Nine whales stranded on Mauritius beaches
AFP, Port Louis :At least nine melon-headed whales washed up on the shores of Mauritius on Wednesday, prompting speculation of a link to an oil...
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Myanmar shuts schools after biggest daily climb in Coronavirus cases
Reuters :Myanmar ordered all schools to close after reporting 70 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, its biggest daily rise, as authorities try to tackle a...
China fires ‘aircraft-carrier killer’ missile in warning to US
Al Jazeera News :China has fired two missiles, including one dubbed an “aircraft-carrier killer”, into the South China Sea, according to a news report, in...
Turkey will defend its rights in East Mediterranean, Aegean, Black seas : Erdogan
Anadolu Agency :Turkey will take whatever belongs to it in the Mediterranean, as well as Aegean and the Black Sea, said Turkish President Recep Tayyip...
Melania Trump offers sympathy on coronavirus, racial suffering in convention speech
Reuters, Washington :First lady Melania Trump offered sympathy for victims of the coronavirus pandemic and a plea for racial understanding in a Republican convention speech...
Maldives former president Gayoom tests positive for COVID-19
Reuters :The former president of the Maldives, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, said he had tested positive for COVID-19, as the tourist-dependent island nation reports a pick-up...
Kim Jong Un’s sister may have taken over a key North Korean post
CNN, Seoul :Kim Jong Un’s sister Kim Yo Jong is effectively running one of the most important political bodies in North Korea, officials in Seoul...
Rohingya politicians excluded from Myanmar election
Reuters :Aspiring politician Abdul Rasheed was born in Myanmar and is one of the very few members of the Rohingya Muslim minority to have Myanmar...
Facebook blocks group critical of Thai king as more arrests made
Al Jazeera News :Facebook blocked access within Thailand to a group of one million members that has criticised the country’s king but said it was...
Bosnian war Ratko Mladic appeals against genocide conviction
Ex-Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic has begun appealing against his conviction for genocide and crimes against humanity, in a court hearing where three of the...
Fauci says rushing out a vaccine could jeopardise testing of others
Reuters :The top US infectious diseases expert is warning that distributing a COVID-19 vaccine under special emergency use guidelines before it has been proved safe...
Two European patients re-infected with coronavirus
Reuters :Two European patients are confirmed to have been re-infected with the coronavirus, according to regional public broadcasters, raising concerns about people’s immunity to the...