Saturday, July 31, 2021

Hoping for our rainbow baby this Christmas: UK PM Boris Johnson, wife Carrie expecting second baby

London, Aug 01: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie Johnson are expecting their second baby by the end of this year, she announced on social media on Saturday. In the Instagram post, Carrie - who married Boris at

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Delta variant may likely to spread in China, warns official

Beijing, Aug 01: The highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus is likely to spread to more regions in China as the strain was detected at one of its major airports in Nanjing city which was busy handling hundreds of summer

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Coronavirus: Florida breaks record, cases jump 50% with more than 21,000 new infections

Orlando (US), Aug 01: Florida has reported 21,683 new cases of COVID-19, the state''s highest one-day total since the start of the pandemic, according to federal health data, as its theme park resorts again started asking visitors to wear masks indoors.

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Peru earthquake injures dozens

Peru, July 31: At least 40 people were injured when a magnitude 6.1 earthquake shook northern Peru on Friday. Three people, including a pregnant woman, were seriously injured after walls collapsed in Sullana, the city's hospital reported. Just a

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Berlin court bans anti-lockdown protests

Berlin, July 31: Berlin authorities have banned more than tens of thousands of anti-lockdown protesters demonstrating this weekend. Judges at the German capital's administrative court refused to authorize 13 demonstrations, some of which had been organized by the Querdenker (Lateral thinker)

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German 'flood wine' for sale

Berlin, July 31: They say it is their worst year for wine — and of course, they are right. And yet a special initiative is selling a collection of six mud-covered bottles of wine for €120 ($140). Those bottles bear the

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Unvaccinated may have to pay for COVID tests

Berlin, July 31: The government will stop paying for rapid antigen tests after sufficient numbers of German residents have been fully vaccinated, according to the Bild newspaper. The tabloid cited unnamed government sources as saying that two ministers were pushing for

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Friday, July 30, 2021

Is inflation a threat?

As inflation accelerates globally, we explore how likely is the risk of faster-growing inflation and what it might mean for consumers. We start with a quick reminder of what inflation is, how it's measured, what causes it and why it's important.

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Long COVID-19 can lead to Alzheimer's disease: Study

Washington, July 30: COVID-19 is associated with persistent cognitive deficits, including the acceleration of Alzheimer''s disease symptoms, researchers have found. In addition to the respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms that accompany COVID-19, many people with the virus experience short- and long-term

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Japan's coronavirus infections surge to record highs

Tokyo, July 30: With coronavirus infection numbers rising to record highs across Japan, a government health adviser has admitted that the state of emergency imposed on July 12 failed to have the impact anticipated. Japanese authorities reported 9,583 new COVID-19 cases

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Mexico president to order release of federal prisoners

Mexico City, July 30: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Thursday that he will soon sign a decree to release thousands of federal prisoners under certain conditions. Which prisoners will be freed under the order? The order would

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Thursday, July 29, 2021

What exactly are dioxins, furans, PCBs and PAHs?

Berlin, July 30: During an explosion at a hazardous waste incineration plant at Chempark near Leverkusen in western Germany earlier this week, tanks containing chlorinated solvents burst into flames. The solvents, as well as greases, waste medicines, tar and other pollutants

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Rescuers bring animals to safety after Germany's floods

Berlin, July 30: Sandra Bischoff, who lives in Cologne in western Germany, was getting ready for bed when she heard about the floods in the Erft valley. Her thoughts immediately turned to the animals in the area. The owner of three

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Good news for Indian IT professionals: US to conduct 2nd lottery for H-1B visa

Washington, July 30: The United States has announced that it will conduct another lottery for the H-1B visa. This would provide a second change to scores of Indian IT professionals who were not successful in the first random selection. The US

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Photojournalist Danish Siddique was brutally murdered by Taliban: Report

Washington, July 30: Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was not simply killed in a crossfire in Afghanistan, nor was he simply collateral damage, but was "brutally murdered" by the Taliban after verifying his identity, according to a report published in

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Russia's Nauka module throws International Space Station thrown out of control by misfire: NASA

Washington, July 30: The International Space Station (ISS) was thrown briefly out of control on Thursday when jet thrusters of a newly arrived Russian research module accidentally fired its thursters after it was docked to the orbiting outpost. During this incident,

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Tsunami alert issued for Hawaii after 8.2 magnitude earthquake hits Alaska

Perryville (US), July 29: A tsunami alert has been issued for Hawaii on Wednesday evening following a large earthquake off the Alaska peninsula. According to Honolulu Star Advertiser, The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center listed the magnitude as 8.1 and said "an

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Earth Overshoot Day near record high

Glasgow, July 29: After a temporary reprieve due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Earth Overshoot Day — the day humanity is projected to have used up all the planet's biological resources regenerated in one year — has shifted forward again, this year

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Coronavirus digest: Thailand sees record daily cases, deaths

Bangkok, July 29: Thai health authorities reported a daily record of 17,669 new COVID-19 cases and 165 deaths on Thursday. In recent weeks, Thailand has been hit by the worst outbreak of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic — largely

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France urges Tunisia to rapidly name PM

Paris, July 29: France on Wednesday called on Tunisia's President Kais Saied to rapidly appoint a new government after he assumed executive powers. On Sunday, Saied invoked emergency powers, dismissing the prime minister and freezing parliament — a move his opponents

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Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Germany: Jewish leader warns against cooperation with AfD

Berlin, July 28: The president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Josef Schuster, called for a complete distancing of all other parties from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in an interview with the local newspaper Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung

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Armenia says three troops dead in clashes with Azerbaijan

Armenia's Defense Ministry said on Wednesday that three of its troops had been killed in clashes with Azerbaijan's military in what is one of the deadliest incidents over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh since a six-week conflict ended last November. {image-azerbaijan-1627473201.jpg

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Illegal gold mining on Colombia's rivers rising: UN

Baku, July 28: The illegal mining of gold from rivers and waterways in Colombia is increasing, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said in a new report. The number of hectares in use for alluvial gold production rose

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Is the Refugee Convention living up to the times?

Ouagadougou, July 28: Defending human rights is Hamado Dipama's passion. It's something he's been committed to every day since he fled politically motivated violence in his home country, Burkina Faso. Twenty years ago, as a young student, Dipama joined protests against

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Tuesday, July 27, 2021

3 year travel ban to be imposed by Saudi for those visiting countries on Red List

London, July 28: Saudi Arabia would impose a three year ban on citizens travelling to countries on the red list of the Kingdom, state news agency SPA said in a report according to Reuters. Citing an unnamed interior ministry official

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Hubble finds first evidence of water vapour on Jupiter's moon Ganymede: NASA

Washington, July 27: For the first time, Astronomers have uncovered the first evidence of water vapour in the atmosphere of Jupiter's moon Ganymede by using new and archival datasets from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. This water vapor forms when ice from

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Chile: Priest defrocked for sexual abuses, dies

Chile, July 27: Former Chilean priest Fernando Karadima, a key figure in a sexual abuse case that rocked the Catholic Church, has died at the age of 90. According to his death certificate, Karadima died on Sunday of bronchopneumonia and kidney

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Drought, water shortages spark protests in Iran

People in Iran's southwestern Khuzestan province are desperate. Suffering from drought and water shortages since March, they've taken to the streets in the last couple of weeks to express their anger with the government and its poor management of water resources.

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Germany to tighten entry rules for travelers

Berlin, July 27: German Health Minister Jens Spahn is planning compulsory coronavirus tests for travelers entering the country, regardless of where they travel from, Funke Media Group reported on Tuesday. The ministry is aiming for "an expansion of test

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North, South Korea restore emergency hotline

Seoul, July 27: North and South Korea have agreed to restore their suspended hotline channels, according to statements published Tuesday from both sides. The emergency telephone hotlines between North and South Korea have been in use, with several interruptions, since the

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EU calls for US to lift entry ban on European travelers

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday called for the United States to allow arrivals of travelers from Europe. Sin...