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AIIB approves $100 million loan to Uzbekistan to fight COVID-19

Published On: August 18, 2020 12:01 PM NPT By: Reuters

BEIJING, Aug 18: Beijing-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) said on Tuesday it would lend $100 million to Uzbekistan to help the country deal with the COVID-19 pandemic and future public health disasters.

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Explainer: How the coronavirus changed U.S. political conventions, perhaps forever

Published On: August 17, 2020 09:56 PM NPT By: Reuters

WASHINGTON, Aug 17: The U.S. political convention, a presidential campaign ritual dating to the 1830s, is being reinvented on the fly after being short-circuited by the coronavirus pandemic - much like the campaign itself.

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Death toll from attack on Mogadishu hotel rises to 16

Published On: August 17, 2020 03:54 PM NPT By: Reuters

MOGADISHU, Aug 17: At least 16 people were killed in an attack on Sunday by the Islamist group al Shabaab on a seaside hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, according to government spokesman Ismail Mukhtar Omar.

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Militants kill three Indian policemen in Kashmir as attacks pick up

Published On: August 17, 2020 03:35 PM NPT By: Reuters

SRINAGAR, Aug 17: Militants killed three Indian policemen in Kashmir on Monday, as attacks on security forces and village leaders escalate in the disputed Muslim-majority region.

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Japan PM Abe enters hospital for check-up, source says

Published On: August 17, 2020 02:58 PM NPT By: Reuters

TOKYO, Aug 17: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe entered a hospital on Monday for a medical check-up, a government source said, after a top official voiced concern the premier was suffering from fatigue because of his workload during the coronavirus pandemic.

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China grants country's first COVID-19 vaccine patent to CanSino: state media

Published On: August 17, 2020 02:29 PM NPT By: Reuters

BEIJING, Aug 17: China’s vaccine specialist CanSino Biologics Inc has won a patent approval from Beijing for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate Ad5-nCOV, state media reported, citing documents from the country’s intellectual property regulator.

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India's coronavirus death toll surpasses 50,000

Published On: August 17, 2020 12:03 PM NPT By: Reuters

MUMBAI, Aug 17: India’s death toll from the coronavirus surpassed 50,000 on Monday, as infection numbers surged and total cases were nearly at 2.65 million.

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Biggest Thai protest in years puts pressure on government

Published On: August 16, 2020 09:08 PM NPT By: Reuters

BANGKOK, Aug 16:  More than 10,000 Thai protesters chanting “down with dictatorship” and “the country belongs to the people” rallied in Bangkok on Sunday in by far the biggest anti-government demonstration since a 2014 coup.

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Hundreds join Thai anti-government protest

Published On: August 16, 2020 04:41 PM NPT By: Reuters

BANGKOK, Aug 16: More than a thousand protesters gathered in Thailand’s capital Bangkok on Sunday to demand the resignation of the government, changes to the constitution and an end to the harassment of opposition activists.

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Virus spike pushes Sarajevo Film Festival online

Published On: August 16, 2020 03:40 PM NPT By: Reuters

The Sarajevo Film Festival will be launched entirely online on Friday after a spike in coronavirus cases forced organisers to cancel plans to stage Europe’s first in-person movie fair since the outbreak of the pandemic.

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India's Dhoni quits international cricket, to play IPL

Published On: August 16, 2020 10:40 AM NPT By: Reuters

NEW DELHI, Aug 16: Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni quit international cricket on Saturday, drawing curtains on an illustrious, trophy-laden career with a cryptic Instagram message.

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'Historic humiliation': Spanish media flay Barca after Bayern debacle

Published On: August 15, 2020 08:50 PM NPT By: Reuters

BARCELONA, Aug 15: The Spanish media showed no mercy to Barcelona after their epic 8-2 defeat by Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals, calling for huge changes at the club after a night that will be difficult to erase from their memory.

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Russia starts production of COVID-19 vaccine

Published On: August 15, 2020 03:30 PM NPT By: Reuters

MOSCOW, Aug 15: Russia has started manufacturing its new vaccine for COVID-19, the Interfax news agency reported on Saturday, citing the health ministry.

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Modi says India set to mass produce COVID-19 vaccine, launches digital health mission

Published On: August 15, 2020 01:13 PM NPT By: Reuters

NEW DELHI, Aug 15: India is ready to mass produce COVID-19 vaccines when scientists give the go-ahead, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his Independence Day speech on Saturday, also launching a national project to roll out health identities for each citizen.

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Latin America's coronavirus cases exceed 6 million

Published On: August 15, 2020 11:26 AM NPT By: Reuters

SANTIAGO, Aug 15: Coronavirus cases in Latin America, the region of the world worst-affected by the pandemic, exceeded 6 million on Friday and continued to accelerate, according to a Reuters tally, as most of its nations begin to relax lockdown measures.

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Brilliant Bayern humiliate hapless Barca with 8-2 crushing

Published On: August 15, 2020 09:00 AM NPT By: Reuters

LISBON, Aug 15: German champions Bayern Munich utterly humiliated Barcelona with an extraordinary 8-2 demolition job on Friday that sent them through into the semi-finals of the Champions League.

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Plane carrying four passengers crashes in dense forest in eastern Congo

Published On: August 14, 2020 06:30 PM NPT By: Reuters

KINSHASA, Aug 14: A plane carrying four passengers crashed late on Thursday in dense forest in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities said.

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Militants kill two police in Kashmir ahead of India's Independence Day

Published On: August 14, 2020 02:55 PM NPT By: Reuters

SRINAGAR, Aug 14: Militants attacked a police team in Kashmir on Friday, killing two officers and wounding one despite tight security in the disputed Muslim-majority region ahead of India’s Independence Day.

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Australia confirms England tour, Maxwell returns to squad

Published On: August 14, 2020 02:20 PM NPT By: Reuters

MELBOURNE, Aug 14:  Australia confirmed on Friday next month’s limited-overs tour of England, boosting the England and Wales Cricket Board’s (ECB) bid to navigate past a financial crisis brought by the novel coronavirus.

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Timeline: Israel, UAE deal follows years of failed peace initiatives

Published On: August 14, 2020 02:00 PM NPT By: Reuters

JERUSALEM, Aug 14: A deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates intended to fully normalise relations follows a history of peace efforts between Israel and the Palestinians and their Arab allies that have failed to overcome decades of distrust and violence.

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