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US Senator Mitt Romney tests positive for COVID-19

Shawdesh dEsk: US Senator Mitt Romney tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, his office said in a statement, Xinhua reported. Romney, 74, “is currently asymptomatic and will be isolating and

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Erdogan sacks controversial state statistics chief

Shawdesh dEsk: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sacked the head of the state statistics agency, according to a decree published Saturday, after annual inflation figures angered both the pro-government and opposition

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Nearly 40 percent of Tigrayans face ‘extreme lack of food’: UN

Shawdesh DEsk: Nearly 40 percent of people in Ethiopia’s Tigray are suffering “an extreme lack of food” in the face of an extended de-facto blockade of the war-hit region, a

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70 dead from Tropical Storm Ana in southern Africa

Shawdesh desk: The death toll from a storm that struck three southern African countries rose to 70 on Thursday as emergency teams battled to repair damaged infrastructure and help tens

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Global Covid cases near 362 million

Shawdesh Desk: The overall number of Covid infections is fast approaching 362 million, with a spike in cases of the Omicron variant across the world. According to Johns Hopkins University

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Chinese FM Wang Yi urges US to stop interfering in Beijing Winter Olympics

Shawdesh Desk: Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday urged the US to stop interfering in Beijing Winter Olympics and stop playing with fire on the Taiwan

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Bangladesh & Russia: Putin greets PM, President on 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties

Shawdesh Desk: President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin has congratulated President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Bangladesh and Russia.

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Global Covid cases near 358 million

Shawdesh desk: The overall number of Covid cases is fast approaching 358 million, with a spike in cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus across the world. According to

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