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India's daily coronavirus infections hit six-month high

Published On: April 3, 2021 11:01 AM NPT By: Reuters

MUMBAI, April 3: India’s daily coronavirus infections hit another record on Saturday for the highest tally since September, while daily deaths reached a five-month high, a Reuters count based on data from the health ministry showed.

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India's Maharashtra state warns of full lockdown amid second wave of coronavirus

Published On: April 3, 2021 07:18 AM NPT By: Reuters

NEW DELHI, April 3: The chief minister of India’s Maharashtra state warned on Friday of a full lockdown to curb coronavirus infections if people did not limit their movement, as the country hit a six-month high for daily cases.

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Train crash kills 48 in Taiwan's deadliest rail tragedy for decades

Published On: April 2, 2021 04:05 PM NPT By: Reuters

HUALIEN, TAIWAN, April 2:  A Taiwan express train with almost 500 aboard derailed in a tunnel on Friday, killing at least 48 passengers and injuring 66 in the island’s worst rail disaster in almost four decades.

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UPDATE: Taiwan train crash kills 41 in deadliest rail tragedy in decades

Published On: April 2, 2021 02:25 PM NPT By: Reuters

TAIPEI, April 1: At least 41 people were killed and more than 60 injured after a Taiwanese train carrying almost 500 passengers derailed in a tunnel on Friday when it apparently hit a truck that slid off a road leading to a nearby construction site.

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Taiwan train crash kills 36 in deadliest rail tragedy in decades

Published On: April 2, 2021 10:57 AM NPT By: Reuters

TAIPEI, April 2: At least 36 people were killed and 72 injured when a Taiwan train derailed in a tunnel on Friday after apparently hitting a truck in the island’s worst rail disaster in at least four decades.

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The feeding of the one thousand: Idlib sanctuary offers cats a refuge from war

Published On: April 1, 2021 07:31 PM NPT By: Reuters

When Syria’s war forced Alaa al-Jaleel to close his cat sanctuary in Aleppo in 2015 and head north to the rebel stronghold of Idlib, he took around 100 animals with him and reopened it there.

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India launches biggest vaccination drive yet against a surging coronavirus

Published On: April 1, 2021 04:59 PM NPT By: Reuters

NEW DELHI, April 1:  India began vaccinating tens of thousands of people above the age of 45 on Thursday in its biggest push yet against a surging coronavirus that has hit the highest daily count since early October, officials said.

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Be at peace, meditate, Trump Buddha statue designer tells former president

Published On: April 1, 2021 04:26 PM NPT By: Reuters

Chinese furniture maker Hong Jinshi first created a couple of pint-sized statues of former U.S. President Donald Trump meditating in a Buddhist pose as a fun project for himself last year.

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U.S. envoy Kerry heads to India to try and lift "climate ambition"

Published On: April 1, 2021 04:01 PM NPT By: Reuters

NEW DELHI, April 1: U.S. climate envoy John Kerry will hold talks with Indian leaders during an Asian tour starting on Thursday in an effort to narrow differences on climate change goals to slow global warming.

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Myanmar protesters defy crackdown as U.N. envoy warns of 'imminent bloodbath'

Published On: April 1, 2021 09:34 AM NPT By: Reuters

MYANMAR, April 1: Myanmar activists held protests across the country overnight two months after the military seized power, as a United Nations special envoy warned that “a bloodbath is imminent” because of the intensified crackdown on anti-coup demonstrations.

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Biden says $2 trillion jobs plan rivals the space race in its ambition

Published On: April 1, 2021 08:01 AM NPT By: Reuters

PITTSBURGH, April 1: President Joe Biden on Wednesday called for a sweeping use of government power to reshape the world’s largest economy and counter China’s rise in a $2 trillion-plus proposal that was met with swift Republican resistance.

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Myanmar's Suu Kyi 'looks healthy', lawyer says, as U.S. orders non-essential staff to leave

Published On: March 31, 2021 03:48 PM NPT By: Reuters

MYANMAR, March 31: Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in good health on Wednesday during a video meeting, one of her lawyers said, as the United States ordered its non-essential embassy staff to leave after weeks of violence over a Feb. 1 coup.

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Injured Iyer out of IPL 2021, Pant to captain Delhi Capitals

Published On: March 31, 2021 07:36 AM NPT By: Reuters

DELHI, March 31: Indian batsman Shreyas Iyer has been ruled out of the Indian Premier League (IPL) season after injuring his left shoulder during India’s one-day international series with England, his franchise the Delhi Capitals announced on Tuesday.

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Data withheld from WHO team probing COVID-19 origins in China - Tedros

Published On: March 31, 2021 07:23 AM NPT By: Reuters

GENEVA/ZURICH, March 31: Data was withheld from World Health Organization investigators who travelled to China to research the origins of the coronavirus epidemic, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday.

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Spas closed? No problem. Hungarian hot tub maker's got you covered

Published On: March 30, 2021 06:08 PM NPT By: Reuters

Gabor Kuntner had been planning to install a hot tub in his garden in a Budapest suburb for years but never got around to it until the pandemic prompted him to rush out and buy one to give his family some respite during lockdown.

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Belgium unveils new showcase for ill-treated Ghent masterpiece

Published On: March 30, 2021 06:05 PM NPT By: Reuters

A 15th century Flemish masterpiece emerges from a decade of restoration this week in a new exhibition space in Belgium’s Ghent cathedral, with updated technology to plunge visitors into an intricate work with a troubled past.

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Indian border state withdraws order barring shelter for those fleeing Myanmar

Published On: March 30, 2021 05:20 PM NPT By: Reuters

NEW DELHI, March 30: An Indian border state has withdrawn an order to refuse food and shelter to people from Myanmar fleeing bloodshed, two officials told Reuters on Tuesday, after the measure drew fierce public criticism.

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U.N. says 300 people still missing in Rohingya camp fire

Published On: March 30, 2021 04:20 PM NPT By: Reuters

MYANMAR, March 30: About 300 Rohingya Muslim refugees were still unaccounted for last week after a huge fire swept through the world’s biggest refugee settlement in Bangladesh, the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday.

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Myanmar death toll tops 500 as protesters stage 'garbage strike'

Published On: March 30, 2021 08:46 AM NPT By: Reuters

MYANMAR, March 30: Myanmar protesters held overnight candle-lit vigils after an advocacy group said security forced had now killed over 500 people since a Feb. 1 coup, and as activists on Tuesday launched a new civil disobedience campaign to hurl garbage onto streets.

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India suffers highest daily coronavirus infections in five months

Published On: March 30, 2021 07:00 AM NPT By: Reuters

NEW DELHI, March 30: India reported the highest daily increase in coronavirus cases in five months on Monday, with the second wave of the disease driven by surging infections in the country’s richest state Maharastra.

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