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Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 240.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.89 million and vaccinations soared to over 6.60 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on…
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Bali: Three people were killed and seven others injured with another one still buried under rubbles of a building that collapsed after a 4.8-magnitude quake struck Indonesia's resort island of Bali on Saturday. The epicentre of the…
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New Delhi: In a statement on its Telegram channel, the Islamic State (IS) terror group on Saturday claimed that its Khorasan branch (IS-K) carried out the twin bombings inside the Shia mosque in Kandahar, that claimed the lives of 63 people…
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Washington: Fully vaccinated foreign visitors will be allowed to enter the US starting from November 8, the White House has announced. "The US' new travel policy that requires vaccination for foreign national travellers to the US will…
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Dhaka: One person was killed and 30 others were injured in attacks on temples in Bangladesh's Noakhali. The incident took place on Friday in Chowmuhani area where Section 144 has been imposed to keep the situation under control.…
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New Delhi: Exactly a week after a suicide bombing at a mosque in Afghanistan's Kunduz city killed more than 45 people, an explosion was reported at a mosque in Kandahar on Friday, according to officials. The explosion occurred during the…
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Madrid: An additional 300 people were evacuated from their homes due to the ongoing eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma, local authorities said. On Tuesday, 700 people were ordered to leave their homes,…
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New Delhi: To mark a show of leadership, US President Joe Biden will be travelling to Glasgow on November 1 to attend the upcoming crucial UN Climate Change Conference COP26 -- a pivotal moment on the road towards a more secure and…
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Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 239.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.88 million and vaccinations soared to over 6.57 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on…
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New Delhi: Microsoft is shutting down its business and employment-oriented online service LinkedIn in China, saying that having to comply with the Chinese state has become increasingly challenging, the BBC reported. The move comes after…
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Geneva: Reporting of tuberculosis (TB) cases in India went down by 41 per cent between 2019 and 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the World Health Organization's 2021 Global TB report released on Thursday. India, followed…
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Riga: Latvian President Egils Levits has tested positive for Covid-19, his office said on Thursday. On returning from a visit to Sweden on Wednesday evening, the president took a rapid Covid-19 test, which came positive. Levits will now…
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Kabul: The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Thursday announced that it has provided assistance to thousands of needy people across Afghanistan. On Wednesday, the UNHCR in collaboration with a number of aid agencies provided essential…
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Washington: People who have taken Johnson and Johnson's Covid vaccine will have better results with a booster shot of either Pfizer or Moderna, finds a study led by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NIH study on "mixing and…
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Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 239 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.87 million and vaccinations soared to over 6.53 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on…
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