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Guatemalan president tests positive for COVID-19

Shawdesh desk: Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei said on Friday that he tested positive for the coronavirus. Giammattei made the announcement to Sonora, a local radio station. He said he feels

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India overtakes USA to record highest number of coronavirus recoveries

Shawdesh Desk: India has overtaken the United States to register the highest number of COVID-19 recoveries in the world, informed Union Health Ministry on Saturday. The total recoveries in the

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Coronavirus vaccine must be affordable, available to all: UN Chief

Shawdesh Desk: United Nations’ Secretary-General António Guterres yesterday stressed on making the coronavirus vaccine, once it is manufactured commercially, affordable and available to mass people, irrespective of borders. He came up

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24 migrants feared dead in boat capsize near Libya

Shawdesh Desk: At least two dozen people drowned and presumed dead after a boat carrying migrants bound for Europe capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya, the UN migration agency

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Coronavirus: Global death toll climbs to 932,801

Shawdesh Desk: The novel coronavirus has killed 932,801 people at 11:40 am till Tuesday (05:40 GMT) in the  213 countries and territories since the virus emerged in China last December,

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At least 9 killed, 22 missing in landslides in Nepal

Shawdesh Desk: At least nine people died and 22 went missing in two separate landslides at three settlements in Barhabise Municipality of central Sindhupalchowk district, Nepal in the early morning

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Coronavirus: Global death toll climbs to 924,577

Shawdesh Desk: The novel coronavirus has killed 924,577 people at 11:40 am till Sunday (05:40 GMT) in the  213 countries and territories since the virus emerged in China last December,

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India backs Afghanistan peace talks but remains wary of Taliban-ISI links

Shawdesh Desk: As the Taliban sat down in Doha of Qatar for its first real and direct engagement with the Afghan government for peace, India participated in the inaugural session

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