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Global Covid cases near 239 million

Shawdesh desk: The overall number of global Covid cases is fast approaching 239 million even with mass inoculations underway in several countries. According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total

Global Covid cases top 238 million

Shawdesh Desk: The overall number of global Covid cases has now surged past 238 million, despite the ongoing mass inoculations in several countries. According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the

Bus plunge, floods leave at least 28 dead in northern China

Shawdesh desk: Chinese authorities confirmed Tuesday 13 people had died after a bus plunged into a rushing river amid heavy flooding that has caused 15 other fatalities in the north.

Fifteen kidnapped Nigerians escape jihadist captors

Shawdesh Desk: Six women and nine children kidnapped by jihadists from Christian communities in Nigeria’s northeast have escaped their captors, walking for six days through the bush to freedom, an

Czechs in post-vote limbo as president rushed to hospital

Shawdesh Desk: The Czech Republic was plunged into uncertainty on Sunday as President Milos Zeman was rushed to hospital a day after his ally, populist billionaire Prime Minister Andrej Babis, narrowly lost

Sixteen feared dead in plane crash in central Russia

Shawdesh Desk: An aircraft carrying parachutists crashed in central Russia on Sunday, the emergencies ministry said, with sixteen people feared dead. The L-410 plane carrying 23 people crashed around 9:23

10 people including 3 Bangladeshis injured in foiled Houthi drone attack on Saudi Arabia’s Jazan airport

Shawhedsh Desk: RIYADH: Ten people, including three Bangladeshis, were injured on Friday during a drone attack by Iran-backed Houthi militia on the King Abdulaziz Airport in Jazan, the Arab Coalition

Global Covid cases top 237 million

Shawdesh Desk: The overall number of global Covid cases has now surged past 237 million, despite the ongoing mass inoculations in several countries. According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the