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India records world’s biggest single-day rise in coronavirus cases

Published On: April 22, 2021 01:43 PM NPT By: Reuters

India marked a grim milestone in the COVID-19 pandemic on Thursday, reporting 314,835 new daily cases, the highest one-day tally anywhere, as its second wave and similar surges elsewhere raised new fears about the ability of health services to cope.

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India posts daily rise of over 300,000 COVID-19 cases, record death toll

Published On: April 22, 2021 10:03 AM NPT By: Reuters

NEW DELHI, April 22: India on Thursday reported more than 300,000 coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours, the highest daily global total, while COVID-19-related deaths also jumped by a record.

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Hollywood ponders post-pandemic future of cinemas

Published On: April 21, 2021 06:51 PM NPT By: Reuters

As Hollywood prepares to celebrate the Oscars on Sunday, movie theaters are trying to lure back audiences that have been streaming films at home for over a year. Some cinemas have closed permanently while others are trying to recover and hope that a string of delayed blockbusters will produce a moviegoing rebound.

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Barney the Swiss robot bartender ready to shake up cocktails

Published On: April 21, 2021 04:45 PM NPT By: Reuters

Barney is a bit different from your usual Swiss bartender. He is fully automated, mixes dozens of cocktails and even makes terrible jokes.

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India reports more than 2,000 COVID-19 deaths in single day

Published On: April 21, 2021 04:10 PM NPT By: Reuters

NEW DELHI, April 21: India reported more than 2,000 deaths from COVID-19 over the last 24 hours, the highest single-day tally for the country so far, health ministry data showed on Wednesday.

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Queen Elizabeth marks 95th birthday, days after husband's funeral

Published On: April 21, 2021 01:19 PM NPT By: Reuters

UK, April 21: Britain's Queen Elizabeth, the world's oldest monarch, turns 95 on Wednesday, but there will be no public celebrations of an occasion that comes just days after she bade a sad farewell to her husband of seven decades at his funeral.

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Indian capital running out of medical oxygen as pandemic surges

Published On: April 21, 2021 09:19 AM NPT By: Reuters

INDIA, April 21: Authorities said hospitals in the Indian capital of Delhi would start running out of medical oxygen by Wednesday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the country faced a coronavirus "storm" overwhelming its health system.

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True human-octopus love story, 10 yrs in the making, is up for best documentary Oscar

Published On: April 20, 2021 04:04 PM NPT By: Reuters

True human-octopus love story, 10 yrs in the making, is up for best documentary Oscar Pets can easily bond with humans, but when a wild octopus befriends a diver and becomes his life coach, that true story scores a best documentary nomination for this Sunday's Oscars.

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India reports record daily COVID-19 death toll, many cities in lockdown

Published On: April 20, 2021 01:14 PM NPT By: Reuters

MUMBAI, April 20: India reported 1,761 deaths from COVID-19 overnight, its highest daily toll, with large parts of the country now under lockdown, as the country battles a second wave that has left people fighting for hospital beds, oxygen and medicines.

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Former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale dies at 93

Published On: April 20, 2021 09:17 AM NPT By: Reuters

WASHINGTON DC, April 20: Walter Mondale, a leading liberal Democratic voice of the late 20th century who was U.S. vice president under Jimmy Carter and lost in a landslide to Ronald Reagan in the 1984 presidential election, died on Monday at age 93, his family said.

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Frontline nurse shocked and touched by Taylor Swift gift

Published On: April 19, 2021 05:52 PM NPT By: Reuters

An American flight nurse says she was shocked and touched to receive a surprise gift box and personal note from music star Taylor Swift thanking her for her work in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Music and massage: Malaysian farmers attempt to grow prized Japanese muskmelons

Published On: April 19, 2021 05:46 PM NPT By: Reuters

After more than a decade of experimenting, a trio of Malaysian farmers say they have found the right concoction of nutrients and treatments to successfully grow Japanese muskmelons, one of the world’s most expensive fruits.

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Eleven dead, 98 injured after train derails in Egypt

Published On: April 19, 2021 08:38 AM NPT By: Reuters

EGYPT, April 19: Eleven people were killed and 98 injured on Sunday in a train accident in Egypt's Qalioubia province north of Cairo, the health ministry said in a statement.

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At least 14 rebels killed in fighting with Colombian army

Published On: April 18, 2021 09:55 AM NPT By: Reuters

COLOMBIA, April 18: Some 14 rebels and one Colombian soldier have been killed in combat between guerrillas and the Andean country's military, army sources said on Saturday.

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Queen Elizabeth and Britain to bid farewell to Prince Philip

Published On: April 17, 2021 10:40 AM NPT By: Reuters

LONDON, April 17: Queen Elizabeth will bid a final farewell to Prince Philip, her husband of more than seven decades, at a ceremonial funeral on Saturday, with the nation set to fall silent to mark the passing of a pivotal figure in the British monarchy.

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India battles record COVID surge as rallies, Hindu festival draw huge crowds

Published On: April 17, 2021 07:06 AM NPT By: Reuters

DELHI, April 17: India battled a record surge in COVID-19 cases on Friday as hospitals ran out of oxygen and beds, while politicians held election rallies and hundreds of thousands of Hindu devotees attended a weeks-long festival, infuriating health officials.

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Michelin-rated chef’s $20 takeaway burger a hit in Amsterdam

Published On: April 16, 2021 01:39 PM NPT By: Reuters

The Waldorf Astoria hotel in Amsterdam, with a two Michelin star chef and rooms starting at $700, initially balked at the idea of offering burgers for delivery. Then reality hit.

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Celebrity couple J.Lo and A-Rod split because “we are better as friends”

Published On: April 16, 2021 01:33 PM NPT By: Reuters

Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez and former New York Yankees baseball star Alex Rodriguez called off their engagement because “we are better as friends,” announcing the breakup on Thursday just months after denying their four-year relationship was on the rocks.

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Analysis: India shifts from mass vaccine exporter to importer, worrying the world

Published On: April 16, 2021 09:50 AM NPT By: Reuters

INDIA, April 16: After gifting and selling tens of millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses abroad, India suddenly finds itself short of shots as new infections surge in the world's second-most populous country.

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Brazil's hospitals running out of sedatives as COVID-19 rages

Published On: April 16, 2021 08:47 AM NPT By: Reuters

BRAZIL, April 16: Brazil's hospitals were running out of drugs needed to sedate COVID-19 patients on Thursday, with the government urgently seeking to import supplies amid reports of the seriously ill being tied down and intubated without effective sedatives.

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