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19 bodies reburied amid protests in search for Tulsa victims

“The found remains — a skull with a bullet hole — that seems like you’re just beginning to get somewhere” in investigating the deaths, state Rep. Regina Goodwin told KJRH-TV

China, India miss U.N. deadline to update emissions targets

China is the country with the world’s highest emissions, while India is third

Frustration as Joe Biden, Congress allow eviction ban to expire

U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision announced days before the eviction deadline on midnight on Saturday stunned many in Congress and exposed a rare divide between the President and his party

New Oriental | Class dismissed

Xi Jinping’s government has dealt a ‘death blow’ to private education industry with new regulations

UN warns hunger is expected to rise in 23 global hotspots

Ethiopia tops the list, with over 4 lakh facing starvation

Hong Kong police arrest man for booing anthem

He also waved colonial-era Hong Kong flag.

U.S. seizes tanker used to deliver oil to North Korea

It engaged in ship-to-ship transfer of $1.5 mn worth oil.

Coronavirus | WHO sounds alarm over Delta variant surge

China races to contain its worst COVID-19 outbreak in months that has now spread to 14 provinces.

Seven Kurds slain in Turkey; officials deny ethnic motive

Seven people from the Dedeoglu family were killed in a brutal gun attack.

Singapore warns to cancel permit of permanent residents, pass holders not complying with COVID-19 safety measures

This came with the announcement of Singapore tightening border measures for travellers from Australia and China's Jiangsu province after an increase in COVID-19 cases in those places

Malaysian youth demand the resignation of Prime Minister as pandemic worsens

Public anger against Muhyiddin Yassin's unelected government has swelled as cases jumped eightfold since January.

Tokyo daily COVID-19 infections hit record high

Nationwide cases totalled 12,341 as of 6:30 p.m. local time, public broadcaster NHK said, the highest ever for Japan and up 15% on the day

UN chief strongly condemns attack on UN’s main compound in Afghanistan's Herat

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has strongly condemned an attack on the UN’s main compound in Herat, Afghanistan, saying assaults

U.S. Navy says drone strike hit oil tanker Mercer Street off Oman, killing two

The strike on the oil tanker marks the first-known fatal attack after years of assaults on commercial shipping in the region linked to tensions with Iran over its tattered nuclear deal.

Pentagon grappling with new vaccine orders; timing uncertain

The Pentagon now has two separate missions.

U.S. sues Kaiser Permanente over alleged Medicare fraud

Kaiser is a consortium of entities that together form one of the largest nonprofit health care plans in the U.S.

Israel's NSO blocks some government clients from using its spyware over misuse claims: Report

NSO's ongoing internal investigation checked some of the telephone numbers of people that NSO's clients reportedly marked as potential targets.

Pakistan women lawmakers demand public hanging of rapists

The women legislators also called for the formation of a Parliamentary Committee to review rape cases.

Biden nominates Indian-American Rashad Hussain as Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom

The U.S. President also nominates Pakistani-American Khizr Khan as Commissioner of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom

U.S. condemns 'harassment' of foreign journalists in China

The United States is "deeply concerned" over the harassment and intimidation of foreign correspondents covering deadly floods in China, a State

U.K. rebuffs Chinese media warning over carrier task force

The U.K. government Friday denied it was provoking Beijing with the deployment of its most powerful navy task force in a generation, after Chinese

Earthquake shakes Peru’s north Pacific coast

The 6.1 magnitude earthquake was also felt in southern Ecuador.

WHO urges action to suppress COVID before deadlier variants emerge

The highly-transmissible variant, first detected in India, has now surfaced in 132 countries and territories, WHO said.

Worldview with Suhasini Haidar | Key takeaways from Antony Blinken's visit to India

In this episode, our Diplomatic Affairs Editor Suhasini Haidar discusses the takeaways from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's recent visit to India

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