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(STL.News) India has recorded its highest daily coronavirus death toll since the pandemic began – a day after it became the first country to register more than 400,000 new cases. Its health ministry said 3,689 people had died within the past 24 hours. Hospitals are battling to treat patients amid...
WASHINGTON, DC (STL.News) Two officers were struck by the vehicle, and the suspect who drove the car was shot dead. One of the officers also died due to injuries. ?
(STL.News) The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) says further investigation is needed to conclusively rule out a theory that Covid-19 emerged from a laboratory in China. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday that although a laboratory leak is the least likely cause, more extensive research is needed. The...
EGYPT (STL.News) Traffic has resumed in the Suez Canal after a giant, stranded container ship blocking it for nearly a week was finally freed by salvage crews. Tug boats honked their horns in celebration as the 400m-long (1,300ft) Ever Given was dislodged on Monday with the help of dredgers and...
MYANMAR (STL.News) There has been international condemnation of the military in Myanmar after more than a hundred demonstrators were shot dead by security forces. Defense chiefs from twelve countries, including the UK, the United States, and Japan, issued a joint statement saying that armed forces should protect, rather than harm,...
(STL.News) United States President Joe Biden has promised to address the migrant surge at the US-Mexico border. In a change to Donald Trump’s policy, unaccompanied children are now not turned back at the border. Some are being temporarily housed in cramped conditions. But are Biden’s policies responsible? The BBC’s Ros...
(STL.News) Protesters have returned to cities across Myanmar, just hours after the country saw its bloodiest day since last month’s military coup. Some 38 people were killed on Wednesday, with witnesses saying security forces opened fire with live bullets. Myanmar has been gripped by protests since the 1 February coup,...
(STL.News) The United Nations says at least 38 people have been killed during protests in Myanmar on the worst day of violence since the military coup last month. Security forces opened fire on large crowds in several cities across the country despite growing international condemnation. Huw Edwards presents BBC News...
New evidence of China moving Uighur minority workers to uproot communities (STL.News) A BBC investigation has found evidence that China’s policy of transferring hundreds of thousands of Uighurs and other ethnic minorities from north-west Xinjiang to factory jobs far from home is being used to uproot and assimilate the population....
(STL.News) Boris Johnson has said that the UK government is considering whether to introduce so-called “vaccine passports.” The document could take the form of a vaccine certificate, providing evidence of Covid protection, and the NHS mobile app could be modified to carry the information. But the prime minister was keen...
(STL.News) In Myanmar, thousands of people have lined the streets for the funeral of a young woman, shot during protests against the recent military coup. Mya Thwet Thwet Khine died on Friday, two days before her 20th birthday. There have been more mass protests against the generals after the military...
(STL.News) There will be two attempts to land on Mars in 2021 – by NASA and the China National Space Administration. Nasa’s Perseverance is scheduled to touch down on the Martian surface on 18 February. If successful, it will be the biggest and most sophisticated vehicle ever sent to land...