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Global Covid-19 cases nears 176 million
Shawdesh Desk: Despite a drop in the number of new cases in several countries, the global Covid-19 caseload is fast approaching the 176-million mark. The total caseload reached 175,878,310 whileReadMore
Aung San Suu Kyi: Trial of ousted Myanmar leader begins
Shawdesh Desk: The trial of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has got under way, four months after a military coup removed the elected government from office. She isReadMore
Israel to swear in government, ending Netanyahu’s long rule
Shawdesh desk: Israel is set to swear in a new government on Sunday that will send Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into the opposition after a record 12 years in officeReadMore
Shelling kills 18 in Syria’s rebel-held Afrin: monitor
Shawdesh Desk: Shelling of the rebel-held city of Afrin in northern Syria killed at least 18 people on Saturday, many of them when a hospital was hit, a war monitorReadMore
80,834 fresh Covid-19 cases recorded in 24 hours, lowest in over 2 months
Shawdesh Desk: India on Sunday recorded 80,834 fresh cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), according to the Union health ministry dashboard at 8am. This is the lowest tally recorded sinceReadMore
Global Covid-19 cases surpass 175.5 million
Shawdesh Desk: More than 175.5 million people have been detected globally with Coronavirus infections amid the emergence of its new variants. The global case count and fatalities now stand atReadMore
Teen who filmed George Floyd’s murder given Pulitzer award
Shawdesh Desk: A teenager who filmed the murder of George Floyd by a white police officer has been given a special journalism award by the Pulitzer Prize board. Darnella Frazier,ReadMore
UK says Delta variant 60 percent more transmissible
Shawdesh desk: The British government said Friday that the new Delta coronavirus variant is 60 percent more transmissible in households than the variant that forced the UK to lock downReadMore
