10,866 more COVID-19 deaths registered globally
Online Desk :In the last 24 hours, 541,919 people have been diagnosed with coronavirus around the world while 10,866 died from the pandemic. Brazil has...
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China approves sweeping electoral shake-up for HK
Reuters :Beijing approved a sweeping overhaul of Hong Kong’s electoral system on Tuesday, a senior politician who works with China’s parliament on matters relating to...
3 Afghan female vaccination workers shot dead
Al Jazeera :Gunmen have killed three female polio vaccination health workers in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, two government sources have told the Reuters...
India withdraws order barring shelter for those fleeing Myanmar
Reuters:India’s federal government had previously asked local authorities to stop the influx from Myanmar and deport anybody who had crossed overAn Indian border state has...
Brazil’s president ordered to pay damages to journo
A Brazilian court has ordered President Jair Bolsonaro to pay compensation to a journalist after he made degrading comments about her. Mr Bolsonaro had suggested...
Facebook freezes Maduro’s page over Covid claim
Facebook has frozen Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s page after he claimed without evidence that a herbal remedy could cure Covid-19.He claimed in January that a...
500 doctors for one nation dealing with pandemic
CNN :Reva-Lou Reva is worried. For the first time he can remember, he says hospitals around the Pacific Island nation of Papua New Guinea (PNG)...
Kamala Harris still living out of suitcases — getting frustrated
CNN :It has been more than two months since Kamala Harris was sworn in as vice president of the United States, a historic moment for...
Myanmar Generals partied amid global fury over massacre
BBC :The killing of at least 91 anti-coup protesters in Myanmar has drawn global outrage, with defence ministers of 12 nations condemning the military.The US...
Brazil posts record 3,650 new Covid deaths
Reuters :Brazil posted a record 3,650 new Covid-19 deaths on Friday, and the country also unveiled its first two domestically developed Covid-19 vaccine candidates for...
Over 180 people trapped in Mozambique hotel after insurgent attack
AFP :More than 180 people including expatriate workers are trapped inside a hotel in a northern Mozambique town under siege by insurgents for three days,...
N.Korea accuses Biden of provocation after missile test
AFP :North Korea threatened a further military build-up on Saturday in response to Joe Biden’s condemnation of this week’s missile launches, a weapons test that...