Sun 23 August 2020: Surgeons perform 3.5-hour operation to remove 54 kg (119-pound) ovarian tumor NEW DELHI, India – Doctors at a private hospital in New Delhi removed the world’s largest ovarian tumor from a 52-year-old woman’s body. The 54 kilograms (119 pounds) tumor, which was removed during a 3.5-hour operation, was half the patient’s […]
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Sat 22 August 2020: UN refugee agency spokesman says answer to plight of Rohingya lies in Myanmar GENEVA – The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, called Friday for renewed solutions for displaced and stateless Rohingya communities inside and outside Myanmar. The agency said nearly 900,000 are refugees in Bangladesh, three years after a crisis there peaked. […]
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Sat 22 August 2020: Political row simmers over Facebook’s reported tolerance to hate speech by leaders linked to ruling party NEW DELHI, India – Facebook said Friday it is “and always has been an open, transparent and non-partisan platform where people can express themselves freely,” as a political controversy erupts about the company’s reported tolerance […]
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Fri 21 August 2020: Gandhi would often give away his old or unwanted glasses to those in need or who had helped him, says auction house LONDON – A pair of glasses once owned by Mahatma Gandhi was sold in an auction in the UK on Friday for £260,000 ($340,000), East Bristol Auctions announced. The […]
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Fri 21 August 2020 Sittwe city becomes COVID-19 hotspot with 16 cases of local transmission in just 6 days after month-long hiatus YANGON, Myanmar – Authorities in Myanmar on Friday imposed a night-time curfew in the capital city of the country’s western Rakhine state due to a surge in local cases novel coronavirus cases. The […]
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Fri 21 August 2020: Brutal rape and murder of 13-year-old girl has sent shockwaves throughout the country NEW DELHI – India saw a significant drop in the number of rape cases during the recent coronavirus lockdown, but women’s rights groups say it’s no cause for celebration. Rape cases in New Delhi, regarded as the “rape capital […]
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Fri 21 August 2020: Manila voices reservations over China’s ‘illegal, illicit’ moves against Filipino fishermen, patrol aircraft The Philippines has lodged a protest with China over its actions in the South China Sea. In a statement late on Thursday night, the country’s Foreign Ministry said it lodged a diplomatic protest with China over the “illegal […]
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Thu 20 August 2020 While infections in India rise by 50,000 daily, Health Ministry says recovery rate is also scaling to peak NEW DELHI – As India approaches three million cases of the novel coronavirus, adding over 50,000 infections each day since late July, health experts cite setbacks in primary health care to contain the […]
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Thu 20 August 2020: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani urges Taliban to lay down arms and start proposed intra-Afghan peace talks KABUL, Afghanistan – The Taliban in Afghanistan Thursday “strongly rejected” a US Defense Department report about their alleged cooperation with al-Qaeda. “Our Mujahideen [Taliban insurgents] are strong enough to combat the enemy and are not […]
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Thu 20 August 2020: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has said his country will not recognise Israel until there is a Palestinian state acceptable to the Palestinians. In an interview with local broadcaster Dunya News, Khan said on Tuesday Islamabad would not follow suit in recognising Israel as a state, in a thinly veiled reference […]
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