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Russia’s Navalny to end prison hunger strike on 24th day

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The 44-year-old politician began the hunger strike on March 31 to protest prison authorities’ refusal to let his doctors visit after he developed severe back pain and numbness in his legs.

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Alexei Navalny. File Photo

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Coronavirus | Pakistan charity offers help with COVID crisis

Kallol Bhattacherjee

Head of Edhi Foundation writes to PM extending 50 ambulances, medical staff

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Family members of COVID-19 patients wait to fill their empty cylinders with medical oxygen outside an oxygen filling center, as demand for the gas rises due to spike in coronavirus cases, in Kanpur, on Friday, April 23, 2021.

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Potential new malaria vaccine shows promise in Burkina Faso trial

The candidate vaccine, developed by scientists at Oxford University showed up to 77% efficacy

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A doctor tests a child for malaria at the Ithani-Asheri Hospital in Arusha, Tanzania. File.

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Coronavirus | Tokyo under 'emergency orders' with Olympics three months away

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IOC President’s visit to Hiroshima amidst the pandemic crisis raises opposition cries.

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People eating in restaurants in Tokyo's Shimbashi area on April 23 ahead of a declaration of a new coronavirus state of emergency to cover Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo regions.

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Alexei Navalny. File Photo

Russia’s Navalny to end prison hunger strike on 24th day

Family members of COVID-19 patients wait to fill their empty cylinders with medical oxygen outside an oxygen filling center, as demand for the gas rises due to spike in coronavirus cases, in Kanpur, on Friday, April 23, 2021.

Coronavirus | Pakistan charity offers help with COVID crisis

A doctor tests a child for malaria at the Ithani-Asheri Hospital in Arusha, Tanzania. File.

Potential new malaria vaccine shows promise in Burkina Faso trial

People eating in restaurants in Tokyo's Shimbashi area on April 23 ahead of a declaration of a new coronavirus state of emergency to cover Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo regions.

Coronavirus | Tokyo under 'emergency orders' with Olympics three months away

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Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan

Wear face masks, follow COVID-19 guidelines or face another lockdown: Pakistan PM Imran Khan warns people

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft being launched to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide onboard on April 23, 2021, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

SpaceX launches third crew to space station in under a year

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U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price

U.S. defends restrictions on export of COVID-19 vaccine raw materials amid India's request to lift ban PTI

The suppliers of its raw materials, which is in high demand globally and sought after by major Indian manufacturers, are being forced to provide it only for domestic manufacturers in the U.S.

COVID-19 | Indonesia to restrict foreign travellers coming from India

Flight reschedules, cancellations galore as UAE India travel ban nears implementation

Americans advised to avoid all travels to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Maldives

Coronavirus | Canada bans flights from India, Pakistan

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Wear face masks, follow COVID-19 guidelines or face another lockdown: Pakistan PM Imran Khan warns people
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Coronavirus | Pakistan charity offers help with COVID crisis
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U.S. general concerned about Afghan security forces after troop withdrawal
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Chinese Defence Minister to visit Sri Lanka
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SpaceX launches third crew to space station in under a year
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Evidence in Derek Chauvin case contradicted first police statement
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U.S. general concerned about Afghan security forces after troop withdrawal
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A smile ‘worth a million dollars’: Daunte Wright laid to rest after Minnesota police shooting
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China

U.K. parliament declares genocide in China’s Xinjiang, raises pressure on Johnson
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China will phase down coal consumption over 2026-2030: Xi Jinping
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Coronavirus | China says ‘ready to provide India with assistance’ amid supplies shortage
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Chinese Defence Minister to visit Sri Lanka
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Russia’s Navalny to end prison hunger strike on 24th day

Wear face masks, follow COVID-19 guidelines or face another lockdown: Pakistan PM Imran Khan warns people

Coronavirus | Pakistan charity offers help with COVID crisis

Tokyo Olympics | International

Coronavirus | Tokyo under 'emergency orders' with Olympics three months away

Potential new malaria vaccine shows promise in Burkina Faso trial

SpaceX launches third crew to space station in under a year

4 killed, 23 hurt as fire breaks out in chemical warehouse in Bangladeshi capital

Many of the fire service personnel sustained injuries during the rescue operations

Spanish politics take nasty turn with mailed death threats

It provoked confrontation between United We Can leader Pablo Iglesias and the far-right candidate in an upcoming regional election in Madrid, who cast doubts on the threats.

U.S. defends restrictions on export of COVID-19 vaccine raw materials amid India's request to lift ban

The suppliers of its raw materials, which is in high demand globally and sought after by major Indian manufacturers, are being forced to provide it only for domestic manufacturers in the U.S.

Evidence in Derek Chauvin case contradicted first police statement

It attributed Floyd’s death to “medical distress” and made no mention that the Black man had been pinned to the ground at the neck by Chauvin, or that he’d cried out that he couldn’t breathe.

COVID-19 | Indonesia to restrict foreign travellers coming from India

Indonesians arriving from India will be allowed to enter, however, but must follow stricter health protocols and quarantine.

Worries grow about Indonesian submarine’s crew as oxygen dwindles

The navy chief said the submarine was expected to run out of oxygen by around 3 a.m. Saturday.

Turkey probes cryptocurrency exchange for possible $2 bln fraud

Crypto exchange Thodex’s owner Faruk Fatih Ozer deactivated his social media accounts and is believed to have fled Turkey for Tirana, Albania, Turkish broadcaster Haberturk reported

Chipmaker TSMC approves $2.8 bln for capacity expansion

The company this month said that it plans to invest $100 billion over the next three years to increase capacity at its plants, days after Intel Corp announced a $20 billion plan to expand its capacity

Facebook begins testing ads in Instagram Reels

The effort is Facebook's biggest move yet to let brands advertise alongside content subjects. Advertisers typically use Facebook to target certain users by their interests.

Apple plans to expand ads business

The report comes as Apple plans to send prompts to iPhone users to allow apps to use their data for personalised advertising

U.S. Senate approves bill to fight hate crimes against Asian Americans

The Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a bill that would help combat the rise of hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, a

Flight reschedules, cancellations galore as UAE India travel ban nears implementation

The UAE has banned travel from India for 10 days from Sunday.

Americans advised to avoid all travels to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Maldives

The authorities also urged Americans to reconsider travel to China and Nepal.

U.S. applauds India for stepping up its climate change commitment

The two countries’ partnership will proceed along two main tracks — the Strategic Clean Energy Partnership and the Climate Action

Iraqi military: 3 rockets strike close to Baghdad airport

According to military, a total of eight missiles were fired and three landed near the airport complex late Thursday.

U.S. general concerned about Afghan security forces after troop withdrawal

President Joe Biden announced last week that the United States will withdraw its remaining 2,500 troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11

Coronavirus | Canada bans flights from India, Pakistan

Separately, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp said the ban on flights would last for 30 days.

A smile ‘worth a million dollars’: Daunte Wright laid to rest after Minnesota police shooting

Wright, 20, who was shot by a white police officer in a Minneapolis suburb on April 11, is being laid to rest two days after a Minneapolis jury found a white police officer guilty of murdering George Floyd last May.

Biden to propose raising taxes on wealthy and on capital gains to fund childcare

Any such hike would need to go through Congress, where Biden’s Democratic Party holds narrow majorities and is unlikely to win support from Republicans.

Russia orders troops back after massive drills near Ukraine

Amid rising tension, units told to return to bases

Navalny praises protests, which aides say produced results

In an Instagram post on Thursday, Navalny called people who turned out to protest in his support “the salvation of Russia.”

‘Time to do the right thing’ on climate, Greta Thunberg tells U.S. Congress

“I don’t believe for a second that you will actually do this,” she lectured the lawmakers of the House Oversight Committee’s environmental subcommittee.

U.K. apologizes for racism in memorials to WWI dead

An investigation found that African and Indian service members were either not commemorated by name or weren’t commemorated at all, according to a report commissioned by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

U.K. parliament declares genocide in China’s Xinjiang, raises pressure on Johnson

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government again steered clear of declaring genocide over what it says are “industrial-scale” human rights abuses against the mainly Muslim Uighur community in Xinjiang.

U.S. House passes bill to make Washington, D.C., the 51st state

By a vote of 216-208, the Democratic-controlled House approved the initiative with no Republican support.

China will phase down coal consumption over 2026-2030: Xi Jinping

We will strictly control coal-fired power generation projects, says the Chinese President

Joe Biden tells world leaders U.S. will cut emissions by up to 52% by 2030

U.S. President tells world leaders that there is ‘an extraordinary engine’ of job creation in the climate response

Coronavirus | UAE bans travel from India

The travel ban will come into effect from 11.59 p.m. on Saturday, April 24, and is subject to review after 10 days, the Gulf News reported.

Coronavirus | China says ‘ready to provide India with assistance’ amid supplies shortage

We stand ready to provide India with necessary support and assistance to get the epidemic under control, says Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin

Commonwealth report finds racism against Indian WWI martyrs, U.K. govt offers apology

The report found that an estimated 45,000-54,000 casualties, predominantly Indian, East African, West African, Egyptian and Somali personnel, were commemorated unequally

Chinese Defence Minister to visit Sri Lanka

The visit follows that of a high-powered delegation, led by senior Chinese leader and top foreign policy official Yang Jiechi, in October 2020.

Encrypted chat app Signal alleges flaws in Cellebrite equipment

Signal's allegations come as Cellebrite prepares to go public through a merger with a blank-check firm, valuing the equity of the combined company at around $2.4 billion.

Bilateral ties, Afghan withdrawal to come up during Biden’s talks with NATO leaders

The meeting will be a face-to-face opportunity for Mr. Biden to rebuild relations with leaders from Europe and Canada that became strained under former Mr. Trump.

Hong Kong journalist convicted for accessing public records

Choy Yuk-ling was arrested in November on charges of falsely declaring why she was obtaining license plate information from a publicly accessible database.

Coronavirus | Nepali migrant labourers in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh leave for home fearing lockdown like last year

We do not want to face the same situation again this time going without food or shelter for weeks in the absence of a job, says a migrant labourer from Nepal

Offered not-for-profit price for COVID vax; to supply through government contracts in India, says Pfizer

The company, however, did not reveal the ‘not-for-profit’ price that it has suggested to the government.

Australia to reduce flights from India

Australia will reduce the number of flights arriving from India due to the growing wave of COVID-19 cases in the world’s second-most populous

Relics seized from smugglers are returning to Afghanistan

“The significance of the material is huge,” Roya Rahmani, the country’s ambassador to the U.S., said.

Jill Biden to visit Navajo Nation, once floored by COVID-19

She’s expected to meet Navajo officials in the tribal capital of Window Rock, named for an opening in a red sandstone arch and where the tribe established a veterans memorial.

Facebook tweaks ad tools ahead of Apple's privacy changes

The world's biggest social media company has been at loggerheads with Apple's 'App Tracking Transparency' feature.

Indonesia looking for submarine that may be too deep to help

Indonesia’s navy said it believes the submarine sank to a depth of 600-700 meters.

German woman convicted over her time with Islamic State in Syria

35-year-old Nurten was convicted of participating in a foreign terrorist organisation, neglecting her duties of care toward a minor and war crimes against property

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Social worker Ashok Kurmi, dressed as Spider-Man, sanitises the area around Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in Mumbai on April 21, 2021.

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View of Bengaluru during the lockdown in April 2020. File

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12K | Open and safe: On Modi government’s vaccination policy

People under observation after taking a shot of COVID-19 vaccine in North Delhi on Thursday.

11K | People over 18 years can register for COVID-19 vaccines from April 28

Congress Spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi. File Photo.

10K | Congress hits out at Supreme Court’s intervention on COVID-19 management