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Pakistan blast kills six, injures 13 at pro-Palestinian rally

Pakistan blast kills six, injures 13 at pro-Palestinian rally

REUTERS 2021-05-21 17:43:35

A bomb blast killed six people on Friday at a pro-Palestinian rally in southwest Pakistan and wounded 13, including the leader of a hardline religious party that organised the event, police said, but...

Pain of Diana's death pushed me to drink and drugs, Harry says

Pain of Diana's death pushed me to drink and drugs, Harry says

REUTERS 2021-05-21 17:36:44

Prince Harry said he abused alcohol to numb the pain of his mother Diana's death in 1997, and accused the British royal family of neglecting him and his wife Meghan as she contemplated suicide. Harry...

Deadly 'black fungus' surges in India, call to declare epidemic

Deadly 'black fungus' surges in India, call to declare epidemic

BBC 2021-05-21 16:58:37

India's states should declare an epidemic following a rise in deadly "black fungus" cases, the country's health authorities have said. The normally rare infection, called mucormycosis, has a mortalit...

Total Covid death toll could be 6-8m, syas WHO

Total Covid death toll could be 6-8m, syas WHO

Reuters 2021-05-21 16:43:24

At least 6-8 million people may have died due to the COVID-19 pandemic so far versus the World Health Organisation's official toll of around 3.4 million, a WHO official said on Friday. "...This numbe...

Myanmar junta-appointed election commission to dissolve Suu Kyi's party

Myanmar junta-appointed election commission to dissolve Suu Kyi's party

Reuters 2021-05-21 13:54:18

Myanmar's junta-appointed election commission will dissolve Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy Party (NLD) because of what it said was fraud in a November election, news outlet Myanmar N...

UNICEF urgently requires $164m for medical support across South Asia

UNICEF urgently requires $164m for medical support across South Asia

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-05-21 13:49:53

UNICEF urgently requires $164 million to procure oxygen and testing supplies, medical equipment, personal protective equipment and infection prevention and control material to help save lives amid a d...

Global coronavirus cases top 165 million

Global coronavirus cases top 165 million

-- 2021-05-21 10:46:48

Covid-19 continues its onslaught across the world, even with mass inoculations underway. The overall number of corona cases has now topped 165 million. The total cases and fatalities reached 165,253,...

Israel, Hamas agree to a ceasefire after 11 days of fighting

Israel, Hamas agree to a ceasefire after 11 days of fighting

REUTERS 2021-05-21 09:11:00

An Egyptian-mediated truce between Israel and Hamas began on Friday, but Hamas warned it still had its "hands on the trigger" and demanded Israel end the violence in Jerusalem and address the damages...

BBC fell short over Princess Diana interview, Bashir 'deceitful'

BBC fell short over Princess Diana interview, Bashir 'deceitful'

Reuters 2021-05-20 20:05:48

The BBC fell short of its high standards for integrity over how it persuaded Princess Diana to give the broadcaster an interview in 1995 and the journalist involved, Martin Bashir, was guilty of decei...

US civil rights leader urges Biden to give India 60m Covid-19 vaccine doses

US civil rights leader urges Biden to give India 60m Covid-19 vaccine doses

Hindustan Times 2021-05-20 19:10:16

The whole world today is praying for India and its people, America's top civil rights leader Rev Jesse Jackson said on Wednesday, exuding confidence that the country of Mahatma Gandhi will win the bat...

Renewed violence over Gaza despite ceasefire moves gaining speed

Renewed violence over Gaza despite ceasefire moves gaining speed

Reuters 2021-05-20 17:46:14

Diplomatic moves towards a ceasefire in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict gathered pace on Thursday after US President Joe Biden called for a de-escalation, but Israel kept up its bombardment of Gaza a...

Fears for shelters and supplies in Myanmar

Fears for shelters and supplies in Myanmar

Reuters 2021-05-20 13:03:46

People displaced by an upsurge of fighting in Myanmar's Chin State voiced concerns over shelter and supplies, as more flee the conflict between the army and insurgents opposed to the junta that seized...

Israel-Gaza crisis: Hamas official predicts ceasefire within days

Israel-Gaza crisis: Hamas official predicts ceasefire within days

-- 2021-05-20 12:23:36

A senior Hamas official has said that he expects Israel and Gaza militants to reach a ceasefire "within a day or two" as cross-border attacks continue. But Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said on W...

Rescuers search for 49 missing as cyclone batters Indian coast

Rescuers search for 49 missing as cyclone batters Indian coast

Reuters 2021-05-20 11:29:53

Naval vessels and aircraft scoured the waters off India's west coast late on Wednesday after the most powerful cyclone in more than two decades battered the region, sinking an oilfield accommodation b...

Quarantine not mandatory in Kuwait for vaccinated travellers

Quarantine not mandatory in Kuwait for vaccinated travellers

-- 2021-05-19 20:56:34

Kuwait’s cabinet said on Tuesday that direct commercial flights for Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka are limited to departing flights only, while cargo flights will continue, unt...

52,000 Palestinians displaced by Israeli airstrikes, UN agency says

52,000 Palestinians displaced by Israeli airstrikes, UN agency says

-- 2021-05-19 19:22:44

More than 52,000 Palestinians have been displaced by Israeli airstrikes that have destroyed or badly damaged nearly 450 buildings in the Gaza Strip, the UN aid agency said on Tuesday. In a separate s...

EU agrees to ease travel restrictions on non-EU tourists

EU agrees to ease travel restrictions on non-EU tourists

REUTERS 2021-05-19 18:52:31

European Union countries agreed on Wednesday to ease COVID-19 travel restrictions on non-EU visitors ahead of the summer tourist season, two EU sources said. Ambassadors from the 27 EU countries appr...

New York state opens criminal probe into Trump’s company

New York state opens criminal probe into Trump’s company

-- 2021-05-19 17:07:39

The New York attorney general’s office said on Tuesday it has now opened a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump’s company, increasing the legal risk for Trump and his...

India to begin clinical trials for Covid vaccine in children

India to begin clinical trials for Covid vaccine in children

-- 2021-05-19 16:45:00

Bharat Biotech is set to begin the phase II and III clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin in children in the age group of 2 to 18 years in the next 10-12 days, reports The Economics Times citin...

India sees 4,529 more Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours

India sees 4,529 more Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours

-- 2021-05-19 11:39:53

India's COVID-19 tally reached 25,496,330 on Wednesday, with 267,334 new cases registered in the past 24 hours, confirmed by the health ministry. The death toll rose to 283,248 with 4,529 more deaths...

Scores missing as cyclone hits Indian coast, killing at least 29

Scores missing as cyclone hits Indian coast, killing at least 29

REUTERS 2021-05-19 11:17:59

The Indian Navy mounted a massive air and sea rescue mission on Tuesday for 79 oil workers and crew whose barge sank in heavy seas following a powerful cyclone that tore up the west coast killing at l...

Taiwan to get another 400,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine

Taiwan to get another 400,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine

Reuters 2021-05-19 11:03:27

Taiwan will get 400,000 more AstraZeneca Covid-19 doses on Wednesday from the COVAX global sharing programme, the government said, as it faces a dwindling supply of shots during a spike in domestic in...

5.8 magnitude earthquake jolts Nepal, injures three

5.8 magnitude earthquake jolts Nepal, injures three

-- 2021-05-19 10:51:26

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 hit the Lamjung district in northern-central Nepal on Wednesday, leaving at least three people injured, a local official said. With the epicenter in Bhulbhule of...

How Myanmar army moved in on the telecoms sector to spy on citizens

How Myanmar army moved in on the telecoms sector to spy on citizens

REUTERS 2021-05-19 10:31:44

In the months before the Myanmar military’s Feb 1 coup, the country’s telecom and internet service providers were ordered to install intercept spyware that would allow the army to eavesdro...

G20 leaders snub Covid patent waiver

G20 leaders snub Covid patent waiver

REUTERS 2021-05-19 10:17:13

Leaders of the world's largest economies back "voluntary licensing" of Covid-19 vaccine patents, the draft conclusions of a summit show, watering down a US push for waivers and earlier commitments to...

No sign of ceasefire in Israel-Gaza conflict

No sign of ceasefire in Israel-Gaza conflict

Reuters 2021-05-19 09:59:54

Israel bombarded Gaza with air strikes and Palestinian militants kept up cross-border rocket fire, with no firm sign on Wednesday of any imminent ceasefire despite international calls to end more than...

Sweden's third COVID wave ebbing fast as vaccines bite

Sweden's third COVID wave ebbing fast as vaccines bite

REUTERS 2021-05-18 19:58:05

Sweden, which has shunned lockdowns throughout the pandemic, has seen the number of cases and intensive care patients drop fast in the recent weeks with more than 40 per cent of the adult population n...

Indian navy hunts for 80 missing at sea after devastating cyclone

Indian navy hunts for 80 missing at sea after devastating cyclone

Reuters 2021-05-18 19:08:28

The Indian Navy mounted a massive air and sea rescue mission on Tuesday for 81 missing oil workers and crew whose barge sank in heavy seas following a powerful cyclone that tore up the west coast of t...

Singapore approves Pfizer vaccine for use in 12-15 year olds

Singapore approves Pfizer vaccine for use in 12-15 year olds

REUTERS 2021-05-18 17:27:44

Singapore has authorised the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for those aged 12 to 15 years old in a bid to extend protection to more groups as the country tackles a recent increase of infe...

India unlikely to resume major exports of Covid vaccine until October

India unlikely to resume major exports of Covid vaccine until October

REUTERS 2021-05-18 14:37:48

India is unlikely to resume major exports of Covid-19 vaccines until at least October as it diverts shots for domestic use, three government sources said, a longer-than-expected delay set to worsen su...