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11:37 07/08/2021US now averaging 100,000 new COVID-19 cases a dayThe U.S. is now averaging 100,000 new COVID-19 infections a day, returning to a milestone last seen during the winter surge in yet another bleak reminder of how quickly the delta variant has spread...
17:15 06/08/2021Early signs COVID-19 vaccines may not stop Delta spread, England saysThere are early signs that people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 may be able to transmit the Delta variant of the virus as easily as those who have not, scientists at Public Health England...
14:04 06/08/202123 killed in India's West Bengal floodsThe number of victims of flooding in the Indian state of West Bengal reached 23, while almost 300,000 people have been evacuated, Sputnik reported on Friday, citing India Today.
11:05 06/08/2021Bus crash kills 9, injures 30 in western TurkeyA passenger bus collided with a truck in Turkey's Manisa province, killing six people instantly and injuring over 30 others, three of whom died in a hospital, ANI reported on Friday, citing Anadolu...
17:14 05/08/2021Vaccines targeting Covid delta variant may be needed, researchers sayVaccines targeting the highly transmissible delta variant may now be needed, given its ability to infect people with fading immunity and potentially increased severity, Bloomberg reported, citing...
12:42 05/08/2021Australian MP Trent Zimmerman joins Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Joint Justice InitiativeTrent Zimmerman MP has further amplified his career-long calls on Australia to recognise the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides by signing an affirmation of support for the Joint Justice...
12:06 05/08/2021Israel launches airstrikes on Lebanon in response to rocket attacksIsraeli artillery forces attacked targets in southern Lebanon in response to rockets fired from the country, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement, according to TASS.
11:00 05/08/2021Pfizer to require U.S. workers receive coronavirus vaccine or regular testsPfizer Inc, the U.S. drugmaker that developed a COVID-19 vaccine with German partner BioNTech , said on Wednesday it will require all its U.S. employees and contractors to become vaccinated against...
17:08 04/08/2021Three killed as passenger trains collide in Czech RepublicTwo passenger trains collided in the southwest of the Czech Republic on Wednesday, killing three people and injuring dozens of passengers, AP reported.
13:58 04/08/2021Attack targeting acting Afghan defense minister leaves 8 deadA bombing attack that targeted Afghanistan’s acting defense minister killed at least eight people and wounded 20, authorities said Wednesday.
11:00 04/08/2021Kit Harington says ‘Game of Thrones’ ‘directly’ led to his mental health issuesKit Harington has opened up about the toll Game of Thrones took on his mental health, revealing he had to take a year off after the HBO epic concluded, The Hollywood Reporter said.
15:12 03/08/2021Aronian advances to Chessable Masters quarterfinalsArmenian GM Levon Aronian has advanced to the quarterfinals of the Chessable Masters, the eighth leg of the Champions Chess Tour.
14:48 03/08/2021Senior UN officials: Breastfeeding central to eliminating child malnutritionUNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore and WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issued a joint statement on the occasion of World Breastfeeding Week. The full text of the statement...
13:05 03/08/2021Twitter to collaborate with news sites to tackle disinformationTwitter will collaborate with two of the largest international news providers, Reuters and the Associated Press, to debunk disinformation on its messaging site, BBC News reports.
12:45 03/08/2021Russia says US asked 24 of its diplomats to leave by September 3The United States has handed Russia a list of 24 diplomats who are to leave the country by September 3 due to a unilaterally established three-year limit on the assignment period for Russian...
11:16 03/08/2021IOC launches investigation into case of Belarusian sprinter TimanovskayaThe International Olympic Committee has launched a formal investigation into allegations that Belarus attempted to force an athlete to return home, BBC News reports.
11:00 03/08/2021Tokyo Olympics: Armenian boxer Hovhannes Bachkov advances to semifinalsArmenian boxer Hovhannes Bachkov (63kg) stormed into the semifinals of the Tokyo Olympics after an impressive victory on Tuesday.
18:49 02/08/2021Russia logs 23,508 daily COVID-19 casesRussia recorded 23,508 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 6,312,185, the official monitoring and response center said Monday.
13:44 02/08/2021Death toll from flooding in China's Henan rises to 302The death toll from flooding in China's central province of Henan rose to 302, with 50 missing as of midday on Monday, Reuters reported, citing local government officials.
11:58 02/08/2021France, EU partners studying possible asylum for Belarusian athlete TimanovskayaFrance and its EU partners are considering possibly granting asylum to Belarusian athlete Kristina Timanovskaya after the Belarusian coaching team decided to bring her home from the Tokyo Olympics on...