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China's Wuhan to test all residents as cases of Delta variant reported

REUTERS 2021-08-03 12:56:32

China's Wuhan city will test all of its 12 million residents for the coronavirus, an official said on Tuesday, after the place where the virus emerged in late 2019 confirmed its first domestic cases o...

Florida, Louisiana brace for record number of Covid hospitalisations

REUTERS 2021-08-03 12:40:54

The US states of Florida and Louisiana were at or near their highest hospitalisation numbers of the coronavirus pandemic on Monday, driven by the still-spreading Delta variant, as one doctor warned of...

US hits 70pc vaccination rate – a month late, amid Covid surge

AP 2021-08-03 11:34:56

The US on Monday finally reached President Joe Biden’s goal of getting at least one Covid-19 shot into 70 per cent of American adults -- a month late and amid a fierce surge by the delta variant...

Japan will only hospitalise most serious Covid patients as infections rise

-- 2021-08-03 10:54:09

Japan will focus on hospitalising patients who are seriously ill with COVID-19 and those at risk of becoming so while others isolate at home, officials said, amid worries about a strained medical syst...

Death toll from floods in China's Henan province rises to 302

REUTERS 2021-08-02 20:41:52

The death toll from last month's floods in the central Chinese province of Henan rose to 302 as of Monday, officials said, triple the figure of 99 that was reported last week, with most of the fatalit...

French citizen faces lawsuit for depicting Macron as Hitler

-- 2021-08-02 20:12:07

Michel-Ange Flori, the owner of a French street advertising business, decided to use some of his billboards for what he called an exercise in political satire, posting a picture showing French Preside...

Sudden US troop withdrawal worsens situation, Afghan president says

-- 2021-08-02 17:29:02

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Monday blamed Afghanistan's fast-deteriorating security situation on a "sudden" decision by the United States to withdraw its troops but said his government had a plan...

Concerns growing in China as Delta outbreak spreads

-- 2021-08-02 15:25:15

A fresh Covid outbreak in China has spread to more locations, raising concerns in local media over the country's vulnerability to the highly contagious Delta variant. More than 300 cases have bee...

Coronavirus leaked from Chinese lab, Republican report says

-- 2021-08-02 12:43:56

A preponderance of evidence proves the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic leaked from a Chinese research facility, said a report by US Republicans released on Monday, a conclusion that US intelli...

US to launch Afghan refugee programme

-- 2021-08-02 12:22:57

US President Joe Biden's administration will launch a new programme to resettle certain Afghans as refugees in the United States, an administration official and two knowledgeable sources said on Sunda...

Bangladeshis among 394 migrants rescued from Mediterranean

-- 2021-08-02 11:46:26

Two humanitarian rescue ships pulled 394 migrants, including Bangladeshis, from a dangerously overcrowded wooden boat in the Mediterranean overnight on Sunday in an operation lasting about six hours,...

Pizza for shots: UK businesses target youth with vaccine incentives

-- 2021-08-02 10:28:56

Restaurants, ride-hailing apps and food delivery services are backing Britain’s COVID-19 vaccination drive, offering discounts and even free slices of pizza to persuade young people to roll up t...

Army patrols Sydney streets to help enforce Covid lockdown

REUTERS 2021-08-02 09:24:04

Australian officials on Monday extended a snap three-day lockdown in the city of Brisbane and some neighbouring regions while hundreds of army personnel began patrolling Sydney to help enforce Covid-1...

Tanker attack: Tensions rise as Iran and Israel trade accusations

BBC 2021-08-01 22:47:13

Israel's PM has said he knows "with certainty" Iran was involved in a deadly tanker attack off Oman, accusations Tehran called "baseless". Two crew members died when the MV Mercer Street, operated by...

Fauci predicts US will not return to lockdowns despite Delta variant risks

REUTERS 2021-08-01 21:07:00

President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser Dr Anthony Fauci on Sunday said he does not expect the United States will return to lockdowns, despite the growing risks of COVID-19 infections posed by the...

Myanmar army ruler takes prime minister role, pledges elections by 2023

-- 2021-08-01 18:54:13

Myanmar's military ruler Min Aung Hlaing has taken on the role of prime minister in a newly-formed caretaker government, state media reported on Sunday, six months after the army seized power from a c...

Rescuers pull 394 migrants including Bangladeshis from dangerously overcrowded boat off Tunisia

-- 2021-08-01 16:52:52

Two humanitarian rescue ships pulled 394 migrants from a dangerously overcrowded wooden boat in the Mediterranean overnight on Sunday in an operation lasting about six hours, a Reuters witness said....

New Zealand Dawn Raids: Jacinda Ardern formally apologises

BBC 2021-08-01 16:41:43

New Zealand's Prime Minister has formally apologised for an immigration crackdown in the 1970s against Pacific Islanders. The Dawn Raids targeted people who overstayed their visas, deporting them to...

Taliban rockets hit Kandahar airport in Afghanistan

REUTERS 2021-08-01 15:21:03

Taliban fighters struck Kandahar airport in southern Afghanistan with at least three rockets overnight, the insurgent group's spokesman said on Sunday, adding that the aim was to thwart air strikes co...

Thousands protest against French Covid-19 health pass rules

-- 2021-08-01 10:56:56

Thousands of people protested in Paris and other French cities on Saturday against a mandatory coronavirus health pass for entry to a wide array of public venues, introduced by the government as it ba...

Myanmar's military ruler pledges elections

-- 2021-08-01 10:20:13

Myanmar's military ruler Min Aung Hlaing has again promised new multi-party elections and said his government is ready to work with any special envoy named by the Association of Southeast Asian Nation...

Blinken to court Southeast Asia in virtual meetings next week

REUTERS 2021-08-01 10:10:59

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet virtually with Southeast Asian officials every day next week, a senior state department official said on Saturday, as Washington seeks to show the region...

Tokyo, Thailand, Malaysia post record infections as Delta variant rages on

REUTERS 2021-07-31 19:28:05

The Olympics host city Tokyo, as well as Thailand and Malaysia, announced record COVID-19 infections on Saturday, mostly driven by the highly transmissible Delta variant of the disease. Cases surged...

COP26: Global competition launched to find top climate science communicators

-- 2021-07-31 17:42:37

A global search is on for the next influential global voice on climate action who can inspire and connect with audiences across the world to help build trust in climate science. Entries are now open...

Haiti police say former Supreme Court judge a suspect in president's assassination

Reuters 2021-07-31 12:34:07

Haitian police on Friday outlined fresh accusations against a former Supreme Court judge over her links to the assassination of President Jovenel Moise earlier this month, saying she had met with some...

Four dead as wildfires sweep Turkey; villages and hotels evacuated

-- 2021-07-31 11:25:13

The death toll from wildfires on Turkey's southern coast has risen to four and firefighters were battling blazes for a third day on Friday after the evacuation of dozens of villages and some hotels....

‘Anti-govt elements’ attack UN compound in western Afghanistan

-- 2021-07-31 10:55:46

"Anti-government elements" in Afghanistan attacked the main UN compound in the capital of the western province of Herat on Friday and at least one security guard was killed, the UN Assistance Mission...

India's Serum ties up with industry in push for vaccinating rural areas

REUTERS 2021-07-31 10:54:22

The Serum Institute of India (SII) said on Friday it had partnered with an industry body to expand the reach of Covid-19 shots in India's countryside as it had "plenty of supply" of the AstraZeneca dr...

Migrant volunteers clear up flood-hit Germany

REUTERS 2021-07-31 10:30:12

Syrian volunteers have rushed to towns hit by Germany's most devastating floods in 60 years to clean them up and renovate homes, drawing on their experience with catastrophes in their homeland to help...

Armenia urges Russia to deploy troops along border with Azerbaijan

REUTERS 2021-07-30 19:30:00

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has urged Russia to deploy its forces along the length of Armenia's border with Azerbaijan after a rise in tensions between Yerevan and Baku. Armenia and Azerb...