Dozens of Uyghurs and Tibetans demonstrated outside The Olympic Museum on Wednesday calling for a boycott of the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing.On the annual International Olympic Day, protesters from S
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COVID-19: ‘Delta variant now reported in 85 countries globally, expected to become dominant lineage,’ says WHO
The Delta variant, the significantly more transmissible strain of COVID-19, is expected to become a "dominant lineage" if current trends continue, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned after
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Bangladeshi cleric issues fatwa on Facebook’s ‘haha’ emoji, calls it ‘totally haram’ for Muslims
A prominent Muslim Bangladeshi cleric issued a fatwa against people using Facebook’s ‘haha’ emoji, calling it “totally haram” for Muslims.The cleric posted a three-minute video in which he talked abou
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Single dose of Pfizer, AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine offers 60 per cent protection: Lancet study
A single dose of Pfizer or AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine offers around 60 per cent protection against infection from SARS-CoV-2 in adults aged 65 years and above, according to a study published in The
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Pakistan: Blast near Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed’s residence in Lahore; 3 killed, 20 injured
At least three people were killed and 20 others left injured in a blast that took place in a residential area of Pakistan's Lahore on Wednesday.A number of reports claimed that the blast occurred near
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Russia fired warning shots at a British Navy destroyer in the Black Sea after it violated the country's territorial waters, the Russian defence ministry said in a statement to news agencies.The HMS D
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