Brazil’s March Covid death toll tops 60,000
BBC Online :Some 66,570 people in Brazil died of Covid-19 in March, more than double the previous monthly record, figures show.The country’s health service has been pushed to the brink as cases of the...
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Black adviser quits UK govt in wake of racism report
AP, London :The most senior Black adviser to U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has resigned, the government said Thursday, the day after a report on racial disparities concluded that Britain does not have a...
West Bengal elections EC seeks report from administration over Nandigram violence
Agencies :The Election Commission of India on Thursday sought a detailed report from the administration in connection with an incident of violence in Boyal area in Nandigram where Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee paid...
West Bengal elections EC seeks report from administration over Nandigram violence
Agencies :The Election Commission of India on Thursday sought a detailed report from the administration in connection with an incident of violence in Boyal area in Nandigram where Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee paid...
Myanmar faces possibility of major civil war
AP, United Nations :The U.N. special envoy for Myanmar warned Wednesday that the country faces the possibility of civil war “at an unprecedented scale” and urged the U.N. Security Council to consider “potentially significant...
Myanmar faces possibility of major civil war
AP, United Nations :The U.N. special envoy for Myanmar warned Wednesday that the country faces the possibility of civil war “at an unprecedented scale” and urged the U.N. Security Council to consider “potentially significant...
Black adviser quits UK govt in wake of racism report
AP, London :The most senior Black adviser to U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has resigned, the government said Thursday, the day after a report on racial disparities concluded that Britain does not have a...
BBC China correspondent moves to Taiwan
The BBC’s Beijing correspondent John Sudworth has left China and moved to Taiwan following pressure and threats from the Chinese authorities.Sudworth, who has won awards for his reporting on the treatment of the Uyghur...
BBC China correspondent moves to Taiwan
The BBC’s Beijing correspondent John Sudworth has left China and moved to Taiwan following pressure and threats from the Chinese authorities.Sudworth, who has won awards for his reporting on the treatment of the Uyghur...
Russia registers ‘world’s first’ COVID-19 vaccine for animals
Al Jazeera :Russia has registered the world’s first vaccine against COVID-19 for animals, the country’s agriculture safety watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor said on Wednesday.Russia already has three coronavirus vaccines for humans, the most well known of...