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UK health minister quits after breaking COVID rules by kissing aide
Published On: June 27, 2021 08:00 AM NPT By: Reuters
LONDON, June 26: British health minister Matt Hancock quit on Saturday after he was caught breaking COVID-19 rules by kissing and embracing an aide in his office, enraging colleagues and the public who have been living under lockdown.
Death toll climbs to five, 156 still missing at collapsed Florida building
Published On: June 27, 2021 07:08 AM NPT By: Reuters
SURFSIDE, Fla., June 26: The death toll rose to five on Saturday at the site of the Florida building collapse where rescue workers methodically searched for more than 150 missing residents while firefighters made progress in battling a smoldering fire in the mountain of debris.
Condo search grows dire with 159 still unaccounted for
Published On: June 26, 2021 03:26 PM NPT By: Associated Press
SURFSIDE, Fla., June 26: The tortuous wait for word of nearly 160 people unaccounted for after an oceanfront condominium building collapsed near Miami, killing at least four, is taking a toll on relatives who can do little but pray and hope their loved ones will somehow be found alive in an increasingly dire hunt for survivors.
India's richest state shuts malls, cinemas as new variant spreads
Published On: June 26, 2021 08:13 AM NPT By: Reuters
BENGALURU, June 26: India's richest state on Friday ordered malls and cinema halls to close as it scrambles to control a more transmissible variant of the coronavirus that has scuppered plans to ease lockdown measures.
Chauvin gets 22 1/2 years in prison for George Floyd’s death
Published On: June 26, 2021 07:53 AM NPT By: Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced Friday to 22 1/2 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd, whose dying gasps under Chauvin’s knee led to the biggest outcry against racial injustice in the U.S. in generations.
FDA adds warning about rare heart inflammation to Pfizer, Moderna COVID shots
Published On: June 26, 2021 07:11 AM NPT By: Reuters
June 25: The U.S. drug regulator on Friday added a warning to the literature that accompanies Pfizer Inc (PFE.N)/BioNTech (22UAy.DE) and Moderna (MRNA.O) COVID vaccine shots to indicate the rare risk of heart inflammation after its use.
Bhutan king treks across mountains to hold down COVID-19 fatality count
Published On: June 25, 2021 04:19 PM NPT By: Reuters
KATHMANDU, June 25: Wearing a baseball cap and knee-length traditional Gho robe, carrying a backpack, Bhutan's king has walked through jungles infested with leeches and snakes, trekked mountains and quarantined several times in a hotel in the capital.
Report: Over 600 bodies found at Indigenous school in Canada
Published On: June 25, 2021 11:56 AM NPT By: Associated Press
VANCOUVER, June 25: Leaders of Indigenous groups in Canada said Thursday investigators have found more than 600 unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school for Indigenous children — a discovery that follows last month’s report of 215 bodies found at another school.
First COVID-19 case could have hit China in Oct 2019 - study
Published On: June 25, 2021 07:49 AM NPT By: Reuters
SHANGHAI, June 25: The virus that causes COVID-19 could have started spreading in China as early as October 2019, two months before the first case was identified in the central city of Wuhan, a new study showed on Friday.
Sydney faces 'scariest period' in pandemic amid Delta outbreak
Published On: June 24, 2021 09:51 AM NPT By: Reuters
SYDNEY, June 24: Australia's most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), reported a double digit rise in new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 for the third straight day as officials fight to contain an outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant.
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