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Afghanistan flash flood: Death toll rises to 113

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Rockets hit Kandahar airport in southern Afghanistan

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Trump raises big money in early 2021, but doesn't spend much

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Turkey evacuates panicked tourists by boat from wildfires

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Australia's east coast battles rising Covid-19 cases

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Sydney and its surroundings, under a stay-at-home order for five weeks already, reported 239 new locally acquired cases of the highly infectious Delta strain, matching the record daily number in the current outbreak that was reported on Thursday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3rJJ97d via

Senators will 'get the job done' on infrastructure: Chuck Schumer

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US Navy says drone strike hit oil tanker off Oman, killing 2

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Young man shot in California movie theatre, dies

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Covid: Delta pushes weekly cases to 4 million

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Xi asks Chinese military to expedite modernisation process

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On the eve of China's Army Day, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday asserted that it is the ruling Communist Party that “commands the gun” and asked the military to make resolute efforts to become the world's best army by 2027, on par with that of the US. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3zVbRER via

Countries need to be more ambitious in climate goals: UN

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Malaysian youths demand PM quit as pandemic worsens

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Afghanistan: Airstrikes, accidents, Taliban attack kill many; several hurt

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China says Delta variant behind virus surge

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Israel blames Iran for attack on tanker off Oman that killed two

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Two more parts of China report Covid outbreaks

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The National Health Commission reported 55 new cases in areas including Fujian province and Chongqing municipality, in addition to the four provinces and Beijing where outbreaks of the Delta variant had already been reported. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3j3MF8t via

'The war has changed': US documents sound alarm on Delta variant

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An internal CDC document said the variant, first detected in India and now dominant across the globe, is as contagious as chickenpox and far more contagious than the common cold or flu. It can be passed on even by vaccinated people, and may cause more serious disease than earlier coronavirus strains. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3yf9EUx via

Biden says US to see new Covid restrictions 'in all probability'

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US approval of Covid-19 shots could boost vaccination numbers, Fauci says

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US infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Friday he hopes regulators could as soon as next month start granting full approval for the use of Covid vaccines, a move he said could spur unvaccinated Americans to get the shots. Use of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna two-dose vaccines and Johnson & Johnson's one-dose shot are currently authorized on an emergency use basis by the US FDA from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2V0A8L8 via

Former Colorado Gov. Richard Lamm dies at 85

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Broadway to require vaccinations, masks for audience members

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Donald Trump urged Justice officials to declare election 'corrupt'

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Florida river gets curves back in 22-year, $980 million restoration

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Wisconsin storms bring 3 tornados; 1 man dies in crash

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Biden names Indian-American to be religious freedom ambassador

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US president Joe Biden on Friday nominated Indian-American Rashad Hussain as the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom. Hussain is the first Muslim to be nominated to head US diplomacy for advancing religious liberties. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3xetAFE via

With evictions looming, Congress strains to extend ban

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Hours before a nationwide eviction moratorium is set to expire, Congress raced Friday to try to extend the ban in a long-shot effort to prevent millions of Americans from being forced from their homes during a Covid-19 surge.​ from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3zSFCpP via

Quake strikes Peru-Ecuador border region, minor damages reported

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An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 jolted the Peru-Ecuador border region on Friday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said, but only minor reports of damage were registered immediately following the tremor. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2WDnamV via

California wildfire flares but within line crews have built

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California's largest wildfire so far this year was flaring up Friday but it was because the flames were chewing through unburned islands of vegetation within a perimeter that firefighters have built, authorities said.​ from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3rR8RXu via

Death toll in wildfires that hit southern Turkey rises to 4

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The death toll in a string of wildfires raging in southern Turkey rose to four, officials said Friday, as fire crews continued to battle blazes that burned down homes and forced people to evacuate settlements and beach resorts. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3BZuucP via

Pak, US discuss 'negotiated' political settlement in Afghanistan

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China battles biggest Covid outbreak in months

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Hundreds of thousands of people in China were in coronavirus lockdown Friday as the country battled its worst outbreak in months, while the United States intensified vaccination efforts in the face of a Delta variant-fuelled surge. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/376zFt6 via

Peru's Castillo names Marxist party member as PM

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Peruvian President Pedro Castillo on Thursday named Guido Bellido, a member of his Marxist party, as prime minister, a move likely to further spook investors wary of a new leftist government that will also face resistance in Congress. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2V3EqkM via

Israel's President launches drive to give third Covid-19 shot to over 60s

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Hong Kong protester given 9-year term in 1st security case

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A pro-democracy protester was sentenced on Friday to nine years in prison in the closely watched first case under Hong Kong's national security law as the ruling Communist Party tightens control over the territory. Tong Ying-kit, 24, was convicted of inciting secession and terrorism for driving his motorcycle into a group of police officers at a July 1, 2020, rally. He carried a flag bearing the banned slogan, ``Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times.'' from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3xhYDjQ via

First US evacuation flight brings 200 Afghans to new home

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An airliner carrying the 221 Afghans, including 57 children and 15 babies, according to the internal document obtained by The Associated Press, touched down at Washington Dulles International Airport in the early morning hours, according to tracking of the flight by FlightAware. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/37anV96 via

Congress passes bill to fund Capitol security, Afghan visas

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$100 to get a shot: Cash reward to get Americans vaccinated

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The measures are Biden's latest attempt to spur reluctant Americans to get vaccinated as the Delta variant of the coronavirus surges nationwide, infecting unvaccinated people in particular. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3yhG0Oj via

Philippines fully restores US troops pact it had threatened to scrap

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The Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) provides rules for the rotation of thousands of US troops in and out of the Philippines for war drills and exercises. It has assumed additional importance as the United States and its allies contend with an increasingly assertive China. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/37fLihf via

International Space Station briefly thrown out of control by misfire of Russian module: Nasa

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Covid: Saudi Arabia to reopen to vaccinated tourists

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However, Saudi Arabia did not announce any lifting of restrictions on the umrah, a pilgrimage that can be undertaken at any time, which usually attracts millions of Muslims from across the globe each year. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3iV9gnq via

Danish Siddiqui was executed by Taliban: Report

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Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was not simply killed in a crossfire in Afghanistan, nor was he simply collateral damage, but was "brutally murdered" by the Taliban after verifying his identity, according to a report published in a US-based magazine on Thursday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3j042ae via

Israeli agencies raid NSO offices over Pegasus row

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Israeli government agencies have raided some offices of surveillance software vendor NSO Group “to begin assessing” security breach allegations against the company’s Pegasus spyware in the wake of an international media consortium claiming to have blown the whistle on multiple governments snooping on prominent personalities, journalists and political rivals. The Israeli ministry of defence announced the raids through a tweet. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3las5Gf via

Jill Biden gets medical procedure on foot after Hawaii visit

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New Yorkers say they've been ignored in stop-and-frisk fight

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Probe: No wrongdoing in Richmond statue-removal contract

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Police seek clues after woman and dog killed in Atlanta park

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Ravages of Covid surge evident inside Missouri hospital

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Senate OKs bill to secure Capitol, help Afghans with visas

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Forgotten oil and gas wells linger, leaking toxic chemicals

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US FDA allows Lilly's Covid-19 drug to be taken without remdesivir

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