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Myanmar security forces target striking railway workers

Shawdesh Desk: Hundreds of soldiers and police swooped on a railway station in Yangon on Wednesday seeking to arrest workers on strike to protest against the military coup in Myanmar.

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Death toll from Covid-19 surpasses 2.6 million

Shawdesh Desk: The death toll from Covid-19 surged past 2.6 million on Wednesday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University (JHU). The total case count globally stood at 117,537,686

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Global Covid cases surpass 117 million

Shawdesh Desk: The global Covid caseload surged past 117 million Tuesday amid worldwide mass inoculation efforts. The total case count and deaths now stand at 117,148,248 and 2,600,063, respectively, according

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Meghan’s father says “don’t think British Royal Family are racist”

Shawdesh desk: Meghan’s father Thomas Markle said on Tuesday that he did not think the British royal family was racist and hoped that an alleged remark from a family member

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At least 20 dead, 600 injured in Equatorial Guinea military camp explosions

Shawdesh Desk: At least 20 people were killed and hundreds injured after four accidental explosions ripped through a military camp in Equatorial Guinea and obliterated neighbouring residential areas. Footage broadcast

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At least 20 killed by suicide car bomb blast in Somalia

Shawdesh Desk: At least 20 people were killed and 30 wounded by a suicide car bomb just outside a restaurant near the port in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu late on Friday.

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Global Covid cases top 116 million

Shawdesh Desk: The global Covid caseload hit another grim milestone on Saturday as it surpassed the 116 million mark. The total case count and fatalities now stand at 116,042,835 and

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Anti-coup protests continue in Myanmar as UN urged to hear ‘pleas’

Shawdesh desk: Anti-coup demonstrators returned to the streets of Myanmar Saturday, a day after a United Nations envoy urged the Security Council to hear the nation’s “desperate pleas” and take

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