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How ‘quacks’ are guarding Indian villages against Covid-19

When a group of villagers in India’s West Bengal state recently insisted that they would hold prayers in their local mosque in violation of social distancing rules amid the coronavirus

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Home-developed breast cancer drug first prescribed in China

Shawdesh Desk: Chinese doctors have given their patients the first sheets of prescriptions of a new, home-developed breast cancer drug, 12 days after the drug was approved for clinical use.

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Trump approves cutting 9,500 troops in Germany: Pentagon

Shawdesh desk: Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said the move, which has sparked concerns in Berlin and in the NATO alliance, is to redeploy the troops and will “enhance Russian deterrence,

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215 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore, including 10 in the community and 4 imported

Shawdesh dEsk: There are 215 new coronavirus cases confirmed as of Wednesday noon (July 1), taking Singapore’s total to 44,122. They include 10 community cases, comprising six Singaporeans or permanent

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Heartbreaking images show 3-year-old crying over body of grandfather killed in cross-firing

Shawdesh Desk: Heartbreaking images of a 3-year-old boy sitting on the motionless body of his grandfather in Kashmir’s Sopore has emerged from an encounter site. The 60-year-old man was a

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Tehran clinic hit by deadly explosion, 19 killed

Shawdesh Desk: At least 19 people have been killed in an explosion at a clinic in Iran’s capital Tehran, officials say. Several people were injured at the Sina Athar clinic,

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Covid-19: More 41 die, 3,775 test positive, 2,484 recover in 24 hours

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh on Wednesday recorded 41 deaths from coronavirus in the span of 24 hours, raising the death toll to 1,888. The number of total COVID-19 patients also surged

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New York expands list of states subject to COVID-19 quarantine

Shawdesh desk: New York on Tuesday doubled to 16 the number of US states whose residents must go into quarantine if they visit, Governor Andrew Cuomo said amid surging coronavirus

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