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Brazil official says he warned President Bolsonaro over "pressure to buy Covaxin"

A Senate panel probing the government's handling of the pandemic on Wednesday formally called the logistics department official, Luís Ricardo Miranda, to testify.

Indonesian cleric gets 4 years in jail for concealing COVID-19 test results

The East Jakarta District Court ruled that Rizieq Shihab had lied about his COVID-19 test result, which made contact tracing more difficult.

Last Apple Daily newspaper edition sold out across Hong Kong

The newspaper said it would cease operations after police froze $2.3 million in assets, searched its office and arrested five top editors and executives last week.

Delta variant now reported in 85 countries globally, expected to become dominant lineage, says WHO

WHO said the four current 'Variants of Concern' being monitored closely – Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta – are widespread and have been detected in all WHO regions.

Continued existence of U.S. embargo against Cuba undermines multilateralism, says India in UN

The U.S. and Israel were the only nations voting against the resolution that demanded ending the U.S. economic blockade against Cuba.

Singapore plans out new normal life with COVID-19 endemic

Singapore has been taking steps to prepare for COVID-19 becoming endemic, and has ramped up its vaccination drive, amid the battle to bring down the spike in cases.

Morning Digest: PM Modi to meet J&K leaders today; China raising new militia near borders with India, and more

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Nepal to resume domestic and international flights with restrictions: Civil aviation ministry

Domestic flights will be allowed to operate with 50% seat occupancy from July 1, while international flights will be operated from June 24 as per the safety protocol developed earlier by the government

Former Sri Lanka PM Ranil Wickremesinghe returns to Parliament

Slams Rajapaksa government’s economic policy, ‘militarisation’

Warren Buffett resigns from Gates Foundation

The announcement comes weeks after Bill and Melinda Gates announced that they were divorcing after 27 years of marriage but would continue to jointly run the foundation.

Car bomb goes off outside JuD chief Hafiz Saeed's house in Lahore, kills 3

The blast took place at a police picket outside Saeed's residence at the BOR Society in Jauhar Town.

COVID-19 | Poland introduces mandatory seven-day quarantine for U.K. arrivals

After seven days of isolation, a COVID-19 test can be done and if it is negative, the quarantine is lifted.

Previous Pak. governments did not curb terrorist financing and money laundering: Shah Mahmood Qureshi

When Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf came to power, Pakistan had already gone into the (FAFT) grey list, says the Foreign Minister

Airstrike in Ethiopia's Tigray kills dozens, say witnesses

One doctor in Tigray's regional capital says health workers at the scene have reported “more than 80 civilian deaths.”

Pakistan receives another 2 million doses of China-made Covid vaccine

It is in addition to 1.55 million doses of Sinovac vaccines from China to Pakistan on Sunday.

Hong Kong pro-democracy paper Apple Daily confirms closure

Apple Daily in its print form will come to an end no later than the last edition on Saturday 26 June 2021, said the paper's board in a statement

Watch | The Saiga antelope is making a comeback

A video on the Saiga which was classified as a critically endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature in 2018

President Xi Jinping speaks to Chinese astronauts in space station; says mission an ‘important milestone’

China successfully launched its longest crewed space mission to date on Thursday, sending three astronauts to its new orbiting station.

Hong Kong police arrest Apple Daily columnist under security law, says media

Police said they arrested a 55-year-old man on those charges.

Morning Digest: Centre terms Delta plus 'a variant of concern'; Congress goes into damage control over Punjab dissidence, and more

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Delta variant ‘greatest threat’ to U.S.’ COVID-19 efforts, says Dr. Fauci

He said the United States has tools to address the challenge.

Senate Republicans block voting rights legislation

While the outcome of the vote was not unexpected, Democrats are using it to argue that Republicans are engaged in systemic voter suppression and a case in point for why the filibuster must be ended.

No conclusive evidence, but there is info in public that Choksi was abducted: Antigua & Barbuda PM

Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has said he is not aware of “any conclusive evidence” but there is information in public domain that

U.S. gives more asylum-seekers waiting in Mexico another shot

Registration begins on June 23 for asylum-seekers who were subject to the “Remain in Mexico” policy and either had their cases dismissed or denied for failing to appear in court, The Associated Press has learned

U.S. seizes Iranian news sites under unclear circumstances

Iranian state-run news agency IRNA announced the U.S. government seizures of the websites, without providing further information.

Gunmen kill 11 police officers in Burkina Faso; four missing

Only seven police officers are known to have survived the ambush, authorities from the Burkina Faso’s Security Ministry said

Explainer | Why is China cracking down on cryptocurrencies?

Beijing seeks to strengthen its monetary hold and project its new official digital currency

Press must not subvert government: Lam

Hong Kong leader says prosecution of Apple Daily was not an attack on ‘normal journalistic work’

Six killed in clashes between Myanmar army and anti-junta militia

Fighting has flared across Myanmar since the February coup

Iran accuses U.S. of meddling for criticising election

A U.S. State Department spokesman said on Monday the United States viewed the process that made Ebrahim Raisi Iran's president-elect as ‘pretty manufactured’

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