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U.S. to spend $ 3.2 bn to develop treatments for COVID-19, potential threats

Sriram Lakshman

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

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U.S. first lady Jill Biden, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, with other health officials speak to a person during their visit to a vaccine clinic in the Harlem neighborhood of New York. File photo

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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

Smoke and flames are seen after an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip, June 17, 2021

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

Meera Srinivasan

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

Long wait: People waiting in a queue to get their dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Colombo on Tuesday.

Chinese astronauts dock with space station

Ananth Krishnan

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

Chinese astronauts, from left, Tang Hongbo, Nie Haisheng, and Liu Boming waving as they prepare to board for liftoff at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan in northwestern China, on June 17.

U.S. first lady Jill Biden, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, with other health officials speak to a person during their visit to a vaccine clinic in the Harlem neighborhood of New York. File photo

U.S. to spend $ 3.2 bn to develop treatments for COVID-19, potential threats

Smoke and flames are seen after an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip, June 17, 2021

Israel launches airstrikes on Gaza: army

Long wait: People waiting in a queue to get their dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Colombo on Tuesday.

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

Chinese astronauts, from left, Tang Hongbo, Nie Haisheng, and Liu Boming waving as they prepare to board for liftoff at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan in northwestern China, on June 17.

Chinese astronauts dock with space station

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Russian President Vladimir Putin. File

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

Ryan Law, second from right, Apple Daily's chief editor, being taken away by police officers after he was arrested in Hong Kong Thursday, June 17, 2021.

Hong Kong police arrest newspaper editors for ‘foreign conspiracy'

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U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ross Wilson in Kabul. File photo

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

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.

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

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

France ditches masks outdoors; will end nightly virus curfew

Coronavirus | U.S. COVID-19 deaths hit 600,000, equal to yearly cancer toll

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U.S. locks down embassy in Afghanistan amid COVID-19 surge
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Coronavirus | Sri Lanka reports delta variant amid a daunting third wave
Meera Srinivasan

Fire-ravaged ship sinks, prompting Sri Lankan pollution fear
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Sri Lanka's move to reopen schools hit by shortage of vaccines
PTI

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U.S. locks down embassy in Afghanistan amid COVID-19 surge
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U.S. to spend $ 3.2 billion to develop treatments for COVID-19 and potential threats
Sriram Lakshman

U.S. to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
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Russia ready for further dialogue if U.S. is willing: Putin
AFP

China

Chinese astronauts dock with space station
Ananth Krishnan

Thirteen workers killed in iron mine accident in China
PTI

COVID-19 origins probe should shift to U.S., says China disease expert
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China launches crewed spacecraft Shenzhou-12 in historic mission
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Iran votes in presidential poll tipped in hard-liner's favour

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

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

N.Ireland gets Brexit hardliner as new first minister

Israel launches airstrikes on Gaza: army

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.

GM to boost spending on electric vehicles 30%, add two new battery plants

GM Chief Executive Mary Barra is scheduled to meet on Wednesday with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and otherkey Democrats to discuss EVs and vehicle emissions, the sources said.

How the Covid Art Museum conveys the emotive consequences of the pandemic

Spanish-made online collective Covid Art Museum has been documenting the Coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown through art works from around the world

Earthquake shakes part of east Indonesia, people warned off beach

The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake was centred about 10km under the sea 70km from Amahai city on Seram island in Maluku province.

Pakistan court adjourns Kulbhushan Jadhav’s case till October 5

Mr. Jadhav, the 50-year-old retired Indian Navy officer, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and terrorism in April 2017.

North Korea’s food situation ‘tense’ due to pandemic and typhoons, says Kim Jong Un

North Korea has not officially confirmed any COVID-19 cases, a claim questioned by Seoul officials.

‘Very interested’ in strong energy partnership with India, says U.S. energy secretary

Jennifer M. Granholm said she is really interested in doing it through technologies that eliminate methane and reduce methane from natural gas pipelines, production, and combustion.

Jared Kushner’s new memoir to be published in 2022

Broadside Books, a conservative imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced the news.

Israel strikes Gaza in response to incendiary balloons

The airstrikes and balloons marked the first major flare-up between Israel and Gaza since a ceasefire on May 21

Coronavirus | U.S. COVID-19 deaths hit 600,000, equal to yearly cancer toll

The real totals in the U.S. and around the globe are thought to be significantly higher, with many cases overlooked or possibly concealed by some countries

UAE-backed troops at Yemen base

A militia leader has acknowledged that his Emirati-backed troops are stationed on an island in a crucial maritime chokepoint where a mysterious air

Far-right Israeli groups to march in East Jerusalem

Palestinian factions slam the decision

‘COVID-19 feeding extremism in Germany’

Germany’s far-right has grown more radical during the COVID-19 pandemic, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said on Tuesday while presenting a report on

At least 15 killed in Somalia suicide attack

The bombing was at an army camp

Taiwan reports ‘largest’ incursion by Chinese forces

‘28 aircraft entered the air defence identification zone’

Statement by NATO is slander: China

The Chinese mission to the European Union denounced a NATO statement that declared Beijing a “security challenge”, saying China is a force for peace

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