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Covid-19: France fatalities plunge, infections rise
As weekend begins, death toll drops significantly while cases spike
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UN food relief agency faces funding threat
World Food Programme says aid services may have to stop by end of July
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Trump threatens protesters planning to join Tulsa rally
POTUS vows harsh measures against 'protesters', 'anarchists', and 'lowlifes' ahead of his rally in Oklahoma state
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ICJ urged to make Rohingya genocide report public
Rights groups say keeping reports confidential 'will undermine their effectiveness, allow Myanmar to skirt obligation'
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Italy sees Covid-19 'warning signs' after Rome outbreaks
Pandemic has killed more than 34,500 people in the country
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Modi says there was no border intrusion in deadly clash with China
Indian PM says nobody has intruded into our border, neither is anybody there now
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Half of world's children affected by violence: UN report
Says 88 per cent of countries have key laws in place, only 47 per cent said they were strongly enforced
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China pledges to further boost cooperation under BRI despite Covid-19 pandemic
President Xi says China will do what it can and contribute its share to an early global victory against coronavirus
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'Female leadership boosts company value'
BCEC report states having women in key decision making roles was strongly linked with improved performance
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Eight freedom fighters martyred in IOJ&K gun battles
Regional police sources say 102 freedom fighters martyred so far in the area
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Indian billionaire gets $1.5b from Saudi Arabia for tech war chest
Kingdom’s Public Investment Fund will buy a 2.32% stake in Reliance Industries’ digital unit Jio Platforms for...
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South Asian Covid-19 patients in UK hospitals 20% more likely to die: study
The preliminary results showed that hospitalised South Asians were 12 years younger
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West reluctant for 'dangerous' Taliban prisoners to be freed
Sources say if all prisoners walked free it would give impression that insurgent group has upper hand over govt
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Indian families demand justice as they await bodies of soldiers killed in clash with China
Both countries blame each other for the clash
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Covid-19: Biggest single-day spike in cases in India
India crosses 380,000 mark with more than 13,500 new cases of coronavirus
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New Zealand police officer shot dead during routine traffic stop
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the death was devastating
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China frees 10 Indian soldiers after border clash in Ladakh
Soldiers reportedly released after military talks between India, China
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Baykah Alomour a living proof of Palestinian heritage
Baykahs are a proof of Palestinian existence before the Israeli occupation, says expert
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Amnesty urges Egypt to stop intimidating health workers
8 health workers recently arrested for expressing views about govt handing of Covid-19, says the human rights watchdog
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Seafood in focus as Beijing grapples with new cases
South Korea faces potential second wave of coronavirus as new cases continue to be reported
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Mexico reports 667 more Covid-19 deaths
Total cases reach over 165,000 as 5,662 new infections confirmed over the past 24 hours
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Seoul's unification minister resigns over N Korea tensions
Two Koreas remain technically at war after hostilities in the Korean War ended with an armistice in 1953
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Iraq: 3,000 civilians evacuated in massive Karbala fire
Civil Defense teams evacuate civilians from 600 homes
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India's Modi promotes yoga against coronavirus
Country of 1.3 billion people is the fourth worst-hit country in the world with more than 380,000 virus infections
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China charges Canadians with spying 18 months after arrest
China has also blocked billions of dollars' worth of Canadian agricultural exports
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Pompeo slams ‘lies’ by ‘traitor’ Bolton over White House tell-all book
John Bolton is spreading a number of lies, fully-spun half-truths and outright falsehoods, says Pompeo
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China 'deplores' US sanctions bill on Uyghur crackdown
Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Taiwan dominate US-China meeting in Hawaii
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Top State Dept official resigns in protest to Trump
First black woman to serve in post took office in October 2018
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US sanctions firms accused of exporting Venezuelan oil
Network accused of helping Venezuela's sanctioned state-run oil firm export 40% of its crude in April
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Australian government, businesses hit by cyber attack
Premier says major cyber attack carried out by ‘sophisticated state-based cyber actor’
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Pakistan ranked 4th as refugee host country
World refugee population grows to nearly 80 million
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Trudeau backs opposition leader kicked out of Parliament in racism row
It is important to recognise when only racialised leader makes a statement like that, says Canadian PM
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Covid-19 infection crosses 100,000 mark in Bangladesh
3,803 new infections reported over the past 24 hours across Bangladesh, say country’s health officials
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Troubled Trump attacks ex-aide who calls him not 'fit' for office
Ex-aide John Bolton had declared US President 'unfit' for office
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US Supreme Court rules against Trump bid to end 'Dreamers' immigrant programme
Court finds the administration's actions as 'arbitrary and capricious'
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Indians hold funerals for soldiers killed at China border
Beijing and New Delhi trade blame for deadliest border clash since 1967, call for other side to rein in its troops
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Almost 500 doctors die from Covid-19 in Russia
At least 489 doctors died after contracting virus at work in Russia
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Kashmiris congratulate Turkish UNGA president-elect
World Kashmir Awareness Forum official urges Bozkir to help resolve longstanding dispute during his presidency of UNGA
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Mortar blast inside seminary kills 7 Afghan children
This comes days after UN declared Afghanistan deadliest country on plant for children
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Canada's NDP leader Singh kicked out of House for calling MP racist
Singh was trying to secure support for a motion recognising existence of systemic racism in Canadian police
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WHO hopes for hundreds of millions of vaccine doses this year, 2 billion next year
Chief scientist says WHO is drawing up plans to help decide who should get the first doses
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Iran navy test-fires new cruise missiles
A statement said both short- and long-range missiles were test-fired
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India tells two state firms not to use China telecoms gear, source says
New Delhi’s move comes amid a backlash against companies from China after the killing this week of 20 Indian...
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Over one per cent of humanity displaced: UN
About 68 per cent of the world's refugees come from Syria, Venezuela, Afghanistan, South Sudan and Myanmar
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US fighter jets intercept Russian bombers off Alaska
Intercepts of two Russian formations are eighth this year, says North American Aerospace Defense Command
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Fresh virus outbreak hinders Beijing's return to normal
City authorities have locked down entire residential areas and advised companies to let employees work from home
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Trump has 'no formal plans' to mediate India-China row
US president monitoring situation, says White House spokesperson
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UN taps Turkish diplomat for General Assembly chief
Volkan Bozkir becomes first Turkish national to head General Assembly ahead of historic meeting
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UK Covid-19 death toll passes 42,000
184 more people died from virus over last 24 hours
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Trump signs Uighur bill into law amid frosty China ties
Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 calls to impose sanctions on Chinese officials for crackdown on Uighurs