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Malaysia declares nationwide lockdown as COVID-19 cases spike

Malaysia declares nationwide lockdown as COVID-19 cases spike

REUTERS 2021-05-10 19:39:32

Malaysia on Monday imposed a new nationwide lockdown, as the country grapples with a surge in coronavirus cases and highly infectious variants that the government said are testing its health system....

Violence erupts at al-Aqsa mosque as Israel marks Jerusalem Day

Violence erupts at al-Aqsa mosque as Israel marks Jerusalem Day

REUTERS 2021-05-10 17:04:48

Palestinian protesters threw rocks and Israeli police fired stun grenades and rubber bullets in clashes outside the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem on Monday as Israel marked the anniversary of its captur...

UAE includes Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka to travel curbs list

UAE includes Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka to travel curbs list

Reuters 2021-05-10 16:31:24

The United Arab Emirates will bar entry to non-UAE resident travellers from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka starting on Wednesday to try to contain the spread of the coronavirus, it said on...

Bring back your empty oxygen tanks, Nepal urges Everest climbers

Bring back your empty oxygen tanks, Nepal urges Everest climbers

Reuters 2021-05-10 14:21:16

Nepal is so short of oxygen canisters that it has asked climbers on Mount Everest to bring back their empties instead of abandoning them on mountain slopes, an official said on Monday, as it struggles...

South Korea's Moon says 'time to take action' on North Korea

South Korea's Moon says 'time to take action' on North Korea

Reuters 2021-05-10 10:47:51

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Monday he sees his final year in office as the last chance to achieve a lasting peace with North Korea, and said it was time to take action amid stalled talk...

US expresses 'serious concerns' about evictions of Palestinian families

US expresses 'serious concerns' about evictions of Palestinian families

Reuters 2021-05-10 10:02:42

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Sunday (US standard time) expressed "serious concerns" to his Israeli counterpart about violent clashes in Jerusalem sparked by planned evictions of Pales...

India turns to ex-army medics as Covid cases continue to surge

India turns to ex-army medics as Covid cases continue to surge

Reuters 2021-05-10 09:27:51

India will recruit hundreds of former army medics to support its overwhelmed healthcare system, the defence ministry said on Sunday, as the country grapples with record Covid-19 infections and deaths...

Laos records first COVID-19 death

Laos records first COVID-19 death

-- 2021-05-09 21:40:05

The Southeast Asian country of Laos recorded its first death from coronavirus on Sunday, losing its place among the few countries yet to suffer a fatality, state media said. The victim was a 53-year-...

Another Myanmar poet dies in detention, body returned with organs removed

Another Myanmar poet dies in detention, body returned with organs removed

-- 2021-05-09 20:52:14

Myanmar poet Khat Thi, whose works declare resistance to the ruling junta, died in detention overnight and his body was returned with the organs removed, his family said on Sunday. Khat Thi was at le...

Saudi Arabia will organise pilgrimage to Mecca this year under special conditions

Saudi Arabia will organise pilgrimage to Mecca this year under special conditions

-- 2021-05-09 20:42:55

Saudi Arabia will organise the pilgrimage to Mecca this year, but under special conditions to guard against the spread of COVID-19, state TV reported on Sunday. "The mechanism and conditions for hold...

China to create 'line of separation' at Everest summit on COVID fears

China to create 'line of separation' at Everest summit on COVID fears

-- 2021-05-09 20:01:41

China will set up "a line of separation" at the summit of Mount Everest to prevent the mingling of climbers from COVID-hit Nepal and those ascending from the Tibetan side as a precautionary measure, C...

Emirates to fly medical aid to India for free

Emirates to fly medical aid to India for free

-- 2021-05-09 18:03:55

Emirates airline said on Sunday it will fly medical supplies from Dubai to nine cities in India free of charge from this week to help battle a devastating upsurge in the coronavirus, reports Reuters....

India's daily COVID-19 deaths near record, calls for nationwide lockdown mount

India's daily COVID-19 deaths near record, calls for nationwide lockdown mount

Reuters 2021-05-09 17:38:00

India's COVID-19 deaths rose by more than 4,000 for a second consecutive day on Sunday as calls for a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the virus mounted. Details coming soon...

Myanmar's junta approves $2.8bn investment, including gas power plant

Myanmar's junta approves $2.8bn investment, including gas power plant

-- 2021-05-09 16:12:43

Myanmar's military rulers have approved new investment in projects worth nearly $2.8 billion, including a liquefied natural gas (LNG) power plant that will cost $2.5 billion, the country's investment...

Afghan school blast toll rises to 58

Afghan school blast toll rises to 58

REUTERS 2021-05-09 13:50:07

The death toll from an explosion outside a school in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul has risen to 58, Afghan officials said on Sunday, with doctors struggling to provide medical care to at least 150...

Scores injured on second night of Jerusalem clashes

Scores injured on second night of Jerusalem clashes

-- 2021-05-09 12:38:35

Fresh clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police broke out in Jerusalem on Saturday, injuring dozens. Protesters hurled stones at the police at Damascus Gate in the Old City, and officers re...

China rocket debris ‘landed in Indian Ocean’

China rocket debris ‘landed in Indian Ocean’

Reuters 2021-05-09 11:28:52

Remnants of China's biggest rocket landed in the Indian Ocean on Sunday, with the bulk of its components destroyed upon re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere, according to Chinese state media, ending d...

Blasts targeting Afghan school in Kabul kill 40, injure dozens

Blasts targeting Afghan school in Kabul kill 40, injure dozens

REUTERS 2021-05-08 22:01:35

Multiple blasts at a school in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least 40 people and wounded dozens more, mostly female students, officials said. A senior interior ministry official told...

Indian Supreme Court steps in to resolve oxygen crisis

Indian Supreme Court steps in to resolve oxygen crisis

-- 2021-05-08 21:54:38

The inability of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to stem the severe medical oxygen crisis in India has forced the country's top court to apparently step into the shoes of the executive. The...

Turkey accuses Israel of 'terror' over Palestinian clashes at Al-Aqsa

Turkey accuses Israel of 'terror' over Palestinian clashes at Al-Aqsa

-- 2021-05-08 21:33:43

Turkey criticised Israel and accused it of unleashing "terror" on Palestinians after Israeli police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades towards rock-hurling Palestinian youth at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa...

Indian states impose stricter lockdowns as Covid deaths hit record high

Indian states impose stricter lockdowns as Covid deaths hit record high

Reuters 2021-05-08 19:56:09

India on Saturday reported its highest ever single-day COVID-19 death toll, as cases continued to rise and states imposed stricter lockdowns. India's health ministry reported 4,187 fatalities over th...

China to restrict mobile app news notifications in internet clampdown

China to restrict mobile app news notifications in internet clampdown

REUTERS 2021-05-08 19:38:15

China's internet watchdog said on Saturday that it will ban some mobile app notifications and tighten regulations as the government ramps up a campaign to rein in the growing influence of internet com...

Pakistan gets first COVID-19 vaccine doses under COVAX

Pakistan gets first COVID-19 vaccine doses under COVAX

REUTERS 2021-05-08 19:18:46

Pakistan on Saturday received its first batch of 1.2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses under its COVAX quota, UNICEF said in a media release. "Today Pakistan received its first shipment of Oxford-AstraZ...

Beyond India, Asian countries ravaged by fresh coronavirus waves

Beyond India, Asian countries ravaged by fresh coronavirus waves

CNN 2021-05-08 17:08:46

As India's coronavirus catastrophe worsens, new waves of infections are fast engulfing a growing number of nations across South and Southeast Asia -- with some grappling with their worst outbreaks s...

China urges UN members to avoid event on Uyghurs, other minorities

China urges UN members to avoid event on Uyghurs, other minorities

REUTERS 2021-05-08 16:52:33

China has urged United Nations member states not to attend an event planned next week by Germany, the United States and Britain on the repression of Uyghur Muslims and other minorities in Xinjiang, ac...

Chinese rocket debris set to hit earth early Sunday

Chinese rocket debris set to hit earth early Sunday

Reuters 2021-05-08 15:41:08

Remnants of China's largest rocket launched last week are expected to plunge back through the atmosphere late Saturday or early Sunday, a US federally funded space-focused research and development cen...

India's Tamil Nadu announces lockdown as Covid deaths continue to surge

India's Tamil Nadu announces lockdown as Covid deaths continue to surge

-- 2021-05-08 13:17:18

India's southern state of Tamil Nadu announced new lockdown measures on Saturday as officials reported a nationwide record number of single-day COVID-19 deaths as cases continue to surge. India's hea...

India sees record daily rise in Covid-19 deaths as case numbers surge

India sees record daily rise in Covid-19 deaths as case numbers surge

Reuters 2021-05-08 12:16:38

India on Saturday reported a record one-day rise in Covid-19 deaths as cases surged by more than 400,000 for the third consecutive day. India's health ministry reported 4,187 fatalities over the past...

Dozens injured as Israeli police, Palestinians clash at Al-Aqsa Mosque

Dozens injured as Israeli police, Palestinians clash at Al-Aqsa Mosque

Reuters 2021-05-08 10:52:36

Israeli police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades towards rock-hurling Palestinian youth at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday amid growing anger over the potential eviction of Palestinians from...

WHO approves Chinese vaccine for first the time

WHO approves Chinese vaccine for first the time

-- 2021-05-07 21:38:49

The World Health Organization announced on Friday it had approved a COVID-19 vaccine from China's state-owned drugmaker Sinopharm for emergency use. The vaccine, one of two main Chinese shots that co...