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Bangladesh factory owner arrested over fire that killed 52 workers
Published On: July 11, 2021 08:30 AM NPT By: Reuters
DHAKA, July 10: The owner of a food-processing factory in Bangladesh was arrested for murder on Saturday over a fire that killed 52 people who were trapped inside the building, police said.
Indonesia short on oxygen, seeks help as virus cases soar
Published On: July 10, 2021 12:37 PM NPT By: Associated Press
Overall, Indonesia, the world’s fourth-most populous country, has reported more than 2.4 million infections and 64,631 fatalities from COVID-19. Those figures are widely believed to be a vast undercount due to low testing and poor tracing measures. Indonesia reported the highest toll of 1,040 deaths on Wednesday and nearly 39,000 confirmed cases on Thursday and Friday.
Haiti requests U.S., U.N. forces after president's assassination
Published On: July 10, 2021 06:41 AM NPT By: Reuters
BOGOTA/PORT-AU-PRINCE, July 10: Haiti has requested U.S. and U.N. security forces to help it protect key infrastructure like the airport and ports after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise by foreign mercenaries, a government minister said on Friday.
U.S. shipping 1.5 million doses of J&J COVID-19 vaccines to Nepal today
Published On: July 9, 2021 06:16 PM NPT By: Reuters
WASHINGTON, July 9: The United States on Friday will send 1.5 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to Nepal and 500,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine to Bhutan, a White House official said.
Haiti says 26 Colombians, two Haitian Americans among group that killed president
Published On: July 9, 2021 08:56 AM NPT By: Reuters
PORT-AU-PRINCE, July 8: A heavily armed commando unit that assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moise was composed of 26 Colombians and two Haitian Americans, authorities said on Thursday, as the hunt went on for the masterminds of the killing.
Pfizer to seek OK for 3rd vaccine dose; shots still protect
Published On: July 9, 2021 08:15 AM NPT By: Associated Press
July 9: Pfizer is about to seek U.S. authorization for a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine, saying Thursday that another shot within 12 months could dramatically boost immunity and maybe help ward off the latest worrisome coronavirus mutant.
WHO urges countries 'not to lose gains' by prematurely lifting COVID-19 measures
Published On: July 8, 2021 12:26 PM NPT By: Reuters
ZURICH/BENGALARU, July 8: World Health Organization emergencies head Michael Ryan urged countries on Wednesday to use extreme caution when lifting COVID-19 restrictions so as "not to lose the gains you've made".
Japan to declare COVID-19 emergency for Tokyo as it mulls Olympics without fans
Published On: July 8, 2021 11:11 AM NPT By: Reuters
TOKYO, July 8: Japan is set to declare a state of emergency for Tokyo through August 22 to contain a new wave of coronavirus infections, a key minister said on Thursday, as the organisers consider banning all spectators from the Olympics starting in about two weeks.
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Global COVID-19 deaths hit 4 million amid rush to vaccinate
Published On: July 8, 2021 09:45 AM NPT By: Associated Press
July 8: The global death toll from COVID-19 eclipsed 4 million Wednesday as the crisis increasingly becomes a race between the vaccine and the highly contagious delta variant.
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Haiti in upheaval: President Moïse assassinated at home
Published On: July 8, 2021 08:08 AM NPT By: Associated Press
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, July 8: A squad of gunmen assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse and wounded his wife in an overnight raid on their home Wednesday, with police killing four suspects and arresting two others hours later amid growing chaos in a country already enduring gang violence and protests of his increasingly authoritarian rule.
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