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Global Covid cases top 504 million

Shawdesh Desk: The overall number of Covid cases has surged past 504 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world. According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU),

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Philippine storm death toll rises to 167, 110 missing

Shawdesh Desk: The death toll from the landslides and flooding spawned by tropical storm Megi has risen to 167, with 110 still missing, the government said on Saturday, Xinhua reported.

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Zimbabwe crash kills 35 ahead of Easter gathering: police

Shawdesh Desk: At least 35 people died and 71 were injured in Zimbabwe when a bus carrying churchgoers to an Easter gathering veered off the road and landed in a

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Russian flagship sinks after Kyiv claims missile hit

Shawdesh Desk: Russia’s Black Sea flagship sank on Thursday after an explosion and fire that Ukraine claimed was a successful missile strike, as the Kremlin accused Kyiv of targeting its

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Global Covid cases top 502 million

Shawdesh Desk: The overall number of Covid cases has now surged past 502 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world. According to Johns Hopkins University

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341 dead in S.Africa floods as hunt for survivors widens

Shawdesh desk: The death toll from South Africa’s “unprecedented” floods climbed to 341 on Thursday as helicopters fanned out across the southeastern city of Durban in an increasingly desperate search

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Putin vows to press invasion until Russia’s goals are met

Shawdesh DEsk: Vladimir Putin vowed Tuesday that Russia’s bloody offensive in Ukraine would continue until its goals are fulfilled and insisted the campaign was going as planned, despite a major

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Global Covid cases top 500 million

Shawdesh Desk: The overall number of Covid cases has now surged past 500 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world. According to Johns Hopkins University

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