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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.

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Netflix expands deal with 'Bridgerton' producer Shonda Rhimes

Published On: July 9, 2021 01:48 PM NPT By: Reuters

Netflix on Thursday expanded its deal with "Bridgerton" television producer Shonda Rhimes, adding feature films, gaming and live events to its pact with her company.

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Mystic meerkats predict England will win Euro 2020 final

Published On: July 9, 2021 12:41 PM NPT By: Reuters

LONDON, July 9 : A group of so-called "mystic meerkats" at London Zoo have picked England to beat Italy in the Euro 2020 final on Sunday.

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Pfizer to seek U.S. authorization for COVID booster shot

Published On: July 9, 2021 12:33 PM NPT By: Reuters

NEW YORK, July 8:  Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) plans to ask U.S. regulators to authorize a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine within the next month, the drugmaker's top scientist said on Thursday, based on evidence of greater risk of reinfection six months after inoculation and the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant.

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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.

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Rock legend memorabilia in 'A Century of Music' up for auction

Published On: July 8, 2021 01:46 PM NPT By: Reuters

Memorabilia from emblematic 20th century musical events and acts such as the Woodstock Festival, the Beatles, Van Halen, and Lynyrd Skynyrd are up for grabs in an online auction next week.

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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".

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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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Series of attacks target U.S. personnel in Iraq and Syria

Published On: July 8, 2021 07:59 AM NPT By: Reuters

BAGHDAD/AMMAN, July 8: U.S. diplomats and troops in Iraq and Syria were targeted in three rocket and drone attacks in the past 24 hours, U.S. and Iraq officials said on Wednesday, including at least 14 rockets hitting an Iraqi air base hosting U.S. forces, wounding two American service members.

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What you need to know about the coronavirus right now

Published On: July 7, 2021 12:23 PM NPT By: Reuters

LONDON, July 7 : Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now:

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Indian actor Dilip Kumar, who embodied melancholy on screen, dies at 98

Published On: July 7, 2021 11:32 AM NPT By: Reuters

MUMBAI, July 7: Dilip Kumar, one of India's most respected actors and known for his roles as a tragic hero in Bollywood films, died on Wednesday morning, his family said.

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WHO recommends Roche, Sanofi drugs for COVID-19 to cut death risk

Published On: July 7, 2021 11:04 AM NPT By: Reuters

ZURICH, July 7: The World Health Organization on Tuesday recommended using arthritis drugs Actemra from Roche (ROG.S) and Kevzara from Sanofi (SASY.PA)with corticosteroids for COVID-19 patients after data from some 11,000 patients showed they cut the risk of death.

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No survivors from plane crash in Russia's far east, rescue officials say

Published On: July 6, 2021 04:29 PM NPT By: Reuters

MOSCOW, July 6: There are no survivors after a plane carrying 28 people crashed in the far east of Russia on Tuesday, Russian news agencies cited rescue officials as saying.

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Black box retrieved from crashed Philippines Air Force plane

Published On: July 6, 2021 09:13 AM NPT By: Reuters

PHILIPPINE, July 6: Philippine authorities have retrieved a black box from an Air Force plane that crashed at the weekend, killing more than 50 people, Military Chief Cirilito Sobejana told Reuters on Tuesday.

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Some 150 students missing after gunmen raid Nigerian school –parent, administrator

Published On: July 6, 2021 07:11 AM NPT By: Reuters

BAUCHI/KADUNA, July 6: About 150 students are missing after armed men raided a boarding school in Nigeria's Kaduna state, a parent and an administrator said on Monday, and police said they were in hot pursuit alongside military personnel.

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Defiant ex-leader Jacob Zuma compares S.African judges to apartheid rulers

Published On: July 5, 2021 01:20 PM NPT By: Reuters

NKANDLA, South Africa, July 4:  South Africa's ex-president Jacob Zuma lashed out on Sunday at the judges who this week gave him a 15-month jail term for absconding from a corruption inquiry, comparing them to the white minority apartheid rulers he once fought.

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Philippines' plane crash kills 47, injures 49; probe ordered

Published On: July 5, 2021 09:29 AM NPT By: Reuters

MANILA, July 5: All 96 passengers of the Philippine Air Force plane that crashed on Sunday killing 47 people have been accounted for, military chief Cirilito Sobejana said on Monday.

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Myanmar forces kill 25 in raid on town, residents and media say

Published On: July 5, 2021 08:05 AM NPT By: Reuters

MYANMAR, July 5: Myanmar security forces killed at least 25 people on Friday in a confrontation with opponents of the military junta at a town in the centre of the Southeast Asian nation, two residents and Myanmar media said on Sunday.

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Sylvia Plath’s love letters to Ted Hughes up for sale

Published On: July 4, 2021 12:27 PM NPT By: Reuters

A collection of love letters that explore the passion of the American poet Sylvia Plath by her British husband and also a poet, Ted Hughes, will be auctioned at Sotheby’s, as well as the couple’s wedding rings, family recipes and photo albums.

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Tokyo goes to the polls as pandemic-shadowed Olympics loom

Published On: July 4, 2021 09:52 AM NPT By: Reuters

TOKYO, July 4: Tokyo residents went to the polls on Sunday to pick members of its metropolitan assembly just 19 days before the Olympic Games begin, as surveys showed Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) was likely to win the vote.

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