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A higher Covid positive rate in high-rise residential buildings than in slums

Authorities looking into whether the attack was linked to recent arrests of suspected militants

Police says lone suspect in custody

Beijing woke on Sunday morning shrouded in thick dust carrying high levels of hazardous particles

At least 10 protesters killed in clashes with police during demonstrations

UN Special Rapporteur says the army was carrying out “mass murder” and calls on the world to isolate the junta

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ordered preparations for possible removal of some of ship’s 18,300 containers

Last year we were shocked. This year we are more under pressure and the economic crisis has become heavy, says Francis

Says he also had an uncomfortable feeling on the site of the injection

The announcement is an expansion of Chinese diplomacy in the Gulf region

Coalition also says it intercepted and destroyed three armed drones

The vaccination programme would slow down in April due in part to a delay of a shipment from India’s Serum Institute

We're only just starting to discover Zealandia's secrets, says scientist Dr Derya

Majority judges unveil their detailed verdict in US journalist murder case

100,000 new daily infections are not out of the question, says head of Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases

The classified intelligence assessment was prepared last year for the Trump administration, the Times said

Himalayan kingdom launched its biggest inoculation drive against Covid-19

State elections come following a Covid-stricken year, and months of protests by farmers against agricultural reforms

Cuomo continues to resist pressure to resign following the flurry of accusations of sexual harassment or misconduct

Thousands of demonstrators converged on the city centre ignoring Covid-19 restrictions

Europe’s troubled vaccine rollout has led to a quarrel with Britain

Weighing executive orders aimed at reducing gun violence following two mass shootings

Dozens of vessels wait in the waterway and around its northern and southern entrances for the blockage to be cleared

4 killed in Chittagong, 1 in Brahmanbaria district, 50 others injured in Dhaka protest

A boy reported by local media to be as young as five was among people killed

China seeks to comprehensively improve relations with Iran, says foreign minister

The move came in response to sanctions imposed on Chinese citizens and groups over Xinjiang

Social media network expresses serious concerns about the manner in which its services restricted in the country

Zalmay Khalilzad departed for Turkey to encourage Afghan parties to accelerate negotiations to end conflict

US president says he suggested British PM to have similar initiative coming from the democratic states

World Health Organisation data shows 38% of women in Turkey are subject to violence from a partner in their lifetime

Dhaka urges New Delhi to maintain a regular supply of shots to battle the Covid-19 pandemic

The UAE was the first country outside China to roll out the Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine in December 2020

Says he doesn’t have a democratic - with a small ‘d’ - bone in his body, but he’s a smart, smart guy

Advocacy group and local media say nearly 90% of victims shot dead and a quarter of them shot in the head

Australia considering diverting Covid-19 inoculations from its vaccination programme to Papua New Guinea

The 400-metres long Ever Given remains stuck as the process to free the vessel may take weeks amid bad weather

The violence in Tigray has killed thousands of people and forced hundreds of thousands from their homes

India reported 257 new deaths, taking the overall tally to 160,949

Saudi’s defence ministry says it plans to take deterrent actions to protect oil export facilities

Farm unions called for a 12-hour nationwide shutdown to keep up the pressure on the Modi government

Protesters accuse Modi of stoking religious tensions, inciting anti-Muslim violence

Europe should vaccinate enough people in summer to achieve ‘global immunity’ level, says Thierry Breton

Speakers highlight strong bilateral relationship between Pakistan and UK

Social media giants are accused of doing too little to stop false information that coronavirus vaccines are unsafe

United States and Britain, European Union and Canada, have already imposed sanctions against top generals

The country has so far recorded more than 11.7 million Covid-19 cases and over 160,000 deaths

Biden administration is in the “final stages” of reviewing its North Korea policy

Kamal Khan Dam will transform economy of Afghanistan, says president

Having made enormous gains on the battleground, the Taliban appear to have little to gain from either strategy