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Global Covid-19 cases approaching 114 million

Shawdesh desk: Amid concern over the new variants of Covid-19, the global Covid-19 cases is approaching 114 million despite widespread vaccination. The global caseload reached 113,749,295 while the death toll

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Myanmar forces disperse rallies with 3 reported dead in anti-coup crackdown

Shawdesh dEsk: Myanmar security forces violently dispersed anti-coup rallies around the country on Sunday, with reports of at least three protesters killed in the crackdown. The junta has ratcheted up

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Gunmen kill at least 11 in Mexico attack

Shawdesh Desk: Unidentified gunmen riding in a truck have opened fire with rifles to kill 11 people in Mexico’s western state of Jalisco. Jalisco, where a former governor was shot

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Coronavirus to become seasonal disease in a year or two: expert

Shawdesh Desk: The coronavirus infection may become a seasonal disease in a year or two, Deputy Director for Clinical and Analytical Work at the Central Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology

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5 died after accident in northeast China chemical fiber plant

Shawdesh Desk: Five people were killed due to inhaling toxic gases after an accident occurred at a chemical fiber plant in the city of Jilin, northeast China’s Jilin Province late

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Global Covid cases surpass 113 million

Shawdesh desk: The global Covid caseload has now surged past 113 million, despite high rates of vaccination in several countries. The total case count reached 113, 375,335 while the fatalities

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$1.9 trillion Covid plan clears US House, heads to Senate

Shawdesh Desk: The US House passed an enormous, $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package early Saturday, hailed by Democrats as a critical step in funneling new funding toward vaccinations, overburdened local

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Myanmar police fire rubber bullets to disperse protesters in Yangon

Shawdesh Desk: Myanmar police fired rubber bullets to disperse protesters in Yangon on Saturday, according to an AFP reporter, after the country’s ambassador to the United Nations broke ranks to

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