Nearly 3,000 confined to cabins after Covid-19 case on Singapore cruise
Reuters :A Genting Cruise Lines ship on a “cruise to nowhere” has returned to Singapore after a confirmed case of COVID-19 in a passenger, and...
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Biden decries Trump’s ‘Big Lie’
Reuters :President Joe Biden, under pressure from US civil rights leaders, on Tuesday called it a “national imperative” to pass sweeping voting rights legislation that...
9 Chinese nationals among 13 killed in Pakistan bus blast
AFP :Nine Chinese workers were among 13 people killed on Wednesday when a blast on a bus sent it careering down a ravine in north-western...
After vaccination burnout, Delta variant spurs countries to speed up shots
Reuters :The daily pace of COVID vaccinations has increased in about a dozen countries due to the arrival of the more contagious Delta variant and...
Pakistan authorities seize textbook copies featuring Malala
PTI :This happened when private schools’ association in the country on Monday launched a documentary on Malala for her controversial views on Islam, marriage and...
Wildfires rage across million acres as heatwave stifles western US, Canada
AFP :Wildfires were burning across more than one million acres of the western United States and Canada on Monday, as scorching temperatures held their grip...
Thailand to mix Sinovac, AstraZeneca vaccines to increase protection
Reuters, Bangkok :Thailand said on Monday it will use AstraZeneca Plc’s COVID-19 vaccine as a second dose for those who received Sinovac’s shot as their...
India arrests two over Al-Qaeda ‘links’
Scroll.in :The anti-terrorism squad of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday said it has busted an alleged terror module linked to Al-Qaeda and...
Jordan sentences two ex-officials over ‘sedition’ plot
Al Jazeera :A Jordanian court has sentenced a former royal aide and a minor royal to 15 years in jail on charges of attempting to...
49 killed in Niger armed attack
AFP :Five civilians, four soldiers and 40 armed attackers were killed on Sunday in a clash in Niger’s restive southwest region near the border with...
Srebrenica victims buried 26 years after genocide
AFP :The remains of 19 more victims of the Srebrenica massacre of Bosnian Muslims were laid to rest on Sunday during a commemoration marking 26...
Thousands of protesters take to streets in Cuba
Reuters :Thousands of Cubans took to the streets from Havana to Santiago on Sunday in rarely seen protests, expressing frustration over economic conditions, the pace...