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Sri Lanka counts votes from parliament election
Published On: August 6, 2020 03:00 PM NPT By: Reuters
COLOMBO, Aug 6: Sri Lanka on Thursday began counting votes for a parliament election which President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s party is widely expected to win, cementing his grip on power.
Beirut reels from huge blast as death toll climbs to at least 135
Published On: August 6, 2020 11:48 AM NPT By: Reuters
BEIRUT, Aug 6: Lebanese rescue teams pulled out bodies and hunted for missing people on Wednesday from the wreckage caused by a massive warehouse explosion that sent a devastating blast wave across Beirut, killing at least 135.
Hiroshima marks 75 years since atomic bombing in scaled-back ceremony
Published On: August 6, 2020 07:30 AM NPT By: Reuters
TOKYO, Aug 6: Bells tolled in Hiroshima on Thursday for the 75th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bombing, with ceremonies downsized due to the novel coronavirus and the mayor urging nations to reject selfish nationalism and unite to fight all threats.
All Nepali nationals safe in Beirut blast: Ambassador Aryal
Published On: August 5, 2020 08:00 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Aug 5: All Nepali nationals living in Beirut are safe in the massive explosion in the Lebanese capital city that left at least 100 people killed and 4,000 others injured.
After blast, Lebanon has less than a month's grain reserves
Published On: August 5, 2020 08:00 PM NPT By: Reuters
BEIRUT/DUBAI, Aug 5: Lebanon’s main grain silo at Beirut port was destroyed in a blast, leaving the nation with less than a month’s reserves of the grain but enough flour to avoid a crisis, the economy minister said on Wednesday.
Wait of centuries is over, Modi says, as Hindu temple construction begins
Published On: August 5, 2020 04:52 PM NPT By: Reuters
AYODHYA, India, Aug 5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched the construction of a Hindu temple on a site that has been contested by Muslims for decades in a dispute that has sparked some of India’s most bloody communal violence.
Beirut reels from huge blast as death toll climbs to at least 100
Published On: August 5, 2020 03:43 PM NPT By: Reuters
BEIRUT, Aug 5: Lebanese rescue workers dug through rubble on Wednesday looking for survivors after a massive warehouse explosion sent a devastating blast wave across Beirut, killing at least 100 people and injuring nearly 4,000.
Global coronavirus deaths exceed 700,000, one person dies every 15 seconds on average
Published On: August 5, 2020 01:05 PM NPT By: Reuters
LONDON, Aug 5: The global death toll from the coronavirus surpassed 700,000 on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, with the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico leading the rise in fatalities.
Trump says coronavirus under control, 'It is what it is'
Published On: August 5, 2020 09:37 AM NPT By: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Aug 5: President Donald Trump said the coronavirus outbreak is as under control as it can get in the United States, where at least 155,000 people have died amid a patchy response to the public health crisis that has failed to stem a rise in cases.
Massive Beirut blast kills more than 70, injures thousands
Published On: August 5, 2020 07:45 AM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIRUT, Aug 5: A massive explosion rocked Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the city’s port, damaging buildings across the capital and sending a giant mushroom cloud into the sky. More than 70 people were killed and 3,000 injured, with bodies buried in the rubble, officials said.
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