Covid spreading in rural India; record daily rises in infections, deaths
Hopes that India’s deadly second wave of COVID-19 was about to peak were swept away on Thursday as it posted record daily infections and deaths and as the virus ...
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EasyJet ahead of green list warns UK risks being left behind in travel
The chief executive of easyJet said Britain was likely to be left behind the rest of Europe if the government does not allow quarantine-free travel to most of the continent ...
Scotland votes to decide the fate of independence movement
Scotland votes today Thursday in an election that could trigger a showdown with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson over a new independence referendum just five years since the Brexit vote ...
Turkey welcomes foreign tourists while locking down locals
“Turkey Unlimited. Now available without Turks,” reads a mock tourism advert on social media, poking fun at the sight of foreign tourists roaming quiet streets while most Turks are confined ...
US embassy in the doghouse in China after student visa post backfires
The resumption of student visa applications at U.S. missions in China got off to an acrimonious start this week when netizens took exception to an American embassy social media ...
Chelsea outclass Real Madrid to reach Champions League final
Goals by Timo Werner and Mason Mount sent Chelsea into a Champions League final showdown with Manchester City as they claimed a 2-0 win over Real Madrid for a 3-1 ...
Blue Origin opens up bidding for first ‘spectacular’ space tourism trip in July
Blue Origin, billionaire Jeff Bezos’ rocket company, said on Wednesday it is targeting July 20 for its first suborbital sightseeing trip on its New Shepard spacecraft, a landmark moment in a ...
Every move you make, every foul you take, they’ll be watching you
Football players, big brother’s watching you. On the pitch, that is, with live digital tracking.
World governing body FIFA said on Wednesday it would collaborate with technology firm KINEXON ...
EU seeks rapid response military force, two decades after first try
Fourteen European Union countries including Germany and France have proposed a rapid military response force that could intervene early in international crises, a senior EU official said on Wednesday, two ...
UK royal Meghan wins copyright case over letter to father
Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, on Wednesday won her outstanding copyright claim against a British tabloid after London’s High Court heard neither Queen Elizabeth nor a former senior royal ...
Trump still banned from Facebook but board calls for company review
Facebook Inc’s oversight board on Wednesday upheld the company’s suspension of former U.S. President Donald Trump but said the indefinite suspension was wrong, in a much-awaited verdict ...
N.Korea says Covid-19 vaccines are ‘no panacea’, warns of lengthy battle
North Korea’s state media warned of the prospect of a lengthy battle against the coronavirus and said vaccines developed by global drugmakers were proving to be “no universal panacea”.
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Home fans only for final two Premier League matches
The Premier League on Wednesday said a limited number of supporters would be permitted to return to stadiums for the final two rounds of the 2020-21 season, with attendance restricted ...
Netanyahu’s two main rivals seek chance to form government after he fails
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s two main political rivals each asked the president on Wednesday for the chance to try to form a government, after Netanyahu failed to meet ...
PSG players claim referee swore at them in Man City defeat
Paris St Germain’s Leandro Paredes was verbally abused by Dutch referee Bjorn Kuipers during Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final second leg loss to Manchester City, his team mate Ander ...
Covid scare at G7 meeting after Indian delegates test positive
India’s entire delegation to the Group of Seven summit in London is self-isolating after two of its members tested positive for COVID-19, the British government said on Wednesday.
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Over half of people in democracies feel freedoms overly curbed in Covid crisis
Fifty-eight percent of people living in the world’s democracies are satisfied with the response of their government to the COVID-19 pandemic though over half believe their freedoms have been ...
Zidane in awe of his Real players, Chelsea’s Tuchel singles out Kante ahead of CL semi-final
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said he is constantly surprised by his players’ capacity to overcome difficulties as they set their sights on a fourth Champions League final in six ...
Scottish nationalists unlikely to win a majority, poll indicates
Scottish nationalists are unlikely to win an outright majority in Thursday’s parliamentary election, a blow to their hopes of demanding an independence referendum that could split apart the United ...
Greece, Spain excluded from UK’s travel ‘green list’
People from Britain will be able to fly to Gibraltar and Malta but not to Spain and Greece under UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s green light scheme, The Sun ...
Pfizer to earn $26bn, one third of sales, from vaccines in 2021
Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) on Tuesday raised its forecast for 2021 COVID-19 vaccine sales by more than 70 per cent to $26 billion and said demand from governments around the world fighting to ...
Syria says Israeli raids target Mediterranean port region of Latakia
Syrian air defences downed several Israeli missiles during pre-dawn raids on the Mediterranean port city of Latakia, the Syrian army said on Wednesday, a rare attack on the ancestral home ...
Mahrez double fires Man City into Champions League final
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Riyad Mahrez struck twice as Manchester City reached the Champions League final for the first time thanks to a 2-0 victory over Paris St Germain at the ...
Biden to set goal for 70% of U.S. adults to have one shot of vaccine by July 4
President Joe Biden will announce a goal on Tuesday to have 70% of U.S. adults vaccinated with at least one Covid-19 shot and 160 million adults fully vaccinated by the July 4 ...