Philippine collector amasses super-sized collection of fast-food restaurant toys

From the age of 5, Filipino graphic artist Percival Lugue has had a passion for collecting toys from fast-food restaurant chains like McDonald's, Burger King and home-country favourite Jollibee.

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লাল কার্ড পাওয়ার কারন জানেন না কুমান

শক্ত অবস্থানে থেকেও ঘরের মাঠে হেরেছে দল। সঙ্গে ‘অজানা’ কারণে তাকে দেওয়া হয়েছে লাল কার্ড। দুইয়ে মিলে হতাশার যেন শেষ নেই বার্সেলোনার কোচ রোনাল্ড কুমানের। ঠিক কী কারণে তাকে বহিষ্কৃত হতে হয়েছে, সেটাও জানেন না এই ডাচ।

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রক্ষণের পাশাপাশি আক্রমণভাগকেও দুষলেন কুমান

ম্যাচের শুরুর দিকে দলকে এগিয়ে নেওয়া লিওনেল মেসি মিনিট দশেক পর গোলরক্ষককে একা পেয়েও ব্যর্থ হন-গ্রানাদার বিপক্ষে এমন আরও কয়েকটি সুযোগ হাতছাড়া করে বার্সেলোনা। পরে অল্প সময়ের ব্যবধানে দুটি গোল খেয়ে হেরে যাওয়ায় ভীষণ হতাশ ও ক্ষুব্ধ দলটির কোচ রোনাল্ড কুমান। পরাজয়ের পেছনে দলের মনোযোগ হারানো ও রক্ষণের ভুলকে বড় কারণ হিসেবে দেখছেন তিনি।

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EU ready to help restore democracy to Myanmar: high representative

The European Union is ready to offer its support to all parties to help restore democracy in Myanmar, the bloc's high representative told ASEAN states on Friday.

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Half of Myanmar's population risks falling into poverty by 2022: UNDP

The dual impacts of the pandemic and Myanmar's political crisis triggered by a military coup could result in nearly half the population, or as many as 25 million people, dropping into poverty by 2022, the United Nations Development Programme warns.

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Bangladesh reports 57 virus deaths, lowest daily count in 3 weeks

Bangladesh has registered 57 new fatalities from the coronavirus, the lowest daily count since April 5, taking the death toll to 11,450.

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Europe's economy expected to shrink, while the US economy grows

European authorities will release data Friday that is widely expected to show another economic downturn over the first three months of the year as the still-raging pandemic has prompted governments to extend lockdowns.

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AstraZeneca forecast boosts shares as COVID shot sales hit $275m

AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine delivered $275 million in first-quarter sales while shaving three cents per share from earnings, the drugmaker said on Friday as it posted better-than-expected results and forecast second half growth.

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Britain's Prince William and Kate mark 10th wedding anniversary with video

Britain's Prince William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, celebrated 10 years of marriage on Thursday with a video of the couple and their children enjoying the countryside.

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Mass vaccination, India’s COVID-19 escape route, poses a giant challenge

India is the world’s leading producer of vaccines, but over the past week it has also been the global leader in COVID-19 deaths, and it is not at all clear that the country can vaccinate itself out of the crisis.

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Bangladesh workers want public transport ban to go, announce protests

Transport workers have called for a nationwide protest, urging the government to reopen the public transport system amid the ongoing pandemic.

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Navalny’s network crumbling under Kremlin pressure

Associates of Alexei Navalny said they were shutting down their nationwide network of regional offices on Thursday even as the imprisoned Russian opposition leader vowed, in an online court appearance, to keep fighting the “emperor with no clothes” in the Kremlin.

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Indonesia approves Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

Indonesia's drug regulator on Friday approved the COVID-19 vaccine of China's Sinopharm, which it will use in a private immunisation scheme where companies buy government-procured vaccines to inoculate their staff.

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Vaccination centres close in Mumbai as India posts another record rise in COVID-19

All vaccination centres in India's financial capital of Mumbai were shut for three days starting Friday due to a shortage of vaccines, said authorities, as the country posted another record daily rise in coronavirus cases.

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Five charged in violent abduction of Lady Gaga's bulldogs

Five people have been arrested on charges stemming from the violent theft of two bulldogs belonging to pop star Lady Gaga and the shooting of a dog walker during the pets' abduction in Hollywood earlier this year, authorities said on Thursday.

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Raushon Ershad hospitalised with complaints of ‘dehydration’

Raushon Ershad, the leader of the opposition in parliament, has been hospitalised after suffering from 'dehydration'.

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India posts record daily rise in COVID-19 cases of 386,452

India posted a record daily rise in coronavirus cases of 386,452 on Friday, while deaths from COVID-19 jumped by 3,498 over the last 24 hours, according to health ministry data.

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What we know about the Indian variant as coronavirus sweeps South Asia

India has recorded the world's sharpest spike in coronavirus infections this month, with political and financial capitals New Delhi and Mumbai running out of hospital beds, oxygen and medicines.

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Brazil passes 400,000 COVID-19 fatalities with high death toll to plateau for months

Brazil on Thursday became the second country to pass 400,000 COVID-19 deaths after the United States, and experts warned the daily toll could remain high for several months due to slow vaccinations and loosening social restrictions.

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Pfizer begins exporting US-made COVID-19 vaccine to Mexico

Pfizer Inc’s shipment of COVID-19 vaccine to Mexico this week includes doses made in its US plant, the first of what are expected to be ongoing exports of its shots from the United States, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday.

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Thousands of Myanmar villagers poised to flee violence to Thailand

Thousands of ethnic Karen villagers in Myanmar are poised to cross into Thailand if, as expected, fighting intensifies between the Myanmar army and Karen insurgents, joining those who have already escaped the turmoil that followed a Feb1 coup.

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Dozens killed in stampede Israeli religious bonfire festival

Dozens of people were killed in a crush at a religious bonfire festival in Israel on Friday, medics said, in what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as a "heavy disaster".

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RAB arrests Hifazat leader Harun Izhar for links to violence

The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested Mufti Harun Izhar, education and cultural affairs secretary of the now defunct central committee of radical Islamist group Hifazat-e Islam.

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Rockets fired at two Myanmar air bases, no casualties

Unidentified attackers fired rockets at two Myanmar air bases on Thursday but there were no casualties and only minor damage in another sign of deteriorating security since the military overthrew an elected government three months ago.

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India foreign secretary says 40 countries to supply oxygen

India has prioritised imports of oxygen, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Thursday, adding that 40 countries had pledged their support.

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Man caught smuggling 35 songbirds into JFK Airport

The amenities were anything but first class for these star crooners: 35 songbirds were discovered hidden inside hair curlers in a man’s clothing when he arrived this week at Kennedy International Airport in New York, the authorities said.

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Bangladesh approves emergency use of China’s Sinopharm vaccine amid supply squeeze

Bangladesh has approved the emergency use of China’s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine amid a supply squeeze.

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Mumbai gravedigger works 24-hour shifts as India's COVID-19 death toll soars

Two or three months into the COVID-19 crisis, Mumbai gravedigger Sayyed Munir Kamruddin stopped wearing personal protective equipment and gloves.

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Vaccinating more than anywhere else, China still needs to speed up

China became the country to have administered COVID-19 vaccinations to more people than any other this week, but health authorities will need to accelerate the rollout to meet a target to inoculate 40% of its population by the end of June.

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Court holds no hearing on Bashundhara MD’s bail plea

The High Court did not hear a bail appeal from Bashundhara Group MD Sayem Sobhan Anvir who is accused of abetting the suicide of a young woman.

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Moderna boosting COVID-19 vaccine-making capacity, targets up to 3 billion shots in 2022

Moderna Inc said on Thursday it is boosting manufacturing capacity for its COVID-19 vaccine and expects to make up to 3 billion doses in 2022, more than twice its previous forecast.

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Some notes on 100 days of Biden style

As milestones go, it’s hard to top Joe Biden hitting the first 100 days of a presidency it took him a lifetime to attain. On the occasion, some thoughts occurred to an observer about the long road to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

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Bangladesh offers India emergency aid to fight coronavirus

Bangladesh has offered to send emergency medicines and medical equipment to India as COVID-19 cases in the neighbouring country crossed 18 million.

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India's coronavirus infections cross 18 million

India reported on Thursday a record rise in coronavirus cases and deaths over the last 24 hours, with its overall caseload rising above 18 million.

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Pakistan sees record COVID-19 deaths as officials consider stricter lockdowns

Pakistan recorded more than two hundred COVID-19 deaths in a day for the first time since the start of the pandemic on Tuesday, as the government said it was considering stricter lockdowns.

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Kamala Harris and Jill Biden don’t want to talk fashion

On Wednesday, when President Joe Biden delivered his address to the joint session of Congress, with Vice President Kamala Harris at his shoulder and Jill Biden and Douglas Emhoff watching from the balcony, it was the first high-profile public appearance of the first and second families since the inauguration.

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‘Citizen Kane’ is no ‘Paddington 2,’ says Rotten Tomatoes

There is perfect. And then there is almost perfect.

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China 'closing in fast,' Biden warns Congress, as he asks for trillions in spending

President Joe Biden proposed a sweeping new $1.8 trillion plan in a speech to a joint session to Congress on Wednesday, pleading with Republican lawmakers to work with him on divisive issues and to meet the stiff competition posed by China.

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Taiwan to send COVID aid to India this weekend

Taiwan has bought 150 oxygen concentrators and aims to send them to India this weekend to help it deal with a massive increase in COVID-19 infections, and is also looking at providing further aid, Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said on Thursday.

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‘It’s about time:’ In historic first, two powerful women flank US president

President Joe Biden’s address to Congress broke a historic glass ceiling on Wednesday, as two women - Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi - sat behind the president for the first time in US history.

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Three Georgia men charged with hate crimes in Ahmaud Arbery death

US prosecutors charged three white men in Georgia on Wednesday with federal hate crimes and attempted kidnapping in last year's slaying of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who was gunned down as he was out jogging through a suburban neighbourhood.

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Myanmar seeks murder, treason charges against protest leader; air strikes in east

Myanmar authorities are seeking to file charges of murder and treason against one of the main leaders of the protest campaign against military rule, the state broadcaster said on Wednesday.

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US to send more than $100m in COVID supplies to India

The United States is sending supplies worth more than $100 million to India to help it fight a surge of COVID-19 cases, the White House said in a statement on Wednesday.

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IUB’s Professor Saleemul Huq on Reuters Hot List of top climate scientists

Professor Dr Saleemul Huq of Independent University Bangladesh or IUB has been named on the Reuters Hot List of 1,000 top climate scientists from around the world.

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Beximco Pharma reports delays in vaccine supply

Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd. is anticipating “some delays” in vaccine supplies as the Serum Institute of India is unable to make its planned monthly deliveries, the drugmaker said in a filing to the London Stock Exchange on Wednesday.

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After 20 years of US efforts, Afghan military faces a grim outlook

The Taliban attack on a police outpost at the edge of the city began at dusk, with the muted chatter of machine-gun fire and the thud of explosions. The men under attack radioed Capt. Mohammed Fawad Saleh at his headquarters, several miles away, desperate for help.

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Bangladesh extends lockdown by another week to May 5

The government has extended the current lockdown by another week to May 5 in an effort to curb the second wave of coronavirus infections sweeping across Bangladesh.

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English data shows vaccines cut household COVID-19 transmission by up to a half

COVID-19 vaccines deployed in England can cut transmission of the coronavirus by up to a half, data from Public Health England showed on Wednesday, in addition to the protection the shots offer against symptomatic infection.

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These materials could make science fiction a reality

Imagine operating a computer by moving your hands in the air as Tony Stark does in “Iron Man.” Or using a smartphone to magnify an object as does the device that Harrison Ford’s character uses in “Blade Runner.” Or a next-generation video meeting where augmented reality glasses make it possible to view 3D avatars. Or a generation of autonomous vehicles capable of driving safely in city traffic.

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India's second COVID-19 wave may impede economic recovery, says S&P

Credit rating agency S&P Global said on Wednesday the second wave of COVID-19 infections in India could impede the country's economic recovery and expose other nations to further waves of outbreaks.

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Myanmar unity government tells ASEAN no talks until prisoners freed

Myanmar's pro-democracy unity government, which includes members of parliament ousted by the military coup, has told Southeast Asia's regional bloc that it will not engage in talks until the junta releases all political prisoners.

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Senators urge Biden to impose more sanctions on Myanmar junta

A bipartisan group of US senators on Tuesday urged the Biden administration to slap more sanctions on the military junta in Myanmar, including choking revenues to a state energy company, in response to its coup and violent crackdown on protesters.

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UK government green lights ‘self-driving’ cars on motorways

The UK government on Wednesday became the first country to announce it will regulate the use of self-driving vehicles at slow speeds on motorways, with the first such cars possibly appearing on public roads as soon as this year.

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A greying China may have to put off retirement. Workers aren’t happy

For Meng Shan, a 48-year-old urban management worker in the Chinese city of Nanchang, retirement can’t come soon enough.

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How Europe sealed a Pfizer vaccine deal with texts and calls

It was February and things were going from bad to worse for the European Union’s vaccination campaign, and for its top executive, Ursula von der Leyen.

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India's coronavirus death toll surpasses 200,000 after record case surge

India's COVID-19 death toll surged past 200,000 on Wednesday as shortages of oxygen, medical supplies and hospital staff compounded a record number of new cases of the virus.

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As virus rages abroad, Biden promises to ship millions of vaccine doses

President Joe Biden, under intense pressure to do more to address the surging pandemic abroad, including a humanitarian crisis in India, intends to make up to 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine available to other countries, so long as federal regulators deem the doses safe, officials said Monday.

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Bangladesh’s GDP growth to pick up on stimulus, global recovery: ADB

Bangladesh, which weathered the pandemic better than most economies in South Asia, will continue to grow strongly as exports pick up.

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How Europe sealed a Pfizer vaccine deal with texts and calls

It was February and things were going from bad to worse for the European Union’s vaccination campaign, and for its top executive, Ursula von der Leyen.

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Myanmar National Unity Govt PM urges ASEAN to engage with them

Myanmar's National Unity Government, which includes ousted lawmakers, appreciates the support from Southeast Asian countries, but the body's prime minister said he was concerned by "any misrepresentation of facts by the military'.

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After sombre tone in first 100 days, Biden plans to try to sell spending to US public

When he delivers his first address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, President Joe Biden will take on a new role: salesman in chief.

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Assam earthquake jolts parts of Bangladesh, including Dhaka

An earthquake has struck the Indian state of Assam, with the tremors felt in as far as Bangladesh capital Dhaka.

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Alphabet sets profit record, plans $50 billion buyback

Google parent Alphabet Inc on Tuesday reported record profit for the second consecutive quarter and a $50 billion share buyback but warned a surge in usage and ad sales during the pandemic may slow as people resume in-person activities.

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Bangladesh is faring better than Pakistan in tackling Islamist extremism: EFSAS

An EU-accredited leading non-profit think tank has lauded Sheikh Hasina government’s “robust” handling of terrorism and religious extremism in Bangladesh while ripping into Pakistan, saying its Muslim-majority neighbour has "encouraged, sheltered and promoted extremists and terrorists".

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Only few differences with Biden administration: Saudi crown prince

Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said in remarks aired on Tuesday that the United States was a strategic partner and that Riyadh had only a few differences with the Biden administration which it was working to resolve.

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Anti-tobacco groups PROGGA, ATMA demand specific taxes in budget

Two anti-tobacco groups have demanded increasing prices of cigarettes and other tobacco products by imposing specific taxes in the national budget.

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No pink, no flowers, just science

Most labs devoted to women’s diseases are accompanied by obvious symbols of womanhood: a rose, a tulip, an hourglass silhouette. Not Linda Griffith’s. Tucked away in the building for biological engineering, the MIT Center for Gynepathology Research is marked only by the letters CGR in red and black, the G formed from a curved arrow representing the hand of the engineer.

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A surprise ending for the Oscars’ inclusive night

In a break with tradition, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decided to end its Oscars ceremony Sunday with the prize for best actor instead of the one for best picture.

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Bangladesh drug regulator approves Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik

Bangladesh has approved the import and use of Sputnik V, the Russian vaccine for the coronavirus.

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Gilead to ship 450,000 remdesivir vials to India as COVID-19 cases surge

Gilead Sciences Inc said on Monday it will give India at least 450,000 vials of its antiviral drug remdesivir and help boost production, as the world's second-most populous country reels from surging coronavirus cases.

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Youths in black: Myanmar protesters train to fight junta

Chanting in Burmese their readiness to fight "for the people", around 120 youths jogged around a muddy forest clearing in the morning light in a video released by a group that has proclaimed itself a new fighting force against Myanmar's military junta.

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Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe arrives in Dhaka

Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe has arrived in Dhaka on a one-day visit amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

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Australia to consider proposal to suspend flights from India

Australia is set to consider a proposal on Tuesday to suspend flights from India to prevent more virulent coronavirus variants entering the country following a surge in positive COVID-19 cases in the world's second-most populous nation.

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What’s behind the Apple-Facebook feud?

Starting on Monday, people with iPhones will begin to see pop-up messages on their screens asking whether they will permit companies to follow them from app to app.

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Italy’s problem with school dropouts goes from bad to worse in pandemic

Francesca Nardi never liked school and never thought she was particularly good at it, but with the help of teachers and classmates, she had managed to stick around until 11th grade. When the pandemic hit, though, she found herself lost in online classes, unable to understand her teacher through the tablet the school gave her. She was failing, likely to get left back, and planning to drop out.

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Disruptions to immunisation put millions of children at risk: UN

Millions of children whose immunisations have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in Africa, are now at risk from life-threatening diseases such as measles, polio, yellow fever and diphtheria, UN health agencies warned on Monday.

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Brazil’s health authority rejects importing Russia's Sputnik V vaccine

Brazil’s health authority, Anvisa, said late Monday that it would not recommend importing Sputnik V, the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Russia.

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With Navalny in prison, Russia turns to thwarting his movement

Prosecutors in President Vladimir Putin’s government requested on Monday an immediate halt to all public activities by Alexei Navalny’s political groups, in one of the most sweeping legal moves against the Russian opposition in recent years.

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Nearing 100 days, Biden prepares to govern post-pandemic

When President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress for the first time Wednesday, rounding the bend on his 100th day in office, he will have a number of progressive achievements to highlight. Chief among them, he’ll most likely play up his aggressive response to the coronavirus pandemic, emphasising the theme of “shots in arms and money in pockets.”

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India's new COVID-19 cases stay above 300,000, army called to help

India's new coronavirus cases stayed above 300,000 for a sixth consecutive day on Tuesday, while its armed forces pledged urgent medical aid to help battle the staggering spike in infections.

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Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of 'apartheid' crimes against Palestinians

An international rights watchdog accused Israel on Tuesday of pursuing policies of apartheid and persecution against Palestinians - and against its own Arab minority - that amount to crimes against humanity.

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Amid second virus wave, the world responds to India’s distress call

Oxygen generators from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Raw material for coronavirus vaccines from the United States. Millions in cash from companies led by Indian American businessmen.

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Pandemic e-commerce boom adds jobs in Bangladesh

A boost in e-commerce business fuelled by the trend of staying home amid the coronavirus pandemic has generated jobs in the sector while other areas of the economy are struggling to cope up with the situation.

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US Chamber sees risk of faltering Indian economy due to COVID-19 spike

The US Chamber of Commerce on Monday warned that the Indian economy - the world's sixth largest - could falter as a result of a record spike in coronavirus cases, creating a drag for the global economy.

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Indian Americans in US Congress, tech organise COVID-19 aid to India

Some US lawmakers and wealthy technology executives have joined forces to boost aid to India as it grapples with a severe spike in coronavirus infections, with a focus on ensuring aid is equally distributed across the country, a Congress member said.

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Fighting in Myanmar erupts near Thai border

Heavy fighting erupted at a Myanmar army outpost near the eastern border with Thailand early on Tuesday in an area largely controlled by forces of a Karen ethnic army.

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Woman found dead in Gulshan apartment

Police have found a woman dead in a rented apartment in a Gulshan neighbourhood.

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India's federal government won't import vaccines, leaving it to states

India's government has decided to leave the import of COVID-19 vaccines to state authorities and companies, two government officials told Reuters, a decision that may slow acquisitions of shots as a second wave of the pandemic rips through the country.

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Myanmar activists call for new non-cooperation campaign

Activists opposed to Myanmar's military junta called on people to stop paying electricity bills and agricultural loans from Monday, and to keep their children away from school, scorning the top general's pledge at a regional summit to end the post-coup crisis.

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India's removal of tweets critical of COVID-19 response deemed 'dangerous'

The removal of dozens of tweets seen to be critical of the Indian government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic is putting people's health at risk and quashing dissent, lawmakers and human rights activists said on Monday.

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For China's property developers, Hong Kong is becoming Shenzhen's backyard

Chinese property developers have turned their sights to Hong Kong's border districts as mainlanders from neighbouring boomtown Shenzhen consider parts of the former British colony as a more affordable long-term housing prospect.

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Hasina calls for global support for pandemic recovery

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the international community to come forward to achieve a quick recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

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UK denies that Johnson said 'let the bodies pile high'

A British minister on Monday flatly denied a report that Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would rather bodies piled "high in their thousands" than order a third social and economic lockdown to stem coronavirus infections.

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‘Nothing short of amazing’: NASA Mars helicopter makes longest flight yet

NASA’s Mars helicopter went up again, going faster and travelling a total distance that was about the length of an American football field on its third trip through the wispy air of Mars.

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India’s fashion artisans face ‘extreme distress’ in pandemic

Saddam Sekh used to be a floor supervisor at a steamy Indian workshop in Mumbai that produced orders for an exporter working with some of the biggest names in luxury fashion, including Dior and Gucci. Day and night, he would watch as the karigars — an Urdu term for the highly skilled artisans who specialise in handicrafts like embroidery, beading and appliqué — stitched designer gowns destined for the Hollywood red carpet, or ornate samples for runway shows in Milan and Paris.

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US military begins final withdrawal from Afghanistan

The US military has begun its complete withdrawal from Afghanistan, the top US commander there said Sunday, marking what amounts to the beginning of the end of the United States’ nearly 20-year-old war in the country.

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Thailand suspends travel from India as it steps up coronavirus measures at home

Thailand has suspended issuing travel documents from India over concerns of imported coronavirus cases, as more venues were closed in Bangkok on Monday as part of efforts to contain a third wave of infections in the Southeast Asian nation.

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UK lawmakers call for PM Johnson to publish big pharma lobbying messages

British lawmakers on Monday called on the government to publish all communications with pharmaceutical companies to understand if private lobbying influenced its opposition to a waiver of intellectual property rules for COVID-19 vaccines.

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India's coronavirus crisis intensifies as nations pledge aid

India's coronavirus cases hit a record peak for a fifth day on Monday as countries including Britain, Germany and the United States pledged to send urgent medical aid to help tackle the crisis overwhelming its hospitals.

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Hifazat launches new group after dissolving its central committee

Hifazat-e Islam has formed a new five-member convening committee following the dissolution of its central committee in the wake of a spate of arrests of its top leaders over nationwide violence.

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ASEAN changed Myanmar statement on release of political detainees

A draft statement circulating the day before a Southeast Asian leaders' summit on the Myanmar crisis included the release of political prisoners as one of its "consensus" points, said three sources familiar with the document.

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Iran’s foreign minister, in leaked tape, says revolutionary guard sets policies

In a leaked audiotape that offers a glimpse into the behind-the scenes power struggles of Iranian leaders, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the Revolutionary Guard call the shots, overruling many government decisions and ignoring advice.

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India reports 352,991 new COVID cases, a global record for fifth day

India on Monday set a global record for a rise in daily coronavirus cases for a fifth straight day, while deaths from COVID-19 also jumped by an all-time high over the last 24 hours.

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'Nomadland' wins best picture at Oscars, Hopkins wins over Chadwick Boseman

"Nomadland" won best picture while its star Frances McDormand took home the lead actress Oscar on Sunday on a night of several firsts and a return to Hollywood glamour after a long pandemic shutdown.

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Chloe Zhao, Youn Yuh-jung nab Oscars in diversity-packed show

China native Chloe Zhao was named best director at the Oscars on Sunday in a historic win that made her the first Asian woman and only the second woman ever to take home the trophy.

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Health Canada finds AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from Baltimore plant safe, of high quality

Canada's health department said on Sunday the 1.5 million doses of the AstraZeneca Plc COVID-19 vaccine imported from Emergent BioSolutions' Baltimore facility were safe and met quality specifications.

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Turkey says it will respond in time to 'outrageous' US genocide statement

US President Joe Biden's declaration that massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire constituted genocide is "simply outrageous" and Turkey will respond over coming months, Turkey's presidential spokesman said on Sunday.

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European Union will let vaccinated Americans visit this summer: official

A top European Union official said Sunday that Americans who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 should be able to travel to Europe by summer, easing existing travel restrictions.

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Germany will send oxygen, medical aid to India to help in COVID crisis

Germany will send oxygen and medical aid to India in the coming days to help it tackle its COVID-19 crisis, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Monday.

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Palestinians cheer as Israeli barriers come down after Jerusalem Ramadan clashes

Palestinians gathered in celebration outside Jerusalem's Damascus Gate on Sunday night after barriers put up by Israeli police were removed, allowing them access to a square that became the focus of nightly Ramadan clashes.

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Shops reopen as lockdown curbs ease. But it’s not business as usual

The government has allowed stores and shopping malls to reopen after 10 days of strict lockdown, but only a few customers have shown up.

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Halting the vast release of methane is critical for climate, UN says

A landmark United Nations report is expected to declare that reducing emissions of methane, the main component of natural gas, will need to play a far more vital role in warding off the worst effects of climate change.

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PM Modi says India shaken by coronavirus 'storm', US readies help

India set a new global record of the most number of COVID-19 infections in a day, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged all citizens to be vaccinated and exercise caution, saying the "storm" of infections had shaken the country.

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Bangladesh’s key port comes through pandemic perils – unscathed

The Chattogram Port has remained largely unscathed by the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Egyptology is having a big moment. But will tourists come?

On a cool morning last November, Egypt’s tourism and antiquities minister stood in a packed tent at the vast necropolis of Saqqara just outside Cairo to reveal the ancient site’s largest archaeological discovery of the year.

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Bangladesh court clears Erfan Selim’s path out of jail

The Supreme Court has upheld the bail granted to Erfan Selim, the son of MP Haji Selim, in a case over ‘assaulting’ a navy officer in Dhanmondi.

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Women are battling China’s angry trolls. The trolls are winning

The feminists’ social media accounts had been slowly disappearing in China for days. And when that wasn’t enough for their angry critics, a powerful voice on the internet stepped in to help.

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India coronavirus cases set new global record, US readies help

India set a new global record of the most number of coronavirus infections in a day, as the United States said it was racing to send help to the country.

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Biden will push allies to act on China forced labour at G7

The United States will urge its Group of Seven allies to increase pressure on China over the use of forced labour in its northwestern Xinjiang province, home to the Muslim Uighur minority, a top White House official said on Friday.

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EU blames China for endangering peace in South China Sea

The European Union called out China on Saturday for endangering peace in the South China Sea and urged all parties to abide by a 2016 tribunal ruling which rejected most of China’s claim to sovereignty in the sea, but which Beijing has rejected.

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Another Armanitola fire victim dies; death toll rises to five

Another victim of the Armanitola chemical warehouse fire has died, bringing the death toll to five.

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NYC bans pesticides in parks with push from unlikely force: children

Seven years ago, a kindergarten teacher at PS 290 in Manhattan was following her students’ curiosity about the origins of food when she led them in a role play on how toxic pesticides harm people, ecosystems and even — to the 5-year-olds’ horror — turtles like their class pet, Soccer Ball.

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India's COVID crisis imperils vaccinations in Africa

The rapidly escalating coronavirus crisis in India is not only forcing hospitals to ration oxygen and sending families scrambling to find open beds for infected loved ones. It is also wreaking havoc on the global vaccination effort.

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Myanmar people slam ASEAN-junta consensus to end violence, but no immediate protests

People in Myanmar on Sunday criticised an agreement between the country's junta chief and Southeast Asian leaders to end the violence-hit nation's crisis, saying it fell short of restoring democracy and holding the army accountable for hundreds of civilian deaths.

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US home sales are surging. When does the music stop?

As housing omens go, beware the trending Google search.

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US to deploy support to India govt and healthcare workers

The United States is deeply concerned by a massive surge in coronavirus cases in India and plans to quickly deploy additional support to the Indian government and health care workers, a White House spokeswoman said on Saturday.

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Saudi Arabia sees over $200b in savings from energy reforms plan: minister

Saudi Arabia could save over $200 billion over the next decade by replacing liquid fuel used for domestic consumption with gas and renewable energy sources, the finance minister said, as the kingdom seeks to cut costs to fund investments.

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A Black Superman? It’s happened, and could again

In 2008, during his presidential campaign, Barack Obama told a joke at a charity event. “Contrary to the rumours you have heard, I was not born in a manger,” he said. “I was actually born on Krypton and sent here by my father, Jor-El, to save the planet Earth.”

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Why India is facing an oxygen crisis as COVID cases mount

By air, by train and by road, India is scrambling to move large quantities of medical oxygen to hospitals in its capital New Delhi and other areas hit hard by a record surge of COVID-19.

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Scuffles in Jerusalem after Israeli-Palestinian Ramadan night clashes

Israeli police and Palestinians scuffled outside Jerusalem's Old City walls overnight into Sunday as tensions flared during the Muslim holiday of Ramadan, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appealed for calm.

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At least 27 dead in fire at Baghdad hospital for COVID patients

At least 27 people were killed and 46 injured in a fire on Saturday at a hospital in southeastern Baghdad that had been equipped to house COVID-19 patients, medical sources at three nearby hospitals said.

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India asks Twitter to take down some tweets critical of its COVID-19 handling

The Indian government asked social media platform Twitter to take down dozens of tweets, including some by local lawmakers, that were critical of India's handling of the coronavirus outbreak, as cases of COVID-19 again hit a world record.

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Indian hospitals turn away patients in COVID-19 'tsunami'

Overwhelmed hospitals in India begged for oxygen supplies on Saturday as the country's coronavirus infections soared again overnight in a "tsunami" of disease, setting a new world record for cases for the third consecutive day.

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Bangladesh plans to resume public transport services

The government is actively thinking about allowing public transport operators to resume services on some conditions after the ongoing lockdown over the coronavirus outbreak.

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হয় সুপার লিগে নয়তো চ্যাম্পিয়ন্স লিগে, উয়েফার হুমকি

প্রস্তাবিত ইউরোপিয়ান সুপার লিগ নিয়ে এখনও হাল ছাড়েনি শুরুর উদ্যোক্তাদের মধ্যে চার দল রিয়াল মাদ্রিদ, বার্সেলোনা, ইউভেন্তুস ও এসি মিলান। ইউরোপিয়ান ফুটবলের নিয়ন্তা সংস্থা উয়েফা তাই মাঝে সুর নরম করলেও ফের কড়া বার্তা দিয়েছে। সংস্থাটির প্রধান আলেকসান্দার চেফেরিন আবারও পরিষ্কার জানিয়ে দিলেন, সুপার লিগে খেলা দলগুলোর জন্য চ্যাম্পিয়ন্স লিগের দুয়ার বন্ধ।

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Beximco Pharma MD urges govt to press India for vaccines after shipment delay

Beximco Pharmaceuticals Managing Director Nazmul Hassan has urged the government to step in as the Serum Institute of India failed to provide vaccine doses in keeping with their agreement.

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সমালোচকদের ভুল প্রমাণ করেছি: চুক্তি নবায়নের পর ইব্রা

এলএ গ্যালাক্সি অধ্যায় শেষ করে ৩৮ বছর বয়সে জ্লাতান ইব্রাহিমোভিচ যখন এসি মিলানে ফিরলেন, তখন অনেকেই তার শেষ দেখে ফেলেছিল। তবে সমালোচকদের ভুল প্রমাণ করে সদর্পে এগিয়ে চলেছেন তিনি। সেরি আর ক্লাবটির সঙ্গে নতুন করে আরও এক মৌসুমের চুক্তি করেছেন সুইডেনের এই তারকা।

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Cambodia closes markets to curb COVID-19, thousands plead for food

Cambodia closed all markets in the capital Phnom Penh on Saturday to contain a spike in coronavirus infections as thousands of families plead for food during a two-week lockdown.

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Indonesian rescuers recover debris believed to be from missing submarine

Indonesian searchers have recovered debris believed to be from the missing submarine lost in the Bali Sea on Wednesday, the country's military chief said on Saturday.

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Someone threw acid in her face. Her family doesn’t know why

Around 8 pm on a cool, cloudy March evening, Nafiah Ikram returned to her home on New York's Long Island after a 10-hour shift at a nearby CVS, where she worked as a pharmacy technician.

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Bangladesh orders 3-day institutional quarantine for air passengers without vaccine

Any air passenger arriving in Bangladesh with the first dose of the COVID vaccine or no inoculation at all will have to undergo a three-day mandatory institutional quarantine.

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Iran to bar travellers from India over COVID-19 variant, officials say

Iran said on Saturday that it would bar travellers from India over a COVID-19 variant to avert its spread in the already stricken country.

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Bangladesh reports 83 virus deaths, 2,697 cases in a day

Bangladesh has registered 83 new fatalities from the coronavirus in a day, taking the death toll to 10,952.

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At least 8 dead in glacier avalanche in India's Himalayan state

At least eight people died and 384 were rescued after a glacier broke triggering an avalanche close to the Indo-China border in the Indian state of Uttarakhand on Friday, a government official said.

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US ends J&J COVID-19 vaccine pause; shots to resume immediately

The United States can immediately resume use of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine, top health regulators said on Friday, ending a 10-day pause to investigate its link to extremely rare but potentially deadly blood clots.

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Bangladesh’s vaccine stock runs low, resupply uncertain

At the current rate of use, the government’s stock of COVID-19 vaccine doses could run out within two weeks.

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Grim scenes from India, the global epicentre of pandemic

India is in the grip of a rampaging second wave of the pandemic, hitting a rate of one COVID-19 death in just under every four minutes in Delhi as the capital's underfunded health system buckles.

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Desperate in Dhaka: Some for money, some for hospital beds

Working people are struggling to make ends meet under the coronavirus lockdown. The heat just makes things worse. Many have taken to the streets despite the current restrictions and oppressive heat to try and earn a living, or get some assistance. Others are running from hospital to hospital in an effort to get treatment for their loved ones.

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India's daily coronavirus cases climb to new world record as hospitals buckle

India's coronavirus infections rose by 346,786 overnight, the health ministry said on Saturday, setting a new world record for the third consecutive day, as overwhelmed hospitals in the densely-populated country begged for oxygen supplies.

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A nun and a doctor, she’s one of Europe’s long-standing vaccine sceptics

Sister Teresa Forcades came to public notice years ago for her unflinching liberal views: an outspoken Roman Catholic nun whose pronouncements ran counter to the church’s positions on same-sex marriage and abortion.

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AKM Shamsuzzaman, director of laboratory medicine institute, dies after contracting COVID

Abul Khair Mohammad Shamsuzzaman, the director of the National Institute of Laboratory Medicine and Referral Centre, has died after contracting COVID-19.

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Hope fades for Indonesian missing submarine as US assists search

The United States is deploying a P-8 Poseidon aircraft to assist in the search and rescue operation for a missing Indonesian navy submarine lost in the Bali Sea, as hopes fade for the 53 crew which are expected to have run out of oxygen early on Saturday. The Indonesian navy said it was sending search helicopters and ships to the area where contact was lost with the 44-year-old KRI Nanggala-402 submarine on Wednesday as it prepared to conduct a torpedo drill.

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Lawmakers urge Biden to back 'moral' patent waiver to speed vaccine access

US lawmakers and nonprofit groups on Friday heaped pressure on the Biden administration to back a temporary patent waiver for COVID-19 vaccines to help poor countries contain the pandemic.

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Biden’s climate summit sets up a bigger test of US power

Now comes the hard part.

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With few new clotting cases, Johnson & Johnson pause could be lifted soon

Federal health officials are leaning toward lifting their recommended pause on the use of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine after finding only a limited number of additional cases of a rare blood clotting disorder among recipients.

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Bangladesh logs 3,629 virus cases, 88 deaths in a day

Bangladesh has registered 88 new fatalities from the coronavirus in a day, taking the death toll to 10,869.

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‘I wish I got pregnant in March!’: Inside the dance baby boom

At the beginning of the pandemic, one of Megan Fairchild’s former dance teachers gave her some advice: Now would be a really great time to get pregnant. Fairchild, a principal at New York City Ballet, was aghast.

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Tax breaks for fossil fuels ‘a disgrace,’ Greta Thunberg tells US Congress

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg warned US lawmakers on Thursday that history will hold them accountable for climate catastrophes if they do not stop subsidising fossil fuel production, calling tax breaks for the industry a “disgrace.”

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At least 130 migrants feared drowned in Mediterranean as capsized boat, bodies found

A search in the Mediterranean sea for boats packed with migrants has found ten bodies floating near a capsized rubber boat that was believed to have been carrying 130 people, the French humanitarian organisation SOS Mediterranee said.

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Oxygen gets armed escort in India as supplies run low in COVID crisis

Sirens wailing, a police convoy escorting a tanker carrying oxygen reached a hospital in India's capital just in time, to the huge relief of doctors and relatives of COVID-19 patients counting on the supply to stave off death.

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Indian website records slum lives, evictions to tackle housing crisis

A new website that records the lives and evictions of slum dwellers in the Indian city of Delhi will help address the chronic shortage in affordable and adequate housing across the country, urban experts said on Friday.

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Indonesia to restrict foreign travellers from India over COVID-19 variant

Indonesia will stop issuing visas for foreigners who have been in India in the past 14 days to prevent the spread of different coronavirus strains, a government minister said on Friday.

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Time running out for missing Indonesian submarine as US joins search

Rescue teams from several countries were battling against time on Friday to find a missing Indonesian Navy submarine lost in the Bali Sea with 53 crew, which would be rapidly running out of oxygen if not already crushed by water pressure.

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চ্যাম্পিয়ন্স লিগের নতুন ফরম্যাটের সমালোচনায় গিনদোয়ান

ইউরোপিয়ান সুপার লিগের ডামাডোলের মধ্যেই এসেছে চ্যাম্পিয়ন্স লিগের ফরম্যাট বদলের ঘোষণা। দুটোর কোনোটাই পছন্দ হচ্ছে না ইলকাই গিনদোয়ানের। ম্যানচেস্টার সিটির এই জার্মান মিডফিল্ডার মনে করছেন, ফুটবলারদের স্বার্থ দেখছে না কেউই।

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Bangladesh to reopen shopping malls on Sunday

Malls and stores will be allowed to reopen on Sunday amid the nationwide lockdown with shopping hours from 10 am to 5 pm every day.

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Hollywood loves a reboot - now Oscars show gets its turn

The biggest cliffhanger at Sunday's Oscars may not be who wins the top prizes - or even if Netflix can finally snag a coveted best picture trophy - but how the movie industry's biggest night reinvents itself after a tumultuous year.

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COVID-19: India reports world’s highest infection tally for second day

India reported the world's highest daily tally of coronavirus cases for the second day on Friday, surpassing 330,000 new cases, as it struggles with a health system overwhelmed by patients and plagued by accidents.

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COVID-free Greek 'secluded paradise' waits for tourists to return

Alekos Sfyriou untangles his fishing line and counts the days until ferries bring visitors back to his sleepy Greek isle.

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Michael Kors doubles down on the return of New York

New York fashion is throwing its weight behind the return of New York City.

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Newborn twins are found dead in an apartment in Queens

Twin infants, a boy and a girl, were found dead in an apartment in Queens on Thursday, and their mother was in custody, officials said.

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Global economy to stage vigorous recovery; jobs growth to lag

The global economy will recover this year from its coronavirus slump at a pace not seen since the 1970s as strong momentum builds in most major economies, according to Reuters polls of over 500 economists.

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Russia orders troops back to base after buildup near Ukraine

Russia announced on Thursday it was ordering troops back to base from the area near the border with Ukraine, apparently calling an end to a buildup of tens of thousands of soldiers that had alarmed the West.

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Fire in Old Dhaka chemical warehouse kills 2

At least two people have died after a fire broke out in a chemical warehouse in Old Dhaka’s Armanitola on Friday.

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Foreign leaders arrive for Chad leader's funeral as rebels threaten advance

Foreign leaders arrived in Chad on Thursday for the funeral of slain president Idriss Deby as France backed the new military leaders in the face of rebel threats to resume an offensive on the capital N'Djamena.

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Mass cremations begin as India’s capital faces deluge of COVID-19 deaths

Delhi resident Nitish Kumar was forced to keep his dead mother’s body at home for nearly two days while he searched for space in the city’s crematoriums - a sign of the deluge of death in India’s capital where coronavirus cases are surging.

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US, other countries deepen climate goals at Earth Day summit

The United States and other countries hiked their targets for slashing greenhouse gas emissions at a global climate summit hosted by President Joe Biden, an event meant to resurrect US leadership in the fight against global warming.

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Pentagon seeks carrier deployment as it exits Afghanistan, in sign it’s readying for a fight

Military commanders are seeking to deploy an aircraft carrier specifically to help protect NATO troops in Afghanistan as they withdraw, the clearest sign yet that the Pentagon is preparing for a fight as it closes the books on America’s longest war.

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US imposes new sanctions on two state-owned Myanmar businesses

The United States imposed sanctions on two more state-owned enterprises in Myanmar on Wednesday in the latest in a series of punitive actions following the country's military coup, and said it would take further action.

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Matin Khasru’s Cumilla-5 seat declared vacant

The Cumilla-5 parliamentary constituency of former law minister Abdul Matin Khasru has been declared vacant following his death on Apr 14.

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Recession risk looms as Japan eyes 3rd state of emergency to contain pandemic

Japan's government is expected to issue a third state of emergency on Tokyo and three western prefectures that could last for about two weeks, according to media reports, underscoring its struggle to deal with a surge in new COVID-19 case numbers.

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Gaza gravediggers and medics stretched as COVID spikes during Ramadan

The sick and dying are rapidly pushing Gaza's hospitals close to capacity amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in the impoverished Palestinian territory, health officials said.

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Mominul scores 11th Test century, Shanto reaches 150

Captain Mominul Haque has scored his 11th century in Test cricket and his first on international soil, as the Tigers look to set a high total in the first Test against Sri Lanka.

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Bangladesh arrests Hifazat leader Khaled Saifullah

Hifazat-e Islam Joint General Secretary Khaled Saifullah Ayubi has been arrested by RAB in connection with a case over recent violence in Dhaka’s Motijheel.

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Putin warns of a Russian ‘red line’ the West will regret crossing

He warned ominously of “red lines” in Russia’s security that, if crossed, would bring a powerful “asymmetric” response. He reminded Western leaders once again of the fearsomeness of his country’s modernised nuclear arsenal. And he boasted of Russia’s moral superiority over the West.

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Ice for sore muscles? Think again

After a particularly vigorous workout or sports injury, many of us rely on ice packs to reduce soreness and swelling in our twanging muscles. But a cautionary new animal study finds that icing alters the molecular environment inside injured muscles in detrimental ways, slowing healing. The study involved mice, not people, but adds to mounting evidence that icing muscles after strenuous exercise is not just ineffective; it could be counterproductive.

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A year later, so many adjustments in the dress industry

Before COVID hit, Christine Callahan and Samantha Brody, founders of Ella & Oak, a company that focuses on bridal fashion for plus-size women, opened their first pop-up showroom on West 29th Street in Manhattan. Word-of-mouth spread quickly. The boutique shop, which showcased designers offering sizes 12-32, was busy. One-on-one hourly appointments were filled weeks in advance. Partnerships with other stores were being offered. Designers started approaching them rather than the other way around. The business had netted more than $20,000 in revenue in their first month.

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The magazine that invented street style

One of the most influential magazines most people have never heard of existed for the blink of a hair-covered eye in the Bay Area from 1970 to 1971.

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‘সুপার লিগ মৃত নয়, চার ক্লাব সমাধান খুঁজছে’

একের পর এক ক্লাব বেরিয়ে যাওয়ায় সুপার লিগ শেষ হয়ে গেছে বলে যে ধারণা, তা উড়িয়ে দিলেন ফ্লোরেন্তিনো পেরেস। সুপার লিগের প্রথম চেয়ারম্যান ও রিয়াল মাদ্রিদ প্রেসিডেন্ট বললেন, সুপার লিগ নিয়ে ভুল বোঝাবুঝি চলছে। রিয়াল মাদ্রিদ, বার্সেলোনাসহ চার ক্লাব এখনও সমাধানের পথ খুঁজছে বলেও জানালেন তিনি।

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Writing in Italian, Jhumpa Lahiri found a new voice

Literary translators have come up with plenty of analogies for their trade. Some compare it to acting, others to performing in a chamber ensemble.

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War, peace and Taliban spreadsheets

In the twilight months of the war in Afghanistan, Americans fought the Taliban — not over fields or villages or hearts and minds, but over spreadsheets.

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Millions face hunger as Myanmar crisis worsens, United Nations says

Food insecurity is rising sharply in Myanmar in the wake of the military coup and deepening financial crisis with millions more people expected to go hungry in coming months, the United Nations said on Thursday.

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India sets a new global record for daily COVID infections

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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India’s health system cracks under the strain as coronavirus cases surge

India’s health care system shows signs of buckling under the strain of a second wave of coronavirus infections, as the authorities reported nearly 300,000 new cases on Wednesday and an accident at a COVID-19 hospital killed more than 20 people.

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US adds 116 countries to its ‘Do Not Travel’ advisory list

The US State Department has added at least 116 countries this week to its “Level Four: Do Not Travel” advisory list, putting the UK, Canada, France, Israel, Mexico, Germany and others on the list, citing a “very high level of COVID-19.”

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Singapore probing COVID-19 re-infections after cases in workers dormitory

Singapore's manpower ministry said authorities were investigating the possibility of COVID-19 re-infections among residents in a migrant workers' dormitory, after finding more positive cases in the facility.

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Car bombing at hotel in southwest Pakistan kills 4, wounds 11

A car bomb blast late on Wednesday ripped through a luxury hotel's parking area in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, killing four people and wounding 11, officials said.

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Israel retaliates after Syrian missile lands near nuclear reactor

A Syrian surface-to-air missile exploded in southern Israel on Thursday, the Israeli military said, in an incident that triggered warning sirens in an area near the secretive Dimona nuclear reactor.

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Russia arrests over 1,400 at rallies for hunger-striking Navalny

Police rounded up more than 1,400 protesters on Wednesday as Russians in dozens of cities took part in rallies organised by allies of hunger-striking Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny over his failing health in jail.

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Biden calls Chauvin verdict a ‘much too rare’ moment of justice

President Joe Biden called a guilty verdict in the murder trial of the former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on Tuesday a potential “giant step forward in the march toward justice in America,” but he also called the jury’s decision a “much too rare” step for Black Americans who have been killed or abused during interactions with the police.

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India's Serum institute to sell AstraZeneca vaccine to private hospitals at $8/dose

The Serum Institute of India said on Wednesday it would sell the AstraZeneca vaccine to the country's state governments at 400 rupees or $5.30 per dose and to private hospitals at 600 rupees or $7.95.

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Sri Lanka reports six cases of blood clots among AstraZeneca vaccine recipients, 3 dead

Sri Lanka has found six cases of blood clots among recipients of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, three of whom have died, Health Minister Pavithra Waniarachchi told parliament on Wednesday.

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Tesla drives on Autopilot through a regulatory grey zone

The fatal crash of a Tesla with no one apparently behind the wheel has cast a new light on the safety of semi-autonomous vehicles and the nebulous US regulatory terrain they navigate.

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Domestic air travel resumes after easing of lockdown curbs

Air carriers have resumed domestic passenger operations a day after the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh eased restrictions on air travel in the nationwide lockdown.

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Celebrated Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh dies at 89 from COVID

Celebrated Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh has died in Kolkata at the age of 89 after suffering from COVID-19, India Today reports.

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Is Dubai princess, unseen in public, still alive?

UN human rights experts expressed alarm Tuesday that Dubai’s government has not responded to repeated requests for proof that Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed al-Maktoum, a daughter of Dubai’s billionaire ruler, is alive and well.

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Ohio police kill Black teenage girl seen threatening others with knife

Police in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday fatally shot a Black teenage girl they confronted as she lunged at two people with a knife, as seen in police video footage of the encounter, authorities said.

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Islamists call halt to Pakistan protest after government allows vote on French envoy

A banned Pakistani Islamist group called an end to violent nationwide anti-France protests on Tuesday, after the government called a parliamentary vote on whether to expel the French ambassador and said it would halt criminal cases against the group's members.

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

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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What makes a happy country?

When governments around the world introduced coronavirus restrictions requiring people to stand 2 meters apart, jokes in Finland started circulating: “Why can’t we stick to the usual 4 meters?”

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Netflix subscriber growth slows after pandemic boom, shares fall 11%

Netflix Inc said slower production of TV shows and movies during the pandemic hurt subscriber growth in the first quarter, sending shares of the world's largest streaming service down 11% on Tuesday.

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RAB arrests Hifazat leader Ataullah Amin

The Rapid Action Battalion or RAB has arrested Moulana Ataullah Amin, assistant general secretary of the central committee of Hifazat-e-Islam.

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Xi to attend Biden's climate change summit in first meeting of two leaders

China's President Xi Jinping will attend a US-led climate change summit on Thursday at the invitation of President Joe Biden, in the first meeting between the two leaders since the advent of the new US administration.

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IUB comes first among Bangladesh’s private universities in SCImago rankings

SCImago Institutions Rankings, or SIR, has ranked Independent University, Bangladesh, or IUB, first among all private universities in Bangladesh. It also ranked tenth among the 28 universities ranked in Bangladesh.

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NTV journalist Abu Tayeb arrested in digital security case in Khulna

The police have arrested a journalist in connection with a libel case started by Khulna City Corporation Mayor Talukdar Abdul Khalek under the Digital Security Act.

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Apple packs iPad Pros with faster chips, slims iMacs and jumps into tracking tags

Apple Inc announced on Tuesday a range of new computers, a paid podcasting service and devices for finding lost items, signaling the continued expansion of its once-simple product line into more and more corners of customers' lives.

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Iran rattled as Israel repeatedly strikes key targets

In less than nine months, an assassin on a motorbike fatally shot an al-Qaida commander given refuge in Tehran, Iran’s chief nuclear scientist was machine-gunned on a country road, and two separate, mysterious explosions rocked a key Iranian nuclear facility in the desert, striking the heart of the country’s efforts to enrich uranium.

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Navalny supporters seek to drown out Putin speech with mass protests

President Vladimir Putin will deliver a state-of-the-nation speech to Russians on Wednesday as supporters of his fiercest critic, Alexei Navalny, plan nationwide protests over his deteriorating health in jail.

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

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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The death of George Floyd reignited a movement. What happens now?

George Floyd had been dead only hours before the movement began. Driven by a terrifying video and word-of-mouth, people flooded the South Minneapolis intersection shortly after Memorial Day, demanding an end to police violence against Black Americans.

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Indian capital running out of medical oxygen as pandemic surges

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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‘সুপার লিগ খেলে কেউ বিশ্বকাপে নিষিদ্ধ হবে না’

উয়েফার কড়া হুঁশিয়ারি, ইউরোপিয়ান সুপার লিগে খেললে ঘরোয়া-আন্তর্জাতিক সব ধরনের টুর্নামেন্ট থেকে নিষিদ্ধ করা হবে সংশ্লিষ্ট সব ক্লাব-ফুটবলারকে। তবে সেই হুমকিকে পাত্তাই দিলেন না ফ্লোরেন্তিতো পেরেস। সুপার লিগের প্রথম চেয়ারম্যান ও রিয়াল মাদ্রিদ প্রেসিডেন্ট শতভাগ নিশ্চয়তা দিলেন, এসব শুধু ভয় দেখাতেই বলা হচ্ছে।

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অনড় পেরেসের উচ্চারণ, ‘ফুটবলকে বাঁচাতেই সুপার লিগ’

ফুটবল বিশ্বজুড়ে প্রবল সমালোচনা-প্রতিবাদ, উয়েফার হুমকি, ফিফার অসমর্থন, কোনো কিছুতেই নিজেদের অবস্থান থেকে সরে আসছে না ইউরোপিয়ান সুপার লিগ। রিয়াল মাদ্রিদ প্রেসিডেন্ট ও সুপার লিগের প্রথম চেয়ারম্যান ফ্লোরেন্তিনো পেরেস স্পষ্ট জানিয়ে দিলেন, উয়েফার একচ্ছত্র আধিপত্য শেষ করতে ও ধ্বংসের হাত থেকে ফুটবলকে বাঁচাতেই এই সুপার লিগ।

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Grameenphone’s first quarter profit falls 17% in pandemic ‘volatility’

Grameenphone, Bangladesh’s largest mobile phone operator, has seen a 17% dip in net profits year-on-year in the first quarter.

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With climate clock ticking, activists push Biden to act faster

Climate activists rallied in New York's Union Square on Monday with a message for the Biden administration: Time is running out, but it is not too late.

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Bangladesh extends virus lockdown by one week to Apr 28

The government has issued a notice extending the ongoing nationwide lockdown by one week to Apr 28.

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China plans $3bn supercomputing centre to analyse data from space

China's southern space port of Wenchang will build a $3 billion supercomputing centre by year-end to analyse data obtained from space, according to state media on Tuesday.

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Thailand floats hydro-solar projects for its dams as fossil fuel supplement

Thailand is close to completing one the world's biggest floating hydro-solar hybrid projects on the surface of a dam, a step toward boosting renewable energy production after years of criticism for reliance on fossil fuels.

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ASEAN calls summit on Myanmar crisis as EU imposes sanctions

Southeast Asian countries will discuss the crisis in Myanmar at a summit in Jakarta on Saturday, the ASEAN bloc's secretariat said on Tuesday, after the European Union imposed its toughest sanctions yet on the junta that seized power there on Feb 1.

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India hopes US will soon ease ban on vaccine material exports

India is hopeful the United States will soon lift a ban on the export of vaccine raw materials that threatens to slow India's inoculation drive, two Indian government sources told Reuters on Monday, after the foreign ministers of the two nations spoke.

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There’s a name for the blah you’re feeling, it’s called languishing

At first, I didn’t recognise the symptoms that we all had in common. Friends mentioned that they were having trouble concentrating. Colleagues reported that even with vaccines on the horizon, they weren’t excited about 2021. A family member was staying up late to watch “National Treasure” again even though she knows the movie by heart. And instead of bouncing out of bed at 6 am, I was lying there until 7, playing Words with Friends.

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17 returnees from India test positive for COVID-19

Seventeen Bangladeshis returning home from India through the Benapole land port in the past 16 days have tested positive for COVID-19.

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Pakistan parliament to vote to expel French ambassador after violent anti-France protests

Pakistan's government will seek a vote in parliament on Tuesday to expel the French ambassador after violent anti-France protests by Islamists, the interior minister said.

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Looted objects from Afghanistan are returned

For half a century, through war, anarchy and upheaval, Afghanistan has been stripped of tens of thousands of Buddhist and Hindu antiquities, some dating back more than 1,800 years.

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What’s behind the rise in US alcohol consumption?

American deaths from misuse of substances, including alcohol, have increased over the past two decades, but not uniformly across various demographic groups.

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Night crossings: Scenes from the US-Mexico border

Shortly after sunset, there are signs of life on an isolated riverbank outside the border town of Roma, Texas. Over on the Mexican shore of the Rio Grande, flickering lights appear through the trees for a moment, then disappear.

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Non-stop cremations cast doubt on India's counting of COVID dead

Gas and firewood furnaces at a crematorium in the western Indian state of Gujarat have been running so long without a break during the COVID-19 pandemic that metal parts have begun to melt.

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India to allow COVID-19 vaccines for all adults as cases surge

India will let all citizens over 18 have COVID-19 vaccinations from May 1, the government said on Monday, as the health system creaked under the weight of record-high cases and the capital region of New Delhi ordered a lockdown.

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Fleeing a modern war, Syrians seek refuge in ancient ruins

As the sun set, children in dirty clothes and battered shoes herded sheep past the towering stone walls of a Byzantine settlement abandoned more than 1,000 years ago, leading them into a nearby ancient cave where the animals would spend the night.

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Walter Mondale, ex-vice president and champion of liberal politics, dies at 93

Walter F Mondale, the former vice president and champion of liberal politics, activist government and civil rights who ran as the Democratic candidate for president in 1984, losing to President Ronald Reagan in a landslide, died on Monday at his home in Minneapolis. He was 93.

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সুপার লিগের আবির্ভাবে অবাক নন বিয়েলসা

ইউরোপিয়ান সুপার লিগ নিয়ে আলোচনা, সমালোচনার ঝড় বয়ে যাচ্ছে। তবে ‘বিদ্রোহী’ এই লিগের শুরুর ঘোষণায় মোটেও বিস্মিত নন মার্সেলো বিয়েলসা। ধনীরা আরও ধনী হতে চাইবে-এটাই স্বাভাবিক বলে মনে করেন এই আর্জেন্টাইন কোচ।

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US will boost 'Do Not Travel' advisories to 80% of world

The US State Department said on Monday it will boost its "Do Not Travel" guidance to about 80% of countries worldwide, citing "unprecedented risk to travellers" from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Ex-UN chief Ban urges Guterres to engage directly with Myanmar army

Former UN chief Ban Ki-moon urged his successor on Monday to engage directly with Myanmar's military to prevent an increase in post-coup violence and said southeast Asian countries should not dismiss the turmoil as an internal issue for Myanmar.

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India's Delhi to lock down for six days as COVID-19 outbreak worsens

The Indian capital New Delhi will be under a strict lockdown for six days starting on Monday night, the city's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said, adding the healthcare system was at a breaking point because of the worsening COVID-19 outbreak.

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Beijing huddles with friends, seeks to fracture US-led ‘clique’

China is shoring up ties with autocratic partners like Russia and Iran, as well as economically dependent regional countries, while using sanctions and threats to try to fracture the alliances the United States is building against it.

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Japanese journalist detained in Myanmar

Myanmar authorities detained a Japanese journalist in Yangon on Sunday evening, Japan's government said on Monday, adding that it was trying to seek his release.

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In the roaring twenties, ads make a comeback

If you wanted to sound smart at a media business conference or sell your startup over the last couple of years, you’d talk about the rise of digital subscriptions. Netflix and Spotify led the way in getting consumers to pay every month for their content, and The New York Times, The Washington Post and many others followed. By last week, everyone was hawking media subscriptions, from the owners of the SpongeBob SquarePants TV show ($5.99 a month) to the staid newswire Reuters ($35) to my friend Isaac who wanders aimlessly around New York ($7).

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Police constable arrested over murder of woman in Rajshahi

Police have identified the body of a woman found in a drum in Rajshahi and have arrested a police constable in connection with her death.

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White House: No guarantees about Afghanistan's future post-pullout

No one can offer guarantees about Afghanistan's future after US troops leave, a top White House official said on Sunday, even as he stressed the United States would stay focused on terrorist threats emanating from the country.

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Dhaka court remands Islamist leader Mamunul Haque for 7 days

A Dhaka court has allowed the police to interrogate Hifazat-e Islam leader Mamunul Haque in their custody for seven days.

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After ‘green rush,’ Canada’s legal pot suppliers are stumbling

The mayor of the largely rural community of South Huron, Ontario, was looking forward to an employment boom when a marijuana producer used its soaring stock value to buy an enormous greenhouse on the edge of the municipality’s largest town.

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A Cuba without a Castro? A country steps into the unknown

When Raúl Castro announced last week that he was preparing to retire as Cuba’s top leader, he had a warning for a nation increasingly divided over the legacy of its communist revolution: The choice at hand is continuity of the revolution’s ideals, or defeat.

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নানা গুঞ্জন, সম্ভাবনা-শঙ্কা, সবকিছুতে সত্যি প্রমাণ করে ইউরোপিয়ান সুপার লিগের আনুষ্ঠানিক ঘোষণা এসে গেল। রোববার রাতে ইউরোপের ১২টি ক্লাব বিবৃতি দিয়ে জানায়, প্রস্তাবিত এই লিগে তারা যোগ দিতে যাচ্ছে। ফুটবলের নিয়ন্ত্রণ ও রাজস্ব ভাগাভাগি নিয়ে তিক্ত এক লড়াইয়ের সূচনা বলে মনে করা হচ্ছে এটিকে।

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New UK challenge trial studies if people can catch coronavirus again

British scientists on Monday launched a trial which will deliberately expose participants who have already had COVID-19 to the coronavirus again to examine immune responses and see if people get reinfected.

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Two dead in Tesla crash in Texas that was believed to be driverless

Two men died after a Tesla vehicle, which was believed to be operating without anyone in the driver's seat, crashed into a tree on Saturday night north of Houston, authorities said.

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What Snoop Dogg’s success says about the book industry

When bookstores across the United States closed last spring, Tyrrell Mahoney, the president of Chronicle Books, braced for disaster as she watched revenue plummet. Then, months into the crisis, Chronicle found an unlikely saviour: the rapper Snoop Dogg and his two-year-old cookbook.

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Protests planned across Russia to 'save Navalny's life' as West warns Putin

Allies of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny unveiled plans on Sunday for what they hope will be the largest protests in modern Russian history on Wednesday as Washington warned Russia it would pay a price if he died in jail from his hunger-strike.

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Top European football teams agree to join breakaway super league

A dozen of the world’s richest and most storied football clubs on Sunday announced that they had formed a breakaway European club competition that would, if it comes to fruition, upend the structures, economics and relationships that have bound global football for nearly a century.

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Families reunite as Australia-New Zealand 'travel bubble' begins

Hundreds of passengers from Australia began arriving in New Zealand airports on Monday after authorities reopened borders, a pandemic milestone that allows quarantine-free travel between the countries for the first time in over a year.

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Bangladesh committee recommends lockdown extension for another week

The national technical advisory committee on the coronavirus has recommended extending the ongoing lockdown for another week in an effort to curb the virus flareup.

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Investor group calls for banks to set tougher climate targets

A group of investors managing $11 trillion in assets has called on banks to set tougher emissions targets ahead of a meeting of world leaders aimed at accelerating efforts to fight climate change.

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Hong Kong bans flights from India, Pakistan and the Philippines for 2 weeks

Hong Kong will suspend flights from India, Pakistan and the Philippines from April 20 for two weeks after the N501Y mutant COVID-19 strain was detected in the Asian financial hub for the first time, authorities said in a statement late on Sunday.

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Afghan women fear the worst, whether war or peace lies ahead

Farzana Ahmadi watched as a neighbour in her village in northern Afghanistan was flogged by Taliban fighters last month. The crime: Her face was uncovered.

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India may build new coal plants due to low cost despite climate change

India may build new coal-fired power plants as they generate the cheapest power, according to a draft electricity policy document seen by Reuters, despite growing calls from environmentalists to deter use of coal.

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Canada's Ontario to expand use of AstraZeneca COVID vaccine as epidemic rages

The Canadian province of Ontario will begin offering AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday to people turning 40 or older this year, according to a government source.

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এবারের কোপা দেল রে মেসির কাছে ‘খুবই স্পেশাল’

কোপা দেল রে শিরোপা আগেও ছয়বার জিতেছেন। তবে এবারেরটি লিওনেল মেসির কাছে হয়ে উঠেছে ‘খুব স্পেশাল’। কারণটাও জানালেন বার্সেলোনা ফরোয়ার্ড; অধিনায়ক হিসেবে যে এই প্রতিযোগিতায় এটিই তার প্রথম শিরোপা।

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Special flights carrying migrant workers leave Dhaka

Three special flights carrying migrant workers stuck in the lockdown have left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for their respective destinations.

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Netflix to debut Italy’s first TV show with a majority Black cast

While much of the world spent 2020 in lockdowns of varying severity, 28-year-old Italian author Antonio Dikele Distefano had the busiest year of his life.

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Two cases started over clash at Banshkhali power plant

Two cases have been filed over a clash between police and workers at a power plant in Chattogram’s Banshkhali that resulted in the death of five people on Saturday.

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India under siege from COVID-19, hospitals overwhelmed

India reported a record daily increase of coronavirus infections over the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed on Sunday, exacerbating shortages of oxygen supplies and hospital beds in some of the worst-hit cities of the country.

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IEDCR crunches grim data: Coronavirus patients are dying faster

The mortality rate and severity of the coronavirus infections have risen this year, according to government data.

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Police arrest Hifazat-e Islam leader Mamunul Haque in Dhaka

Hifazat-e Islam leader Mamunul Haque has been arrested in a case that involves violence in 2013, police say.

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Meet Messi, the Russian puma

In the mornings, Aleksandr Dmitriev is woken by his pet cat Messi nuzzling against his neck. Messi loves having his fur combed, and bounding around batting at a large green soft toy.

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IAEA confirms Iran has started enriching uranium to 60% purity

Iran has started the process of enriching uranium to 60% fissile purity at an above-ground nuclear plant at Natanz, the UN nuclear watchdog said on Saturday, confirming earlier statements by Iranian officials.

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Can COVID research help solve the mysteries of other viruses?

Barie Carmichael lost her sense of taste and smell while traveling in Europe. She remembers keeping a dinner date at a Michelin-starred restaurant but tasting nothing. “I didn’t have the heart to tell my host,” she said.

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When her mother died, she found solace at a Korean grocery

After an hour of discussing her mother, the afterlife and the shamelessness sometimes required in producing art, Michelle Zauner adjusted her video camera to show her Bushwick, Brooklyn, apartment. Her coffee table, suddenly in view, was covered with Jolly Pong Cereal Snack, NongShim Shrimp Crackers, Lotte Malang Cow Milk Candies and other Asian junk food.

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Indianapolis Sikhs mourn FedEx shooting victims as questions about motive linger

For decades now, Sikhs have come by the thousands to Central Indiana seeking good jobs, quiet lives and affordable homes. Some became doctors or police officers, but many others worked as truckers or in warehouses, toiling overnight and out of the public eye to support their families.

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Actor SM Mohsin, who graced television for decades, dies of COVID

Ekushey Padak-winning actor SM Mohsin has died of the COVID-19 illness.

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COVID vaccines may affect women differently

News that seven women developed a rare blood clotting disorder after receiving Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine has prompted new questions about whether vaccines affect women differently than men, and whether there are special considerations that women should take into account when getting vaccinated.

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Is fashion hacking the future? Gucci says yes

Gucci is singing a brand-new tune. (Emphasis on “brand.” Or maybe “branded.”)

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China, US agree on need for stronger climate commitments

China and the United States agree that stronger pledges to fight climate change should be introduced before a new round of international talks at the end of the year, the two countries said in a joint statement on Sunday.

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5 dead after fire breaks out at hospital in India’s Chhattisgarh

At least five people were killed after a fire broke out in a hospital in Raipur, the capital of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, on Saturday.

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After criticism, Biden says he will raise US cap on refugee admissions

President Joe Biden said on Saturday he will raise the cap on the number of refugees admitted this year to the United States, a day after he drew criticism from Democratic lawmakers for agreeing to keep the historically low figure in place.

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Myanmar’s protesters face down the military with slingshots and rocks

Every day, when Ko Win Kyaw goes out to demonstrate against the Myanmar military, he carries his slingshot and a supply of rocks as ammunition. It is little help against the army’s overwhelming firepower, but he said it gives him confidence and a way to strike back.

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Bangla cinema’s quintessential 'girl next door’. Kabori in the eyes of her co-stars

As an actor, Sarah Begum Kabori enchanted audiences with her charm and grace, for which she became fondly known as the 'Mishti Meye' or 'Sweet Girl' of the silver screen in Bangladesh.

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Messi fires Barca to Cup final win over Athletic Bilbao

Lionel Messi scored twice as Barcelona thrashed Athletic Bilbao 4-0 in the Copa del Rey final on Saturday to win the trophy for a record-extending 31st time with all the goals coming in the last half an hour.

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Chelsea beat Man City to secure place in FA Cup final

Chelsea beat Manchester City 1-0 on Saturday to book a place in next month's FA Cup final thanks to a second-half goal by Hakim Ziyech that extended a remarkable turnaround since manager Thomas Tuchel took over as Blues coach in January.

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Google Earth's timelapse feature puts a spotlight on climate change

Google Earth on Thursday added a timelapse feature to the popular platform, providing a glimpse into how climate change, urbanization and deforestation have altered the planet over the last four decades.

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Why the vaccine safety numbers are still fuzzy

When federal officials paused administration of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine after six cases of a rare clotting disorder, one fatal, among the 6.9 million people who had received the vaccine, many critics noted that the chance of a serious ailment was so rare as to be negligible — less frequent than being struck by lightning.

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COVID patient of Mugda hospital jumps to his death

A coronavirus patient has jumped to his death from the 11th storey of the Mugda General Hospital in Dhaka.

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Pasta times two: Five dishes to cook this week

Depending on where you are, you might be feeling a bit of spring right now: There’s a whisper of chill in the air, but the sun is bright, and maybe it’s time to think about planting pansies and begonias in pots outside. It feels like a hopeful moment. This week’s list includes two pasta recipes because sometimes isn’t that just what you need? Consider them cozy bookends to your busy week. And if that’s not your thing, that’s OK, too. Here are five dishes for the week.

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করোনাভাইরাসমুক্ত বিশ্বকাপ আয়োজনের লক্ষ্য কাতারের

আগামী ফুটবল বিশ্বকাপ আয়োজকদের বড় চিন্তার কারণ হতে পারে কোভিড-১৯ মহামারী। তবে বিশ্বব্যাপী কঠিন এই পরিস্থিতিতে করোনাভাইরাসমুক্ত বিশ্বকাপ আয়োজনের লক্ষ্যে বিশাল আঙ্গিকে পরিকল্পনা করছে টুর্নামেন্টের স্বাগতিক দেশ কাতার। বিশ্বকাপ উপলক্ষে দেশটিতে সফর করা সবাইকে টিকার আওতায় আনতে কাজ করছে দেশটি।

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মারাদোনার প্রথম বিশ্বকাপ জার্সি নিলামে

নিলামে উঠেছে আর্জেন্টাইন ফুটবল কিংবদন্তি দিয়েগো মারাদোনার প্রথম বিশ্বকাপ জার্সি। জার্সিটির দাম দুই লাখ ডলার পর্যন্ত উঠতে পারে বলে মনে করছেন বিশ্লেষকরা।

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Bangladesh reports 101 deaths for second day in COVID flareup

Bangladesh has registered 101 new fatalities from the coronavirus for the second day, taking the death toll to 10,283.

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Former JU teacher Tareq Shamsur Rahman found dead

Former Jahangirnagar University professor and writer Tareq Shamsur Rahman has been found dead at his home in Dhaka’s Uttara.

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Bangladesh cancels seven special flights for migrant workers amid lockdown

Seven of Saturday’s 14 special flights for migrant workers stuck in Bangladesh amid the halt in air travel due to the lockdown have now been cancelled.

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In a spasm of violence, Indianapolis faces its third mass shooting in 2021

He appeared in the parking lot after dark — a hooded figure with a gun who immediately began spraying bullets in every direction.

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Five die in clash between police and power plant workers in Banshkhali

At least five people have been killed in a clash between police and workers at a power plant under construction by S Alam Group in Chattogram’s Banshkhali.

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Joye Hummel, first woman to write Wonder Woman, dies at 97

Joye Hummel Murchison Kelly was the first woman to write scripts for the Wonder Woman comic-book franchise, but hardly anyone was aware of that for almost 70 years. Then Jill Lepore tracked her down while writing her 2014 book, “The Secret History of Wonder Woman,” and suddenly Hummel was a cause célèbre in the fan universe.

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Myanmar releases prisoners for New Year, though likely not dissidents

Myanmar's junta released 23,184 prisoners from jails across the country on Saturday under a New Year amnesty, a Prisons Department spokesman said, though few if any democracy activists arrested since a Feb 1 coup were thought to be among them.

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India reports another record daily rise in COVID-19 infections

India reported a record daily increase of 234,692 COVID-19 infections over the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed on Saturday.

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‘We were flying blind’: A doctor’s account of a woman’s J&K vaccine-related blood clot case

An 18-year-old woman was stricken with severe headaches, vomiting, seizures, confusion and weakness in one arm early this month, strokelike symptoms that doctors at a Nevada hospital were shocked to see in someone so young.

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When companies profit from rape videos

This isn’t about pornography, but about rape and sexual abuse.

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Bangladesh mourns Kabori, who enchanted cinema lovers for decades

Bangladesh cinema legend Sarah Begum Kabori, who passed away in the early hours of Saturday, will be laid to rest at Dhaka's Banani graveyard.

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Biden wavers on restricting refugee entry

The White House announced Friday that President Joe Biden would limit the number of refugees allowed into the United States this year to the historically low level set by the Trump administration, reversing an earlier promise to welcome more than 60,000 people fleeing war and persecution.

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Overnight rain brings relief

A brief spell of overnight rain has brought some relief amidst the heatwave that settled on Bangladesh in the first week of April.

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US condemns sentencing of tycoon Jimmy Lai, other Hong Kong activists

The United States on Friday condemned the sentencing of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai and other pro-democracy activists on what it called "politically motivated charges."

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Castro era in Cuba to end as Raul confirms he's retiring

Raul Castro confirmed he was handing over the leadership of the Cuban Communist Party to a younger generation at its congress that kicked off on Friday, ending six decades of rule by himself and older brother Fidel.

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Kabori: The passing of a spellbinder

The death of Sarah Begum Kabori from the COVID-19 illness has brought the curtain down on one of the most revered Bangladeshi silver screen stars who became a legend in her own time. bdnews24.com brings back memories of the beloved actress from its archives.

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এমবাপেকে ধরে রাখতে লড়বেন পিএসজি কোচ

দিন যত গড়াচ্ছে ততই উচ্চকিত হচ্ছে পিএসজি তারকা কিলিয়ান এমবাপের রিয়াল মাদ্রিদে যাওয়ার গুঞ্জন। তবে তাকে ধরে রাখতে মরিয়া প্যারিসের দলটির কোচ মাওরিসিও পচেত্তিনো। ফরাসি ফরোয়ার্ডকে ক্লাবে রাখতে সর্বোচ্চ প্রচেষ্টার আশ্বাস দিলেন তিনি।

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City of London Brexit hit worse than expected

Over 400 financial firms in Britain have shifted activities, staff and a combined trillion pounds ($1.4 trillion) in assets to hubs in the European Union due to Brexit, with more pain to come, a study from New Financial think tank said on Friday.

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মেসির ৬৪৪ গোলের রেকর্ড গড়া জুতা নিলামে

বার্সেলোনার হয়ে রেকর্ড ৬৪৪তম গোলটি লিওনেল মেসি যে বুটজোড়া পরে করেছিলেন, তা নিলামে তোলা হয়েছে। এ থেকে অর্জিত অর্থ ব্যয় করা হবে শিশু স্বাস্থ্য খাতে।

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India's vaccinations fall from peak as infections hit record

India's daily COVID-19 vaccinations have slowed from their record high early this month while new infections have set a record in eight of the past nine days, government data show, underscoring a lack of doses in the country.

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How working from home changed wardrobes around the world

Have months of self-isolation, lockdown and working from home irrevocably changed what we will put on once we go out again? For a long time, the assumption was yes. Now, as restrictions ease and the opening up of offices and travel is dangled like a promise, that expectation is more like a qualified maybe. But not every country’s experience of the past year was the same, nor were the clothes that dominated local wardrobes. Before we can predict what’s next, we need to understand what was. Here, eight New York Times correspondents in seven different countries share dispatches from a year of dressing.

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US imposes stiff sanctions on Russia, blaming it for major hacking operation

President Joe Biden on Thursday imposed extensive new sanctions on Russia and formally blamed the country’s premier intelligence agency for the sophisticated hacking operation that breached US government agencies and the nation’s largest companies.

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Bangladesh inoculates over 900,000 with second dose of COVID vaccine

Bangladesh has administered a second dose of the coronavirus vaccine to 930,151 people in the second phase of the government's mass inoculation drive amid a surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths.

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Khaleda in ‘stable’ condition, doctors prescribe additional medicine

A medical team has prescribed an additional drug for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia after reviewing the final report of her chest CT scan. 

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India's 'Solar Man' lights path out of poverty with clean power

Since he was a child, Santipada Gon Chaudhuri had sought ways to help India's rural poor, so when the electrical engineer was invited to visit a co-worker's home in the Himalayan village of Herma in the early 1980s, he saw his chance.

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How New Zealand's much-admired COVID-19 response helped fuel a housing crisis

For many, life in New Zealand’s capital Wellington is largely back to normal. Its windswept streets are crowded with maskless shoppers and office workers, bars are packed and the economy is humming along.

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8 killed in mass shooting at FedEx warehouse in Indianapolis

At least eight people were killed in a shooting at a FedEx warehouse in Indianapolis late Thursday, and the gunman was believed to have taken his own life, The New York Times reports, citing the police.

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A new ‘denim cycle’? After a decade, jeans move from skinny to loose

The obituary for skinny jeans has been written time and time again since their ascent more than a decade ago, but the narrow-legged garment has persisted despite it all. It has emerged in new colours and cuts and varying levels of stretch to remain in style and on shelves from Bloomingdale’s to Old Navy, relentlessly hugging a nation of ankles and shins.

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Incarcerated and infected: How the virus tore through the US prison system

America’s prisons, jails and detention centres have been among the nation’s most dangerous places when it comes to infections from the coronavirus. Each day over the past year, more than 1,400 new inmate infections and seven deaths, on average, have been reported inside those facilities.

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Who leaked a nude image of a Canadian lawmaker? His colleagues want to Know

At first, it seemed like just another embarrassing Zoom moment, the kind that anyone who works from home dreads.

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Opponents of Myanmar military rule hold 'silent strike'

Opponents of military rule in Myanmar called for a "silent strike" on Friday, urging people to say at home to mourn the more than 700 people killed in protests against a Feb 1 coup and to wear black if they have to go out.

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India reports another record daily rise in COVID-19 infections

India reported a record daily increase of 217,353 COVID-19 infections over the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed on Friday.

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WHO expects decision on emergency listing for Chinese vaccines soon

The World Health Organisation will decide late this month or in May on emergency use listings for COVID-19 vaccines from Sinopharm and Sinovac following an extended review, a WHO European region official said on Thursday.

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China's Q1 GDP grows at record pace as recovery speeds up

China's economic recovery quickened sharply in the first quarter from a coronavirus-induced slump earlier last year, propelled by stronger demand at home and abroad and continued government support for smaller firms.

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Sexual violence being used as weapon of war in Ethiopia's Tigray, UN says

Sexual violence is being used as a weapon of war in Ethiopia's Tigray, the UN aid chief told the Security Council on Thursday, prompting the US envoy to challenge the body's silence, asking: "Do African lives not matter as much as those experiencing conflict in other countries?"

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China’s economy is booming. Shoppers are skittish anyway

Factories are whirring, new apartments are being snapped up, and more jobs are up for grabs. When China releases its new economic figures Friday, they are expected to show a remarkable post-pandemic surge.

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Advocacy group urges Zuckerberg to cancel plans to launch Instagram for kids

An advocacy group on Thursday called on Facebook Inc  Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg to not create a version of photo-sharing app Instagram for children who are under 13, as it would put them at "great risk".

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Biden’s Afghan pullout is a victory for Pakistan. But at what cost?

Near the peak of the American war in Afghanistan, in 2014, a former chief of neighbouring Pakistan’s military intelligence — an institution allied both to the US military and to its Taliban adversaries — appeared on a talk show called “Joke Night.” He put a bold prediction on the record.

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Bangladesh garment workers face ‘negligence’ in lockdown, says GSKOP

Apparel workers union Garment Sramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad or GSKOP has condemned factory owners for not providing sufficient transport to help workers reach workplaces amid the weeklong lockdown. 

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রিয়ালের টিম বাসে হামলা: পুলিশি তদন্ত শুরু

রিয়াল মাদ্রিদ খেলোয়াড়দের বহনকারী বাসে হামলার ঘটনায় নিন্দা জানিয়ে ক্ষমা প্রার্থনা করেছে লিভারপুল। চ্যাম্পিয়ন্স লিগের ম্যাচের আগের এই ঘটনার তদন্ত শুরু করেছে মার্সিসাইড পুলিশ।

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UK queen has to step into debate over Philip's funeral outfits

Britain's Queen Elizabeth has stepped in to settle a problem over what senior royals should wear to her husband's funeral, because of concerns about whether Prince Harry and Prince Andrew should wear military uniforms, media reported on Thursday.

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Indian hospitals battle 'chaotic' surge as daily virus infections cross 200,000

Many Indians scrambled on Thursday to secure beds in hospitals for relatives stricken with coronavirus as infections surged to a daily record, overwhelming medical facilities and drying up oxygen supplies.

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Argentine town bears scars of poverty as pandemic sharpens economic crisis

In a run-down part of Manzanares, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, the scars of poverty are clear. People cook with firewood. Some have no electricity, gas or running water. Children play barefoot with old toys next to rudimentary homes.

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What are the roadblocks to a ‘vaccine passport’?

With all American adults soon to be eligible for COVID-19 vaccines and businesses and international borders reopening, a fierce debate has kicked off across the United States over whether a digital health certificate (often and somewhat misleadingly called a “vaccine passport”) should be required to prove immunization status.

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Dhaka traffic surges on the second day of lockdown

The second day of the new lockdown has seen an increase in traffic in Dhaka as the country battles to curb rising cases of the coronavirus.

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Ex-leaders, Nobel winners urge US to back COVID vaccine waiver

More than 60 former heads of state, including former leaders of Britain and France, and over 100 Nobel Prize winners called on US President Joe Biden to back a waiver of intellectual property rules for COVID-19 vaccines.

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Square Hospital doctor travelling without lockdown pass is exempted from fine

Nazmul Haque, a doctor working at Square Hospital’s COVID unit who was fined Tk 3,000 for going out in his car has been exempted from paying the sum. 

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German COVID-19 cases jump by most since early Jan

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany jumped on Thursday by 29,426 to 3.073 million, the biggest increase since Jan 8 as the government seeks to push through tougher nationwide curbs to try to contain a third wave of the virus.

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Big business seeks unified, market-based approaches ahead of climate summit

Corporate executives and investors say they want world leaders at next week’s climate summit to embrace a unified and market-based approach to slashing their carbon emissions.

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Denmark to end use of AstraZeneca vaccine

Denmark on Wednesday became the first country to plan to permanently stop administering the AstraZeneca vaccine, a month after suspending its use following reports that a small number of recipients had developed a rare but serious blood-clotting disorder.

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New zinc-fortified wheat set for global expansion to combat malnutrition

Scientists at a leading global grains research institute expect to sharply ramp up new wheat varieties enriched with zinc that can boost the essential mineral for millions of poor people with deficient diets, the institute's head told Reuters.

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With George Floyd, a raging debate over bias in the science of death

From the beginning, the death of George Floyd disrupted the field of forensic pathology in much the way it challenged policing.

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Afghans wonder ‘what about us’ as US troops prepare to withdraw

A female high school student in Kabul, Afghanistan’s war-scarred capital, is worried that she won’t be allowed to graduate. A pomegranate farmer in Kandahar wonders if his orchards will ever be clear of Taliban land mines. A government soldier in Ghazni fears he will never stop fighting.

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Cambodia launches lockdown in capital as COVID-19 outbreak spreads

Cambodia brought in a coronavirus lockdown in Phnom Penh and a satellite district of the capital on Thursday in a bid to contain a spike in coronavirus cases in a country that up until recently had largely managed to contain infections.

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Myanmar security forces fire on protesting medical workers, some hurt

Myanmar security forces opened fire on Thursday on a pro-democracy protest by medical workers in the city of Mandalay, causing some casualties, media said.

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‘No victory dance’: Veterans of Afghan war feel torn over pullout

Was it worth it?

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In India, a second wave of COVID-19 prompts a new exodus from cities

As dawn broke over Mumbai, India, on Wednesday, Kaleem Ansari sat among a crowd of thousands outside the central rail station waiting for his train to pull in. Ansari, a factory worker, carried old clothes in his backpack and 200 rupees — not quite $3 — in his pocket.

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India, Pakistan held secret talks to try to break Kashmir impasse

Top intelligence officers from India and Pakistan held secret talks in Dubai in January in a new effort to calm military tension over the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, people with close knowledge of the matter told Reuters in Delhi.

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US set to slap new sanctions on Russia as soon as Thursday

The United States will announce sanctions on Russia as soon as Thursday for alleged election interference and malicious cyber activity, targeting several individuals and entities, people familiar with the matter said.

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Western warnings tarnish vaccines the world badly needs

Far beyond the United States and Europe, the safety scares engulfing the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines have jeopardised campaigns to inoculate the world, undercutting faith in two sorely needed shots and threatening to prolong the coronavirus pandemic in countries that can ill afford to be choosy about vaccines.

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UAE partners with Japan's ispace to send rover to the moon in 2022

Lunar exploration company ispace will transport a United Arab Emirates rover to the moon in 2022, the company said on Wednesday, as the UAE pushes for rapid expansion in the space exploration business to diversify its economy.

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জিতেই সেমিতে যেতে চান জিদান

সেমি-ফাইনালে যেতে রিয়াল মাদ্রিদের সমীকরণ সহজ। এক গোলের ব্যবধানে হারলেও টিকে থাকবে দলটি। তবে কোচ জিনেদিন জিদান লিভাপুলকে আবার হারিয়েই যেতে চান শেষ চারে।

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Shamsuzzaman Khan, president of Bangla Academy, dies after contracting COVID

Bangla Academy President Shamsuzzaman Khan has died in a Dhaka hospital after his battle with COVID-19 at the age of 80.

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Romanian PM fires health minister over handling of COVID-19

Romania's Prime Minister Florin Citu said on Wednesday he has fired Health Minister Vlad Voiculescu after weeks of mounting tensions over how to handle the new coronavirus pandemic, potentially endangering the centre-right coalition government.

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Japan’s plan for Fukushima wastewater meets a wall of mistrust in Asia

In late 2019, the Japanese government convened diplomats from 22 countries for a briefing on its handling of more than a million tons of wastewater from Fukushima’s crippled nuclear reactors.

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These ants shrink their brains for a chance to become queen

The Indian jumping ant, Harpegnathos saltator, has many talents. This inch-long arthropod, found in flood plains across India, has a 4-inch vertical leap and the ability to take down prey nearly twice its size. If that wasn’t enough, these amazing ants can also adjust the size of their own brains.

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Bustle is gone: Dhaka hunkers behind closed shutters

The streets of Dhaka wear a deserted look as another seven-day lockdown with stricter rules is underway to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

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Buying diamonds in lockdown? WhatsApp can be your best friend

As Italy entered a new coronavirus lockdown and shut shops in March, Genoa-based jeweller Gismondi 1754 turned to messaging service WhatsApp to sell a 300,000 euro diamond ring to a wealthy Swiss client.

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Concerns over Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine are another blow to Europe’s inoculation push

First it was AstraZeneca. Now Johnson & Johnson.

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Myanmar activists stage 'bloody' protests against military

Opponents of military rule in Myanmar splashed the colour red on Wednesday, the second day of the traditional new year holiday, in the latest phase of their campaign to restore democracy.

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India's new coronavirus infections hit record as Hindu devotees immerse in Ganges

India's new coronavirus infections hit a record on Wednesday, as crowds of pilgrims gathered for a religious festival despite oxygen shortages and strict curbs in other areas.

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With 100 days to go, Tokyo scrambles to stage pandemic Olympics

When Japan won the bid to host the Olympic Games eight years ago, it billed Tokyo as a reliable and secure location, contrasting it with rivals struggling with finances and political instability.

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