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Israel-Gaza violence shows few signs of slowing as global diplomacy ramps up

Published On: May 18, 2021 12:47 PM NPT By: Reuters

ISRAEL, May 18: More than a week of fighting between Israel and Hamas showed few signs of abating on Tuesday despite intense U.S. and global diplomacy to stop the region’s fiercest hostilities in years.

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Myanmar activists say more than 800 killed by security forces since coup

Published On: May 18, 2021 09:08 AM NPT By: Reuters

MYANMAR, May 18: More than 800 people have been killed by Myanmar's security forces since a wave of protests broke out across the country after the military seized power in a coup in February, an activist group said.

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India's Gujarat state evacuates over 200,000 people as cyclone hits

Published On: May 18, 2021 07:34 AM NPT By: Reuters

INDIA, May 18: More than 200,000 people were evacuated from their homes in the Indian state of Gujarat and authorities shut ports and major airports as the most powerful cyclone in more than two decades made landfall in the state late on Monday.

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India promises more vaccines as daily COVID-19 deaths stay above 4,000

Published On: May 16, 2021 09:04 PM NPT By: Reuters

NEW DELHI, May 16; Some Indian states said on Sunday they would extend COVID-19 lockdowns to help contain the pandemic, which has killed more than 270,000 people in the country, as the federal government pledged to bolster vaccine supplies.

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Fresh pizza vending machine prompts curiosity and horror in Rome

Published On: May 16, 2021 05:35 PM NPT By: Reuters

Raffaele Esposito, the 19th century Neapolitan credited with inventing Italy’s most famous type of pizza, may be turning in his grave: Rome has a new vending machine which slides out freshly cooked pizzas in just three minutes.

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Russia picks cast for movie to be shot in space

Published On: May 16, 2021 05:32 PM NPT By: Reuters

Russia has picked four people to serve as nonprofessional crew members and actors in what is planned to be the first movie to be shot in outer space, Russia's Roscosmos space agency said on Thursday.

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Israel air strikes kill 26 Palestinians, rockets fired from Gaza

Published On: May 16, 2021 03:24 PM NPT By: Reuters

ISRAEL, May 16: Israeli air strikes killed 26 Palestinians, including eight children, in Gaza early on Sunday, Gaza health officials said, and rockets were fired into Israel as hostilities stretched into a seventh day.

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Bodies of COVID-19 victims among those dumped in India’s Ganges -gov’t document

Published On: May 16, 2021 08:59 AM NPT By: Reuters

INDIA, May 16: Bodies of COVID-19 victims have been found dumped in some Indian rivers, a state government letter seen by Reuters says, in the first official acknowledgement of the alarming practice, which it said may stem from poverty and fear of the disease in remote areas.

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Israel bombs Hamas Gaza chief’s home as fighting enters seventh day

Published On: May 16, 2021 08:22 AM NPT By: Reuters

GAZA, May 16: Israel bombed the home of Hamas’s chief in Gaza early on Sunday and the Islamist group fired rocket barrages at Tel Aviv as hostilities stretched into a seventh day with no sign of abating.

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Foreign expedition abandons Everest attempt citing COVID-19 risks

Published On: May 16, 2021 06:55 AM NPT By: Reuters

KATHMANDU, May 16: An international expedition abandoned its attempt to scale Mount Everest on Saturday, citing risks posed by an increasing number of COVID-19 cases at the base camp, the organisers said

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India’s daily COVID-19 deaths near 4,000 as police sent to halt dumping of bodies

Published On: May 15, 2021 05:08 PM NPT By: Reuters

NEW DELHI, May 15: India reported on Saturday its smallest daily increase in coronavirus infections in nearly three weeks, but deaths stayed near the 4,000-mark as the World Health Organisation warned that the second year of the pandemic could be worse than the first.

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China cancels Everest spring climbing over coronavirus worries

Published On: May 15, 2021 02:50 PM NPT By: Reuters

SHANGHAI, May 15: China has decided to cancel the 2021 spring climbing season from the Tibetan side of Mount Everest, the world's tallest peak, because of coronavirus concerns, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday.

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China completes historic Mars spacecraft landing

Published On: May 15, 2021 09:39 AM NPT By: Reuters

BEIJING, May 15: An uncrewed Chinese spacecraft successfully landed on the surface of Mars on Saturday, state news agency Xinhua reported, making China the second space-faring nation after the United States to land on the Red Planet.

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Israel pounds Gaza to curb Palestinian militants but rockets still fly

Published On: May 14, 2021 08:17 PM NPT By: Reuters

Israel, May 14: Israel pummelled Gaza with artillery fire and air strikes on Friday as it targeted Palestinian militant tunnels to try to stop persistent rocket attacks on Israeli towns.

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India reports daily rise in coronavirus cases of 343,144

Published On: May 14, 2021 10:14 AM NPT By: Reuters

INDIA, May 14: ndia on Friday reported 343,144 new coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours, taking its overall caseload past the 24 million mark, while deaths from COVID-19 rose by 4,000.

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More than 4,000 Indians die of COVID-19 for second straight day

Published On: May 13, 2021 12:17 PM NPT By: Reuters

NEW DELHI, May 13: India recorded more than 4,000 COVID-19 deaths for a second straight day on Thursday, while infections stayed below 400,000 for a fourth day, though the virus has become rampant in rural areas where cases can go unreported due to a lack of testing.

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India reports 362,727 new coronavirus infections

Published On: May 13, 2021 10:12 AM NPT By: Reuters

INDIA, May 13: India had 362,727 new COVID-19 infections over the last 24 hours while deaths climbed by 4,120, taking the toll to 258,317, health ministry data showed.

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NBC drops 2022 Golden Globes; Tom Cruise returns trophies

Published On: May 13, 2021 08:26 AM NPT By: Reuters

U.S. television network NBC on Monday dropped its broadcast of the Golden Globes ceremony in 2022 after a Hollywood backlash over the ethics of the group that hands out the annual awards for film and television and its lack of diversity.

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Hamas hits deep in Israel, which vows to keep pummelling Gaza

Published On: May 13, 2021 08:13 AM NPT By: Reuters

GAZA, May 13: Hamas launched rockets at Tel Aviv and toward Jerusalem early on Thursday and Israel vowed to keep pummelling the Islamist faction in Gaza despite a prediction by U.S. President Joe Biden that their fiercest hostilities in years might end soon.

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India's COVID deaths cross quarter million mark, no sign of peak

Published On: May 12, 2021 11:28 AM NPT By: Reuters

INDIA, May 12: India said on Wednesday a record number of people were killed by the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, pushing its overall death toll over a quarter million, while a leading virologist said it was too early to say if infections had reached a peak.

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