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Beijing on alert after COVID-19 cases discovered in school

Shawdesh Desk: Beijing is on alert after 10 middle school students tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, in what city officials said was an initial round of testing. City officials

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Global Covid cases top 506 million

Shawdesh dEsk: The overall number of Covid cases has now surged past 506 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world. According to Johns Hopkins University

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5 dead after small plane crashes into soda truck in Haiti

Shawdesh Desk: A small plane crashed Wednesday in the bustling Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, killing at least five people and injuring several others, authorities said. The plane was headed to

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Sri Lanka police open fire at protesters; 1 dead, 13 injured

Shawdesh Desk: Sri Lankan police opened fire Tuesday at people protesting new fuel price increases, killing one and injuring 13 others, in the first shooting by security forces during weeks

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Marine in besieged Mariupol says ‘maybe facing our last days, if not hours’

Shawdesh Desk: A commander for the Ukrainian marines fighting in the last stronghold of Mariupol said his forces were “maybe facing our last days, if not hours” and appealed for

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Global Covid cases top 505 million

Shawdesh Desk: The overall number of Covid cases has now surged past 505 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world. According to Johns Hopkins University

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Hundreds of Rohingya escape Malaysia detention, six dead

Shawdesh desk: Hundreds of Rohingya migrants from Myanmar escaped a detention centre in Malaysia on Wednesday after a riot broke out, with six killed on a highway as they fled,

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IMF asks Sri Lanka to restructure debt before bailout

Shawdesh Desk: The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday that it has asked cash-strapped Sri Lanka to “restructure” its huge foreign debt before a bailout programme could be finalised as

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