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Variant among accelerators of India’s Covid explosion: WHO top scientist
Agence France-Presse . Geneva | Updated at 08:18pm on May 09, 2021
A Covid-19 variant spreading in India is more contagious and it is feared it could be dodging some vaccine protections, contributing to the country’s explosive...
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Death toll reach 50 in Kabul school bombing
Associated Press/ UNB . Kabul | Updated at 01:48pm on May 09, 2021
The death toll in a bombing at a girls’ school in the Afghan capital has soared to 50, many of them pupils between 11 and...
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India deaths top 4,000, EU on ending vaccine export limits
Agence France-Presse . New Delhi | Updated at 10:04am on May 09, 2021
New Covid-19 deaths surged past 4,000 for the first time in India on Saturday in one of the world’s worst outbreaks, as EU pressure mounted...
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China says ‘extremely low’ risk of damage from rocket debris
Agence France-Presse . Beijing | Updated at 01:04am on May 08, 2021
China said Friday the risk of damage from a rocket falling back to Earth was ‘extremely low’, after the United States warned it could crash...
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S Korea, US discuss responses to falling Chinese rocket debris
Bernama/ UNB . Seoul | Updated at 08:54pm on May 07, 2021
South Korea and the United States on Friday discussed ways to jointly respond to remnants of a Chinese rocket expected to crash into Earth this...
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Japan extends virus emergency as India sees record infections
Agence France-Presse | Updated at 08:22pm on May 07, 2021
A coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and other parts of Japan was extended on Friday, less than three months before the Olympics, as India...
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Malaysia former PM Najib fined for breaching virus rules
Agence France-Presse . Kuala Lumpur | Updated at 06:20pm on May 07, 2021
Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak, who has been convicted over the mammoth 1MDB scandal, is in trouble with the law again – this time...
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India’s disaster hangs over countries facing Covid surges
United News of Bangladesh | Updated at 02:34pm on May 07, 2021
Countries worldwide wrestling with new coronavirus surges are trying to ensure they aren’t hit by an India-style disaster. They face many of the same risks,...
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Japan extends emergency, India posts record cases
Agence France-Presse . Tokyo | Updated at 12:45pm on May 07, 2021
A coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and other parts of Japan was extended on Friday, less than three months before the Olympics, as India...
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Mosques full despite Pakistan’s Covid third wave
Agence France-Presse . Rawalpindi | Updated at 12:28pm on May 07, 2021
Schools and restaurants have closed, shops pull down their shutters early every evening, and the military has been mobilised to combat the spread of coronavirus—but...
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