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Warnings issued for the area around Okinawa, home to US military bases, said strong gusts could cause some homes to collapse and extremely high tides were a risk as well. The Japanese meteorological agency said Typhoon Maysak was expected to later make landfall on Kyushu, Japan's southern main island. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/34QATc3

Flight 971 of Israel's national carrier El Al was carrying a joint US-Israeli delegation led on the American side by Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and White House advisor. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3lBpS46

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Pakistan has reported 213 new cases of coronavirus, taking the total number of infections in the country to 295,849, the health ministry said on Monday. The Ministry of National Health Services also said six more patients succumbed to the coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours and the total Covid-19 related deaths now stand at 6,294. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/34IAKaC

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Former Japanese defence minister Shigeru Ishiba is the most popular choice among the public to be the next prime minister, polls showed, as the race kicks off to succeed Shinzo Abe after his abrupt resignation last week. Ishiba has about 34% of the public's support, more than double the 14% for Suga, the second-most popular choice, a weekend Kyodo News survey showed. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/31H49jj

Nearly 5,800 people suspected of killing health workers, selling defective medical equipment and lying about their travel history have been arrested in China for epidemic-related crimes since January, the state prosecutor's office said.​ from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3b9orFk

Hong Kong authorities say nearly half a million people have registered for a free universal coronavirus testing programme that is due to begin on Tuesday. Residents registering online have already booked out 80 testing sites located in gymnasiums and community centres for the initial day of the programme, according to the government's website. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3hHpUoQ

Australia recorded its deadliest day of the pandemic on Monday as the government urged hot spot Victoria state to announce its plans to lift a lockdown on the country's second-largest city. Victoria's health department reported 41 deaths from Covid-19 and 73 new infections in the latest 24-hour period. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3jnr0GK

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Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said that Zia was freed on humanitarian grounds after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's approval. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chief is serving a 17-year prison term in two graft cases since February 8, 2018. Zia's family filed a plea with the government for an extension of the suspended prison sentence as the six months allotted to her in March will end on September 24, the Dhaka Tribune reported. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/34NgcxE

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The death toll from this month's Beirut port blast has risen to 190 with more than 6,500 injured and three people missing. Lebanese authorities are probing what caused highly explosive material stored unsafely for years to detonate in a mushroom cloud, wrecking swathes of the city and fuelling anger at a political class. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3hI6roa

The real number of people infected by the virus around the world is believed to be much higher - perhaps 10 times higher in the US, according to the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention - given testing limitations and the many mild cases that have gone unreported or unrecognised. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3b86nvk

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Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga will join the race to succeed his boss Shinzo Abe as prime minister, Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday, as the competition heats up to succeed Japan's longest-serving leader. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3b7m4TH

A French magazine has apologized after portraying a Black lawmaker as a slave, as France's government and officials across the political spectrum decried the publication. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3jpHJcy

Brazil is just the second country to surpass a death toll of 120,000 in the pandemic, after the United States, where the number killed is now more than 182,000. Unlike in Europe and Asia, where the virus hit hard and then subsided, Brazil's outbreak is advancing at a slow but devastating pace. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3jt0Oe0

The Ministry of Emergency Management says another 28 people were injured, seven of them seriously, when the building suddenly tumbled on Saturday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3b9J1pl

Protesters threw stones at police and burned tyres on the streets of Malmo late Friday, with violence escalating as the evening wore on, according to police and local media. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3lokNMy

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The two-storey building used for banquets came down in the morning in Xiangfen county, in Shanxi province, according to broadcaster CGTN. Xinhua news agency reported that "45 people have been brought out, of which 17 were dead, seven seriously injured and 21 slightly injured." from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2QCk4co

Nevada officials are reporting what may be the first documented case of coronavirus reinfection in the United States, following similar reports earlier this week from Hong Kong and Europe. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2QATmRA

At least 14 people were killed after Hurricane Laura slammed into the southern US states of Louisiana and Texas, authorities and local media said Friday. ​​​Louisiana's Governor John Bel Edwards confirmed at least 10 people had died in his state, half from using carbon monoxide-producing portable generators indoors in the aftermath of the storm making landfall Thursday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/34JGAZp

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HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHINA-China's Wuhan says all schools to reopen on Tuesday from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3b56sQz

China must build an "impregnable fortress" to maintain stability in Tibet, protect national unity and educate the masses in the struggle against "splittism", President Xi Jinping told senior leaders, state media said on Saturday. China seized control over Tibet in 1950 in what it describes as a "peaceful liberation" helping the Himalayan region throw off its "feudalist" past. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2EB2nYs

California wildfires were slowly being corralled Friday as cooler, humid weather and reinforcements aided firefighters and tens of thousands of people were allowed back home after days of death and destruction. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2G8jwt0

The so-called transparent toilets, which opened this month, were designed by award-winning Japanese architect Shigeru Ban for a project organized by The Nippon Foundation that redesigned a total of 17 public toilets in the neighborhood. The see-through walls glow in vibrant colors - green, yellow, orange. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/34IZiQQ

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Indian Embassy in Russia tweeted, "Indian Ambassador to Russia Venkatesh Varma welcomed Russian Defence Minister HE Sergey Shoigu at the India Defence Pavilion at Kubinka outside Moscow. "Russian Defence Minister said that he looked forward to meeting Raksha Mantri Shri @rajnathsingh in Moscow next week. This was conveyed to Ambassador today," the Embassy added. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3b622J3

Navalny, 44, is being treated with the antidote atropine. Charite said "there has been some improvement in the symptoms caused by the inhibition of cholinesterase activity." "While his condition remains serious, there is no immediate danger to his life," the hospital said. "However, due to the severity of the patient's poisoning, it remains too early to gauge potential long-term effects." from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3gDNG3U

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday admitted that letting former PM Nawaz Sharif leave the country was a "mistake" by his government. Citing Khan's interview, Dawn reported that the Prime Minister hinted that the government was pressurised into sending Nawaz Sharif abroad, saying that the reports presented to the government suggested that the PML-N supremo was severely ill. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/31z5KaZ

Singapore reported 94 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, including 10 imported infections, taking the national tally to 56,666, the health ministry said. The 10 coronavirus cases from overseas have been placed on Stay-Home Notice or isolated upon arrival in Singapore, said the Ministry of Home (MOH) Affairs. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/32BDS5t

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Israel has listed an El Al flight taking off Monday for Abu Dhabi, which would be Israel's first commercial passenger flight to the United Arab Emirates after the two countries agreed to a US-brokered deal to normalize relations. Officials led by President Donald Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner will be on board the flight. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/31AZQ9r

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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving premier, said on Friday he was resigning because of poor health, ending a stint at the helm of the world's third-biggest economy during which he sought to revive growth and bolster its defences. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3jkJvvy

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US President Donald Trump, in his acceptance speech to the Republican National Convention which re-nominated him as the Republican Party's presidential candidate, said that the US has conducted 40 million more tests than the next closest nation which is India. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2EpzKO0

Abe has battled the disease ulcerative colitis for years and two recent hospital visits within a week fanned questions on whether he could stay in the job until the end of his term as ruling party leader, and hence, premier, in September 2021. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3lpEQu7

White supremacist Brenton Tarrant was sentenced to life without parole on Thursday for the attacks on two mosques last year that killed 51 Muslim worshippers. Soon after the punishment was handed down, New Zealand deputy PM Winston Peters said Tarrant, 29, should be transferred to the Australian prison system. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3b0CWve

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