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Republicans need new leadership, Trump says

-- 2021-04-30 17:19:07

Former President Donald Trump kept up his attack on US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday, saying Republicans would do well to find a new leader if they hope to take back the Senate in...

Pandemic, coup may push nearly 50pc Myanmar citizen into poverty by 2022

-- 2021-04-30 17:03:24

The dual impacts of the pandemic and Myanmar's political crisis triggered by a military coup could result in nearly half the population, or as many as 25 million people, dropping into poverty by 2022,...

Boris Johnson's phone number was online for 15 years, report says

-- 2021-04-30 16:32:22

The British government downplayed allegations Friday of security risk after it was reported that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s cell phone number was openly available on the internet for 15 year...

Indonesia approves Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine

-- 2021-04-30 16:18:01

Indonesia's drug regulator on Friday approved the COVID-19 vaccine of China's Sinopharm, which it will use in a private immunisation scheme where companies buy government-procured vaccines to inoculat...

Malaysian teen slams rape jokes by teacher in viral video

-- 2021-04-30 16:07:34

Malaysian teenager Ain Husniza Saiful Nizam came home from school last week and posted a video on TikTok, taking a male teacher to task over an alleged joke about rape during class, reports Reuters.&n...

Thousands of Myanmar villagers poised to flee violence to Thailand, group says

-- 2021-04-30 16:01:10

Thousands of ethnic Karen villagers in Myanmar are poised to cross into Thailand if, as expected, fighting intensifies between the Myanmar army and Karen insurgents, joining those who have already esc...

India posts another record rise in Covid-19 cases

Reuters 2021-04-30 13:22:14

All vaccination centres in India’s financial capital of Mumbai were shut for three days starting Friday due to a shortage of vaccines, said authorities, as the country posted another record dail...

Dozens die in stampede Israeli religious bonfire festival

REUTERS 2021-04-30 10:19:56

Dozens of people were killed in a crush at a religious bonfire festival in Israel on Friday, medics said, in what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as a "heavy disaster". Tens of thousands...

A desperate search for oxygen in Delhi ends in grief

REUTERS 2021-04-29 21:07:54

Shruti Saha had spent hours searching for somewhere in New Delhi to refill an oxygen canister when she heard that her frantic efforts had been in vain: her mother had died of COVID-19. A ferocious se...

Rockets fired at two Myanmar air bases, no casualties

REUTERS 2021-04-29 21:03:45

Unidentified attackers fired rockets at two Myanmar air bases on Thursday but there were no casualties and only minor damage in another sign of deteriorating security since the military overth...

Why India's Covid crisis is a global problem

CNN 2021-04-29 20:26:50

There is a split scenario unfolding as the world battles the pandemic. In countries like the United States and the United Kingdom, jubilant, newly-vaccinated people hug their loved ones after a long...

Brazil nears 400,000 COVID-19 deaths

REUTERS 2021-04-29 17:38:09

Brazil is on the verge of registering 400,000 coronavirus deaths this week, after the Health Ministry on Wednesday reported 3,163 new COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours, bringing the official death toll to 3...

Mumbai gravedigger works 24-hour shifts as Covid death toll soars

REUTERS 2021-04-29 16:43:21

Two or three months into the COVID-19 crisis, Mumbai gravedigger Sayyed Munir Kamruddin stopped wearing personal protective equipment and gloves. "I'm not scared of COVID, I've worked with courage. I...

Biden pleads for unity, warns of Chinese threat

Reuters 2021-04-29 16:27:17

President Joe Biden proposed a sweeping new $1.8 trillion plan in a speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, pleading with Republican lawmakers to work with him on divisive issues and to me...

India's coronavirus infections surge past 18 million

Reuters 2021-04-29 12:21:41

India reported on Thursday a record rise in coronavirus cases and deaths over the last 24 hours, with its overall caseload rising above 18 million. With 379,257 new cases and 3,645 new deaths, India'...

Boris Johnson faces probe into apartment renovation costs

CNN 2021-04-28 18:05:13

Britain's political spending watchdog will launch a formal investigation into the funding of renovations to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's apartment in Downing Street. The UK's Electoral Commission s...

India's first 3D-printed home offers affordable housing 'solution'

Thomson Reuters Foundation 2021-04-28 15:45:27

India's first 3D-printed home may provide a solution to the country's shortage of affordable housing, using a technology that is quicker, cheaper and more efficient than traditional construction, hous...

Pakistan records highest-ever Covid deaths in a day

-- 2021-04-28 15:36:12

Pakistani authorities on Wednesday reported 201 deaths from coronavirus, the country’s highest single-day toll of the pandemic. According to National Command and Control Center, 5,292 new cases...

India’s Covid death toll surges past 200,000

-- 2021-04-28 12:17:15

India crossed a grim milestone Wednesday of 200,000 people lost to the coronavirus as a devastating surge of new infections tears through dense cities and rural areas alike and overwhelms health care...

US to limit immigration arrests in or near courthouses

-- 2021-04-28 10:53:16

US authorities will limit immigration arrests in or near courthouses in an effort to balance the need for access to the justice system with enforcement efforts, the US Department of Homeland Security...

Biden admin lifts outdoor mask guidelines, citing stunning coronavirus progress

-- 2021-04-28 10:35:18

Fully vaccinated people can safely engage in outdoor activities like walking and hiking without wearing masks but should continue to use face-coverings in public spaces where they are required, US h...

Myanmar guerrillas capture govt base; airstrikes follow

AP 2021-04-27 20:15:19

Ethnic Karen guerrillas said they captured a Myanmar army base Tuesday near the border with Thailand, representing a morale-boosting action for those opposing the military's takeover of the country's...

Medical students in India feel betrayed

AP 2021-04-27 19:43:41

Since the beginning of the week, Dr. Siddharth Tara, a postgraduate medical student at New Delhi's government-run Hindu Rao Hospital, has had a fever and persistent headache. He took a COVID-19 test,...

Independent models, countries provide different estimation on carbon emissions

-- 2021-04-27 19:39:29

Scientists said on Monday they have detected a large gap, equal to about what the United States emits annually, between the amounts of climate-warming emissions that countries report and the amount th...

Rebels attack Myanmar army outpost along border with Thailand

-- 2021-04-27 17:28:43

Ethnic minority Karen insurgents attacked a Myanmar army outpost near the Thai border on Tuesday in some of the most intense clashes since a military coup nearly three months ago threw the country int...

‘Unnecessary rush to hospitals, big gatherings worsen India COVID crisis’

-- 2021-04-27 17:22:40

People in India are rushing unnecessarily to hospital, exacerbating a crisis over surging COVID-19 infections caused by mass gatherings, more contagious variants and low vaccination rates, the World H...

Gilead to ship 450,000 remdesivir vials to India

Reuters 2021-04-27 16:39:02

Gilead Sciences Inc said on Monday it will give India at least 450,000 vials of its antiviral drug remdesivir and help boost production, as the world's second-most populous country reels from surging...

Biden’s first 100 days: COVID-19, jobs, foreign policy, immigration, guns and dogs

Reuters 2021-04-27 16:34:39

US President Joe Biden marks 100 days in office on Friday, April 30. Judging a president's performance after 100 days in office is an American political tradition that historians say began with Frank...

First UK aid reaches India as Covid deaths mount

-- 2021-04-27 16:03:00

Medical supplies from the UK arrived in India on Tuesday - the first international shipment aimed at stemming a devastating Covid-19 surge. Ventilators and oxygen equipment landed in Delhi, but f...

Medical supplies flow into India as COVID-19 deaths near 200,000

-- 2021-04-27 16:01:26

Vital medical supplies poured into India on Tuesday as hospitals starved of oxygen supplies and beds turned away coronavirus patients, while a surge in infections pushed the death toll towards 200,000...