus cases top 178 million

-- 2021-06-20 11:05:14

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...

India asks states to 'carefully calibrate' lockdown easing

India asks states to 'carefully calibrate' lockdown easing

-- 2021-06-19 21:47:03

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...

Hardline judge Raisi leads in Iran's presidential election

Hardline judge Raisi leads in Iran's presidential election

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...

United Nations calls for halt of arms to Myanmar

United Nations calls for halt of arms to Myanmar

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...

Experts urge India's Maharashtra to gear up for third Covid wave

Experts urge India's Maharashtra to gear up for third Covid wave

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...

Israel to send 1.0m doses to Palestinians in vaccine exchange

Israel to send 1.0m doses to Palestinians in vaccine exchange

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...

Iranians vote in presidential election marred by disqualification row

Iranians vote in presidential election marred by disqualification row

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,...

Twitter's top official in India summoned over viral video

Twitter's top official in India summoned over viral video

-- 2021-06-18 16:48:18

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...

India should brace for third COVID-19 wave by Oct, say health experts

India should brace for third COVID-19 wave by Oct, say health experts

-- 2021-06-18 15:54:38

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...

Aspiring Rohingya photographers document life in Cox's Bazar camps

Aspiring Rohingya photographers document life in Cox's Bazar camps

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...

One Indian, two Chinese workers among 11 killed in Nepal floods

One Indian, two Chinese workers among 11 killed in Nepal floods

-- 2021-06-18 13:04:25

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...

Chinese apps could still face subpoenas or bans in US

Chinese apps could still face subpoenas or bans in US

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...

Myanmar's renewed war sends tens of thousands fleeing to forests

Myanmar's renewed war sends tens of thousands fleeing to forests

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...

Over 350 Indonesian doctors contract Covid-19 despite Sinovac jabs

Over 350 Indonesian doctors contract Covid-19 despite Sinovac jabs

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...

Global coronavirus cases cross 177 million mark

Global coronavirus cases cross 177 million mark

-- 2021-06-17 14:20:08

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...

Probe ordered into 'fake Covid-19 testing' during India's Kumbh Mela

Probe ordered into 'fake Covid-19 testing' during India's Kumbh Mela

-- 2021-06-17 14:12:19

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...

Time running out for Afghan peace process: EU envoy

Time running out for Afghan peace process: EU envoy

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...

Japan plans to introduce vaccine passports by late July

Japan plans to introduce vaccine passports by late July

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...

500 policemen raid Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai's Apple Daily newsroom

500 policemen raid Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai's Apple Daily newsroom

-- 2021-06-17 12:12:46

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...

Chinese expert says Covid-19 origins probe should now shift to US: Global Times

Chinese expert says Covid-19 origins probe should now shift to US: Global Times

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...