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Indian doctors warn against cow dung as Covid-19 cure

Indian doctors warn against cow dung as Covid-19 cure

-- 2021-05-11 11:45:04

Doctors in India are warning against the practice of using cow dung in the belief it will ward off coronavirus (Covid-19), saying there is no scientific evidence for its effectiveness and that it risk...

Israeli strikes in Gaza run into second day

Israeli strikes in Gaza run into second day

-- 2021-05-11 11:37:15

Palestinians fired uninterrupted barrages of rockets into Israel, as its military pounded Gaza with air strikes through the early hours of Tuesday, in a dramatic escalation of clashes in Jerusalem. E...

WHO says Indian coronavirus variant a global concern

WHO says Indian coronavirus variant a global concern

Reuters 2021-05-11 10:21:38

The World Health Organziation said on Monday that the coronavirus variant first identified in India last year was being classified as a variant of global concern, with some preliminary studies showing...

Mamata inducts 43 ministers into her cabinet

Mamata inducts 43 ministers into her cabinet

-- 2021-05-10 20:37:18

Indian state of West Bengal's Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday inducted as many as 43 Ministers into her Cabinet, including 18 new faces. The Ministers, including nine junior ministers, were...

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 birthday party shooting leaves seven dead

US birthday party shooting leaves seven dead

-- 2021-05-10 10:42:11

A man fatally shot six other people including his girlfriend and then himself at a birthday party in Colorado Springs, Colorado, early on Sunday, sparing the children who were present inside the trail...

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...

Top US fuel pipeline operator pushes to recover from cyberattack

Top US fuel pipeline operator pushes to recover from cyberattack

Reuters 2021-05-09 20:30:22

Top US fuel pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline worked on Sunday to recover from a ransomware cyberattack that forced it to shut down on Friday and sparked worries of a spike in retail gasoline prices...

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...

Pope Francis supports waiving intellectual property rights for vaccines

Pope Francis supports waiving intellectual property rights for vaccines

REUTERS 2021-05-08 19:51:53

Pope Francis on Saturday supported waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, backing a proposal by US President Joe Biden that has been rebuffed by some European nations, including G...

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...