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Sun, 25 Apr 2021 08:24:20 GMT
Anger in Iraq after deadly fire at Covid hospital
Iraqis on Sunday demanded officials be sacked after at least 23 people died in a fire at a Covid-19 hospital, in a country with long-dilapidated health infrastructure. The fire at Baghdad's Ibn al-Khatib hospital started with an explosion caused by...

Sun, 25 Apr 2021 07:32:19 GMT
New Delhi extends coronavirus lockdown as India cases hit new record
India's capital New Delhi on Sunday extended its lockdown as the country's Covid-19 crisis grew with infections and deaths hitting record highs. The vast nation of 1.3 billion people recorded 349,691 fresh cases and 2,767 deaths -- the highest sinc...

Sun, 25 Apr 2021 07:10:23 GMT
Philippine coast guard holds drills in disputed South China Sea
The Philippine coast guard is conducting drills in the South China Sea which an official said Sunday were part of efforts to secure "our maritime jurisdiction" over the disputed waters. The exercises near the Philippine-occupied Thitu Island and Ch...

Sun, 25 Apr 2021 07:10:22 GMT
Greensill: Politicians, financiers linked to scandal
The collapse of Greensill Capital has sparked a political scandal in Britain and cast a light on a shadowy world of finance. Outlined below are the main political and financial personalities caught up in the affair: - David Cameron - Former Briti...

Sun, 25 Apr 2021 06:54:18 GMT
Computer chip shortage may leave auto sector idling
What was initially downplayed as a brief hiccup in the supply of semiconductors looks more and more like a shortage that may last throughout the year in what would be a big blow to automakers. They were planning to rev up production this year to me...

Sun, 25 Apr 2021 06:36:17 GMT
LA police shoot dead man wearing body armor in Hollywood
Los Angeles police said on Saturday officers shot dead a driver wearing body armor who had reversed into a patrol car in Hollywood. The officers were responding to a call when a car pulled in front of them on Sunset Boulevard, hit the brakes and ba...

Sun, 25 Apr 2021 06:02:18 GMT
In London, rail-side gardening blossoms during pandemic
A busy commuter train station is an unlikely place to find a haven for flowers, bees and hedgehogs. But a decade-old project in London bringing an eco-friendly combination of gardening, horticulture and so-called rewilding to the urban jungle is b...

Sun, 25 Apr 2021 05:38:18 GMT
Baking away solitude: Vienna cafe hopes to unite world's grandmas
Framed by wooden cabinets, Karin Hofbauer holds a stick of butter to her laptop camera and imparts to the novice bakers gathered virtually in her kitchen the secrets of kneading shortcrust dough. "It's a simple recipe, I've made it so many times fo...

Sun, 25 Apr 2021 05:22:18 GMT
Usman, Namajunas secure KO title fight wins as UFC welcomes back fans
The UFC welcomed back American fans for their first live event in over a year on Saturday night and three of its greatest fighters -- Kamaru Usman, Rose Namajunas and Valentina Shevchenko -- rose to the occasion with stunning knockouts at UFC 261 in...

Sun, 25 Apr 2021 04:46:19 GMT
Salvage effort under way for Indonesian submarine that sank with dozens aboard
The hunt for a missing Indonesian submarine with 53 crew turned into a salvage effort Sunday after recovered debris suggested it broke apart as it sank off the coast of Bali. Warships, planes and hundreds of military personnel had led a frantic sea...

Sun, 25 Apr 2021 04:46:18 GMT
New bloodletting hits Spanish banking sector
In Spain where bank tellers were once legion, the sector is again reeling from thousands more job cuts as a 10-year trend gathers pace due to the ongoing pandemic. Two more big banks announced thousands of layoffs last week with 8,300 jobs to be ax...

Sun, 25 Apr 2021 04:22:18 GMT
Waiting for wifi: Italy's digital divide
The last time a customer tried to pay by card in Anna Rita Pani's grocery store in Colle di Tora, a small town outside Rome, things got a bit awkward. "We had to wait 15 minutes for the card reader to work... Meanwhile, we were just standing there,...

Sun, 25 Apr 2021 03:48:21 GMT
Canadian couple witnesses to China's 'methodical' repression of Uyghurs
During the decade they lived in the Chinese region of Xinjiang, Canadians Gary and Andrea Dyck had a front-row seat to Beijing's "very methodical" repression of the Uyghur people, which Canada's parliament and others have declared to be genocide. ...

Sun, 25 Apr 2021 03:44:19 GMT
Sex sells: China farm region becomes 'lingerie capital'
Americans like their lingerie to be risque, Europeans prefer it more classy, and Chinese remain a bit shy but are opening up. But the biggest order of all came from North Korea. So goes the street-corner discussion in Guanyun, a sleepy coastal coun...

Sun, 25 Apr 2021 03:38:23 GMT
New York looks to become America's next marijuana hub
Kaelan Castetter has plans for the unusued offices next to his factory: dedicate all 35,000 square feet of it to growing marijuana, which just became legal for recreational use in New York state. "We are going to build out a state-of-the-art and wo...



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