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India reports 41,806 new COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours

Published On: July 15, 2021 12:22 PM NPT By: Reuters

July 15 (Reuters) - India reported on Thursday 41,806 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed, with deaths rising by 581.

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India tells China continuing border tensions not in either side's interests

Published On: July 15, 2021 10:42 AM NPT By: Reuters

MUMBAI, July 14: The failure of China and India to resolve the standoff over their disputed border in the western Himalayas, despite an agreement last year, is not in the interest of either side, India's foreign minister told his Chinese counterpart on Wednesday.

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Death toll rises to 17 in partial collapse of China hotel

Published On: July 14, 2021 12:58 PM NPT By: Reuters

BEIJING, July 14: The death toll in the partial collapse of a budget hotel in China's eastern city of Suzhou on Monday has risen to 17, state media said on Wednesday.

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Anger mounts after 92 die in fire on Iraq COVID ward

Published On: July 14, 2021 11:17 AM NPT By: Reuters

NASSIRIYA, Iraq, July 14: The death toll from a fire that tore through a coronavirus hospital in southern Iraq rose to 92, health officials said on Tuesday, as authorities faced accusations of negligence from grieving relatives and a doctor who works there.

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WHO warns individuals against mixing and matching COVID vaccines

Published On: July 14, 2021 08:05 AM NPT By: Reuters

GENEVA, July 13: The World Health Organization's chief scientist has advised individualsagainst mixing and matching COVID-19 vaccines from different manufacturers, saying such decisions should be left to public health authorities.

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South Korean toilet turns excrement into power and digital currency

Published On: July 13, 2021 04:11 PM NPT By: Reuters

Using a toilet can pay for your coffee or buy you bananas at a university in South Korea, where human waste is being used to help power a building. Cho Jae-weon, an urban and environmental engineering professor at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), has designed an eco-friendly toilet connected to a laboratory that uses excrement to produce biogas and manure.

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Malaysia shuts vaccination centre after 200 workers infected

Published On: July 13, 2021 02:10 PM NPT By: Reuters

KUALA LUMPUR, July 13: A COVID-19 vaccination centre in Malaysia was ordered to close for sanitisation on Tuesday after more than 200 volunteers and workers there tested positive over the weekend, the country's science minister said.

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England's Black players face racial abuse after Euro 2020 defeat

Published On: July 13, 2021 10:50 AM NPT By: Reuters

LONDON, July 12 : Black players in the England soccer team have been subjected to a storm of online racist abuse after their defeat in the final of Euro 2020, drawing wide condemnation from the squad's captain, manager, royalty, religious leaders and politicians.

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Johnson & Johnson in discussion with FDA regarding COVID-19 vaccine side effects

Published On: July 13, 2021 07:15 AM NPT By: Reuters

July 13: Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) said on Monday it was in discussions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration about rare cases of a neurological disorder, Guillain-Barré syndrome, that have been reported following vaccination with the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine.

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Murakami adaptation by Japan's Hamaguchi vies for Cannes awards

Published On: July 12, 2021 05:14 PM NPT By: Reuters

Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi unveiled his awards contender on the Cannes Movie Competition on Sunday, a story of heartbreak and regrets which emerges in nearly street movie-style over the course of a number of automobile journeys.

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If you go down to the palace today... you can have a picnic

Published On: July 12, 2021 02:44 PM NPT By: Reuters

Visitors will be able to meander unaccompanied through the gardens of Queen Elizabeth's London home for the first time from Friday - and enjoy a picnic while they're there. There have previously been guided tours of Buckingham Palace's 39-acre grounds, whose current landscape dates back to 1820.

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Unvaccinated Belgian woman contracted two COVID variants simultaneously

Published On: July 12, 2021 10:54 AM NPT By: Reuters

BRUSSELS, July 12: A 90-year-old Belgian woman who died from COVID-19 in March had contracted two variants of coronavirus at the same time, which is believed to be the first documented case of its kind, a scientific congress and Belgian media said on Sunday.

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Factbox: List of European Championship winners

Published On: July 12, 2021 09:41 AM NPT By: Reuters

July 12: List of European Championship winners since the tournament began in 1960 after Italy beat England on penalties in Sunday's final at Wembley:

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Lea Seydoux tests positive for Covid-19 ahead of Cannes appearances

Published On: July 11, 2021 02:55 PM NPT By: Reuters

Lea Seydoux's Cannes Film Festival plans have reportedly been stalled by a positive Covid-19 test. Seydoux, who has four films premiering at this year's event, was expected to be a big part of the festivities next week, but a representative for the actress has confirmed she is at the end of a recovery cycle

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Messi played Copa America final with injury, says coach

Published On: July 11, 2021 11:50 AM NPT By: Reuters

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 11:  Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni paid tribute to Lionel Messi on Saturday, praising his team captain and revealing he played in the Copa America win over Brazil with an injury.

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Australia reports first 2021 COVID-19 death, highest case number

Published On: July 11, 2021 11:27 AM NPT By: Reuters

MELBOURNE, July 11: Australia reported its first coronavirus-related death of the year on Sunday and a 2021 record 77 new cases of the virus in the state of New South Wales, which is battling an outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant.

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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.

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Argentina beat Brazil 1-0 to win Copa America

Published On: July 11, 2021 07:45 AM NPT By: Reuters

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 10 (Reuters) - Argentina won their first major title in 28 years on Saturday when an Angel Di Maria goal gave them a 1-0 win over Brazil and a record-equalling 15th Copa America.

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From the lowest of lows, England and Italy reach final summit

Published On: July 10, 2021 10:47 AM NPT By: Reuters

LONDON, July 9: For all the differences in style and approach, there is a remarkable symmetry to the journeys taken by England and Italy towards Sunday's Euro 2020 final.

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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.

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