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Shanghai Disneyland closed over single Covid case

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Isolated China is cracking under strain of keeping Covid out

China is currently battling its fourth Covid flareup driven by the Delta variant in the past five months, with each outbreak returning more quickly than the previous one. Though the case numbers are minimal compared to what other countries are living with ever day -- there were just 48 locally-transmitted infections on Saturday -- the response is not. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3nOSnNK

Bolsonaro's security in press altercation as Brazil leader isolated at G20

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Covid-19 compared with other deadly viruses

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Biden chokes up as he praises Pope Francis for his friendship

“He is everything I learned about Catholicism from the time I was a kid going from grade school through high school,” Biden, who attended Catholic schools throughout his childhood, said on Sunday at a press conference at the end of the Group of 20 leaders meeting in Rome, which he’d also used as an opportunity to visit Vatican City. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ZJEokg

White House press secretary Psaki tests positive for Covid-19

"While I have not had close contact in person with the president or senior members of the White House staff since Wednesday - and tested negative for four days after that last contact -- I am disclosing today's positive test out of an abundance of transparency," White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said said in a statement. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ZF1rNp

Japan PM Kishida's coalition keeps majority with fewer seats

Kishida's Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner Komeito together won 293 seats, according to final but not yet official results. That's well above the majority of 233 in the 465-member lower house, the more powerful of Japan's two-chamber Diet, where they previously had 305 seats. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3jSIpdb

Macron says Australian PM lied to him over subs spat

French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday said Australia's prime minister outright lied to him over a cancelled submarine deal, deepening an already fraught diplomatic crisis. Both leaders are attending the G20 in Rome and a major UN-backed climate summit in Glasgow, but the weeks-long spat continues to trail them. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3Esy3Za

G20 nations need to accelerate phasing out of coal power: Draghi

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G20 leaders struggle to secure climate breakthrough

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Biden to tell Erdogan that US and Turkey must avoid crises

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China rejects 'political, false' US report on Covid origins

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Ship with hundreds of Afghan migrants docks at Greek port

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Taliban denies reports of appointment of envoy to Pakistan

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G-20 leaders turn to climate change on last day of summit

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Trust factor evaporates between Imran Khan, Pakistan Army

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4 killed, 9 injured in passenger van crash in eastern Pakistan

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Two Iraqi Kurdish fighters killed in attack blamed on IS

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WHO chief meets Russian FM Lavrov at G20 summit

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Joe Biden to tell Recep Tayyip Erdogan that US and Turkey must avoid crises

The two leaders, US President Joe Biden and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also plan to discuss regional issues involving Syria and Libya, a US senior administration official said on Saturday. The official insisted on anonymity to discuss the upcoming conversation between Biden and Erdogan. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3nMfPey

Taliban forcing distressed Afghan farmers to pay 'zakat' tax

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China reports 71 new confirmed Covid-19 cases

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Recognise us if you don't want any threats: Taliban

In a statement that appeared as a possible warning, Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid stated that the Taliban will not take any responsibility to avert threats to other countries until and unless they are recognized by the international community. He added that recognition is a bilateral need. Mujahid also asked all the countries to activate their diplomatic missions in Afghanistan. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3GC9UBt

Bilateral ties at threshold of new era with PM Modi's UK visit: Indian envoy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the UK comes at a time when India-UK bilateral relations are on a positive trajectory and potentially at the threshold of a new era, India's High Commissioner to the UK Gaitri Issar Kumar has said. Modi will attend the World Leaders' Summit of the UN COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, with bilateral talks planned with his British counterpart Boris Johnson on the sidelines of the summit, scheduled over Monday and Tuesday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3CxRwY7

Antarctica gets a Glasgow Glacier ahead of climate summit

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Japan votes in national election, 1st key test for Kishida

Japanese voters are casting ballots in national elections Sunday, a first big test for PM Fumio Kishida to determine if he has a large enough mandate to tackle a coronavirus-battered economy, a fast-aging and dwindling population and security challenges from China and North Korea. Up for grabs are 465 seats in the lower house, the more powerful of the two-chamber Japanese Diet, or parliament. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3w4mOmP

'Failure to recognise Af govt could have global effects'

The Taliban called on the US and other countries on Saturday to recognise their government in Afghanistan, saying that a failure to do so and the continued freezing of Afghan funds abroad would lead to problems not only for the country but for the world. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3nCyLfO

US VP Kamala Harris gets Covid-19 booster shot

US Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday received a Covid-19 vaccine booster shot and urged Americans to follow suit. "I got the booster shot, and I want to encourage everyone to do the same when you are eligible," Harris said after receiving her third dose of the Moderna vaccine at the White House. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/315wVwf

Explosion near Yemen's Aden airport kills at least 6

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Lankan President bans strikes by employees at essential services

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Queen Elizabeth II is 'in very good form': British PM

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Backlogged Indians to benefit from US budget reconciliation bill if passed

On cards, in the US budget reconciliation bill (or the draft Build Back Better Act) that was released recently, is a proposal for recapturing unused family and employment-based green card numbers that were unused from 1992 through 2021. If this proposal does go through, it will help thousands of backlogged skilled Indians, who have a waiting period of 84 years to get an employment-based green card, as per a study by Cato Institute. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3CuTN6i

China has given 75.8% of population complete Covid-19 vaccine doses: Health official

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Biden, Europeans take up Iran nuclear program in Rome talks

The meeting with the leaders of Germany, France, and Britain comes at a pivotal time, as Iran continues to enrich uranium to near-weapons-grade levels. Biden is trying to revive the 2015 nuclear deal and bring Iran back into compliance with the pact that would have kept the Islamic Republic at least one year away from the potential to field a nuclear weapon. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3GDP6td

World leaders to talk climate, economy, vaccines at G20

Climate change and the relaunch of the global economy will top the G20 agenda as leaders of the world's most advanced nations meet Saturday, the first in-person gathering since the pandemic. Looming over the two-day talks in Rome is pressure to make headway on tackling global warming, ahead of the key COP26 summit kicking off in Glasgow on Monday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/31k8Emx

S Koreans send off former President Roh in small funeral

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US spy agencies say origins of Covid-19 may never be known

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10 US states sue Biden administration over Covid-19 vaccine rule

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Queen Elizabeth II advised to rest for 2 weeks

Buckingham Palace said in statement that Queen Elizabeth II can continue to undertake light, desk-based duties during this time - including some virtual audiences. But she will be unable to travel to the Festival of Remembrance on November 13. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3bDfsgZ

Greta Thunberg joins London climate protest ahead of COP26

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg attended a small protest in London on Friday against global banks' role in the fossil fuel industry, ahead of travelling to the upcoming COP26 summit in Scotland. The environmental icon joined a few dozen protesters demanding banks stop financing polluting projects, such as fossil fuel extraction, outside the headquarters of Standard Chartered bank. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ZGDbKG

Taliban sends envoy to take charge of embassy in Pakistan

A Taliban envoy has been sent to neighbouring Pakistan to take charge of the Afghan embassy, two months after the hardline Islamist group seized power, officials said Friday. The last ambassador of the Afghan embassy was withdrawn by the former US-backed government several months ago following the alleged kidnapping of his daughter in leafy Islamabad. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3BlwLNO

US announces $144 million humanitarian assistance for people of Afghanistan

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Senior aide to Myanmar's Suu Kyi sentenced to 20 years in prison

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus set to stay on as WHO chief

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, one of the most prominent figures during the Covid-19 pandemic, is the sole candidate to lead the World Health Organization once his current term expires, the WHO announced Friday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/313qmu6

Moon Jae-in tells Pope a visit to North would help peace in Koreas

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UK to remove all countries from its Covid travel ban red list

Beginning Monday, the UK will remove the remaining seven countries - Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Panama, Peru and Venezuela - from its Covid-19 travel ban red list, which will be reviewed every three weeks and revised in case of emerging Covid variant threats, the British government has announced. The red list will be reviewed every three weeks. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3w44QRC

WHO confirms Tedros lone candidate for director-general election

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Biden at Vatican to talk climate, poverty with Pope Francis

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Woman now thought to be Afghanistan's last Jew flees country