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Policeman killed, 80 students abducted in Nigeria school attack

Shawdesh Desk: Armed attackers have killed a police officer and kidnapped at least 80 students and five teachers from a school in the northwestern Nigerian state of Kebbi, police, residents

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Global Covid cases top 177 million

Shawdesh Desk: The global Covid-19 caseload has now surged past 177 million, with the world still struggling to contain the second outbreak of the virus. The total caseload and fatalities

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Inquiry into ‘fake Covid tests’ at India’s Kumbh Mela

Shawdesh Desk: Uttarakhand state in northern India has ordered a police inquiry into allegations of private labs filing fake Covid reports. Media reports say fake names, mobile numbers and addresses

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Indian Coast Guard helicopters rescue 16 from sinking vessel (video)

Shawdesh Desk: The Coast Guard of India on Thursday rescued 16 crew members of a cargo vessel that got grounded off the Maharashtra coast. The vessel, MV Mangala, began to

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Israel strikes Gaza in response to incendiary balloons

Shawdesh Desk: Israel carried out air strikes on the Gaza Strip early Wednesday after militants in the Palestinian territory sent incendiary balloons into the south of the country, in the

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Masks no longer mandatory outdoors in France from Thursday: PM

Shawdesh desk: France will on Thursday lift its requirement for people to wear masks outdoors, while an unpopular Covid curfew will be scrapped on June 20, Prime Minister Jean Castex

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Global Covid cases top 176 million

Shawdesh Desk: Notwithstanding a drop in the number of fresh cases in several countries, the global Covid-19 caseload surged past 176 million on Tuesday. The total Covid case count and

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Israel’s Netanyahu ousted as ‘change’ coalition forms new govt

Shawdesh Desk: A motley alliance of Israeli parties on Sunday ended Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12 straight years as prime minister, as parliament voted in a new government led by his former

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