Thu 23 July 2020: The Taliban in Afghanistan on Wednesday claimed an air raid killed 45 people including civilians and Taliban fighters in the western Herat province bordering Iran. It was unclear how many of the remaining 37 were civilians and how many were members of the Taliban. Qari Mohammad Yousuf Ahmadi, a Taliban spokesman, […]
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Thu 23 July 2020: SinoPharm approved international phase III clinical trials for vaccine at the end of June, according to official media The China National Pharmaceutical Group (SinoPharm) said Thursday a coronavirus vaccine could be ready by the end of 2020, according to official media. Chinese pharmaceutical companies completed early trials and are preparing for market entry […]
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Wed 22 July 2020: Jakarta allows prayers in congregation with strict health protocols due to coronavirus JAKARTA (AA) – Muslims in Indonesia and Malaysia will celebrate Eid al-Adha or feast of the sacrifice, a major Muslim holiday, on July 31, authorities announced. Indonesia’s Religious Affairs Minister Fachrul Razi said the decision was based on the […]
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Wed 22 July 2020: Xinjiang’s capital Urumqi doing COVID-19 tests among all 3.5M residents China’s autonomous Xinjiang province is facing a COVID-19 outbreak after some five months with no recorded cases. Of 14 new cases in the country, nine were indigenous and all of them were reported in northwestern Xinjiang, home to the ethnic Uighur […]
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Wed 22 July 2020: NEW DELHI (AA) – With over 80 people dying in floods in northeastern India and 2.4 million people feeling the impact, more than 100 animals, including 11 one-horned rhinos also died at Kaziranga park in Assam state, officials said. “At present 80% of the park is under water. The water had receded but today […]
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Tue 21 July 2020: Guwahati: Sharjeel Imam, an IIT-Bombay alumnus and a student at Jawaharlal Nehru University, jailed in Assam over his alleged involvement in anti-CAA protests, has tested positive for COVID-19, a top official said on Tuesday. Swab samples of Imam and some other inmates were tested earlier and the results came today [July 21], […]
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Tue 21 July 2020: LONDON – The British government on Tuesday was urged to “take strong action” against China over the “ethnic cleansing of Uighur Muslims,” in a missive by the country’s largest Muslim umbrella group. China’s systematic mistreatment “has all the hallmarks of a genocidal atrocity. The UK Government must act now,” the Muslim […]
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Tue 21 July 2020: KATHMANDU-Nepal is lifting a 4-month nationwide lockdown from Tuesday midnight, a government spokesman said, citing the decline in the daily number of coronavirus cases. Yubaraj Khatiwada, the finance minister and the government spokesman, said the decision came on the recommendation of the Health Ministry. On Monday, the government said it will […]
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Tue 21 July 2020: India could be stage for 3rd phase of Oxford-developed COVID-19 vaccine candidate as nation reports over 37,400 more cases NEW DELHI – India could be one of the stages of the next trial for a candidate novel coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University as total infections in the South Asian country […]
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Tue 21 July 2020: Commerce Department says move limits China’s access to US technology, goods ANKARA (AA) – US Commerce Department on Monday restricted 11 Chinese entities’ access to US technologies over their involvement in human rights abuses against Uighur minority in Xinjiang, northwest China. The department said in a statement that this action “will result in these […]
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