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Palestinians call off million-dose vaccine exchange with Israel

The PA says the doses, which Israel began shipping to the occupied West Bank on Friday, are too close to expiring

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Palestinian health worker gives a woman a dose of AstraZeneca vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during a vaccination drive in Tubas, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank March 25, 2021. Picture taken March 25, 2021. File.

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Antonio Guterres re-elected as UN Secretary General for second five-year term

His second term will begin on January 1, 2022

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Antonio Guterres.

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Conservative cleric tipped to win as Iran votes in presidential poll

Tturnout expected to be low as opposition groups have urged a boycott

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Decisive poll: Ebrahim Raisi, a presidential candidate, waving at mediapersons after casting his vote in Tehran.

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India's presence in Afghanistan perhaps 'larger than it ought to be', says Pakistan

Foreign Minister blames India for using Afghan-soil for carrying out anti-Pakistan activities.

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi.

Palestinian health worker gives a woman a dose of AstraZeneca vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during a vaccination drive in Tubas, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank March 25, 2021. Picture taken March 25, 2021. File.

Palestinians call off million-dose vaccine exchange with Israel

Antonio Guterres.

Antonio Guterres re-elected as UN Secretary General for second five-year term

Decisive poll: Ebrahim Raisi, a presidential candidate, waving at mediapersons after casting his vote in Tehran.

Conservative cleric tipped to win as Iran votes in presidential poll

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi.

India's presence in Afghanistan perhaps 'larger than it ought to be', says Pakistan

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AstraZeneca claims victory in tussle with EU over deliveries

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Palestinians clash with Israel police at Jerusalem holy site

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Israel to send one million coronavirus vaccine doses to Palestinians PTI

The agreement was announced by the new Israeli government that was sworn in on Sunday.

Delta variant jumps 33,630 in a week, making up nearly all COVID-19 cases in UK

U.S. locks down embassy in Afghanistan amid COVID-19 surge

U.S. to spend $ 3.2 billion to develop treatments for COVID-19 and potential threats

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Palestinians call off million-dose vaccine exchange with Israel

Sri Lanka to seek India’s help to treat COVID-19 affected lion

Conservative cleric tipped to win as Iran votes in presidential poll

U.S. says Biden, Erdogan agreed on Afghanistan but S-400 issue is unresolved

Antonio Guterres re-elected as UN Secretary-General for second five-year term

India's presence in Afghanistan perhaps 'larger than it ought to be', says Pakistan

AstraZeneca claims victory in tussle with EU over deliveries

AstraZeneca was seen as a key pillar of the 27-member EU’s vaccine rollout

Palestinians clash with Israel police at Jerusalem holy site

Two Palestinians were wounded by rubber bullets and a third by a stone that was thrown.

Indian murder accused Jaysukh Ranpariya extradition trial set for May 2022

The 41-year-old, also known as Jayesh Patel, has not made a bail application and remains in custody at Belmarsh prison in south-east London

Israel to send one million coronavirus vaccine doses to Palestinians

The agreement was announced by the new Israeli government that was sworn in on Sunday.

Global displacement from war, crises doubles in a decade, says United Nations

A fresh report from the UN refugee agency showed global displacement figures swelled by around three million in 2020 after an already record-breaking year in 2019.

Delta variant jumps 33,630 in a week, making up nearly all COVID-19 cases in UK

As of June 14, a total of 806 people have been hospitalised with the Delta variant, an increase of 423 since last week

Analysis | Why did Biden meet Putin?

With the China challenge in the background, the Geneva summit suggests that policymakers in Washington have at least started thinking of Russia as a secondary challenge that needs to be tackled diplomatically

Facebook to start testing ads in virtual reality headsets

In February last year, Facebook said developers on the platform are seeing “meaningful revenue growth” on the Quest platform, with over 60 titles generating revenue in millions.

Hong Kong newspaper increases print run after arrests

“It was such a groundless arrest and suppressed freedom of the press.”

Iran votes in presidential poll tipped in hard-liner's favour

Polls opened at 7 am local time for the vote, which has seen widespread public apathy after a panel under Khamenei barred hundreds of candidates, including reformists and those aligned with Rouhani. Khamenei cast the ceremonial vote from Tehran.

Expect Sri Lanka to remain mindful of bilateral ties, says India on port project

Closely following the recent developments from its security perspective, says MEA on the China-backed project

U.S. locks down embassy in Afghanistan amid COVID-19 surge

It also issued a call for the Biden administration to require all staffers at all US embassies and consulates abroad to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of their employment.

U.S. to spend $ 3.2 billion to develop treatments for COVID-19 and potential threats

‘Vaccines will continue to remain the centrepiece of our arsenal against COVID-19,’ says Anthony Fauci

N.Ireland gets Brexit hardliner as new first minister

Brexit hardliner Paul Givan was installed as Northern Ireland's new first minister on Thursday, as Britain's split from the European Union continues

Israel launches airstrikes on Gaza: army

AFP journalists in the Palestinian enclave also reported hearing explosions, which the army said hit sites in both Gaza City, and in Khan Yunis, in the south of Gaza

Coronavirus | Sri Lanka reports delta variant amid a daunting third wave

Currently, there are about 62,000 active cases; people across the country voice concern over economic distress

U.S. to make Juneteenth a federal holiday

The United States will soon have a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery.The House voted 415-14 on Wednesday to make Juneteenth, or

Russia ready for further dialogue if U.S. is willing: Putin

Putin and Biden held their first face-to-face meeting in Geneva on Wednesday

Chinese astronauts dock with space station

The three-man crew will be in orbit for three months.

Fire-ravaged ship sinks, prompting Sri Lankan pollution fear

The ship’s operator said the wreck of the Singapore-flagged X-Press Pearl “is now wholly sitting on the seabed at a depth of 21 metres (70ft).”

U.S. push for self-driving cars faces union, lawyers opposition

Last month, Greg Regan, president of the Transportation Trades Department for the AFL-CIO, told U.S. lawmakers that autonomous vehicles place "millions of jobs at risk".

Clubhouse to let content creators in India make money off the platform

Creators will also be allowed to design services for creative assets, promote within and outside Clubhouse, and help build an audience.

Major banks, airlines hit in new global Internet outage

Many of the outages were reported by people in Australia trying to do banking, book flights and access postal services

Thirteen workers killed in iron mine accident in China

The bodies of the workers were lifted out of the well that flooded the Dahongcai iron mine in Daixian County on June 10.

Iran nuclear deal hangs in balance as Islamic Republic votes

“I think there's a lot of domestic politics that go into this and an interest from hard-liners, including the supreme leader.”

Sri Lanka's move to reopen schools hit by shortage of vaccines

Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 vaccination began in late January with India’s gift of 500,000 Covishield AstraZeneca vaccines.

COVID-19 origins probe should shift to U.S., says China disease expert

‘All bio-weapons related subjects that the country has should be subject to scrutiny’, says Zeng Guang

Microsoft names CEO Satya Nadella as chairman

The top-level executive change comes just over a year after Bill Gates stepped down from the board

Is Big Tech prioritising power over innovation

Lawmakers and regulators in the U.S., E.U., Australia and U.K. are going after Big Tech firms' anticompetitive practices. Last July, U.S. lawmakers probed Facebook’s Instagram acquisition, Apple’s App Store dominance, Google’s advertising practices and Amazon’s treatment of small sellers.

China launches crewed spacecraft Shenzhou-12 in historic mission

The ‘Divine Vessel’, bound for the space station module Tianhe blasted off at 9:22 a.m. rom the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern Gansu province.

Hong Kong police arrest newspaper editors for ‘foreign conspiracy'

The arrests were made according to a new national security law.

EU agrees additional Belarus sanctions after forced Ryanair landing

The European Union agreed additional sanctions on Belarus on Wednesday in response to the forced landing of a Ryanair flight in Minsk and the arrest

China says nuclear fuel rods damaged, no radiation leak

A Chinese nuclear power plant near Hong Kong had five broken fuel rods in a reactor but no radioactivity leaked, the government said on Wednesday in

Iran field narrows as candidates quit on campaign’s last day

Iran’s presidential contest headed towards a showdown between the country’s hard-line judiciary chief and moderate former central bank chief on

Joe Biden, Vladimir Putin hail positive talks, but U.S. warns on cyber warfare

Mr. Biden says tone of Putin talks was 'good, positive'

Putin says Biden meet 'constructive'; talks agreed on cybersecurity, arms

Diplomatic relations between Moscow and Washington had all but broken down since Joe Biden took office in January

India extends $100 mn loan to Sri Lanka

It’ll support expansion of solar energy

China set to send first crew to new space station today

The three members of the first crew to be sent to China’s space station say they’re eager to get to work making their home for the next three months

China offers glimpse of Tibetan life without the Dalai Lama

The Communist Party has been trying to Sinicise Tibetan life

Biden, Putin hold ‘great power’ summit

The leaders agree to return their Ambassadors to their posts in an attempt to lower tensions.

France ditches masks outdoors; will end nightly virus curfew

On Tuesday, France opened its vaccination programs to 12 to 18-year-olds

World Wide Web’s source code to be auctioned as NFT

Sir Tim Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web in 1989 and wrote the first web browser in 1990, giving rise to a powerful tool billions of people today use to interact on the Internet.

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