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Brazil probes Health Ministry deal to buy Covaxin vaccine
The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 179 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.88 million, according to the Johns Hopkins...
Delta variant 'greatest threat' to US' COVID-19 efforts: Dr Fauci
The highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus is the "greatest threat" to America’s attempt to eradicate the COVID-19 pandemic, White House...
Kamala Harris casts her tie-breaking vote to confirm Kiran Ahuja as...
US Vice President Kamala Harris has cast her tie-breaking vote in the bitterly divided Senate to confirm the nomination of Indian-American Kiran Ahuja...
Biden pushes effort to combat rising tide of violent crime
President Joe Biden plans to lay out new steps to stem a rising national tide of violent crime, with a particular focus on gun violence, as...
Canadian lawmakers pass bill criminalizing LGBT conversion therapy
Canada's House of Commons on Tuesday passed a bill criminalizing LGBT conversion therapy 263 to 63, handing a win to the minority ruling Liberal party...
Police tear gas indigenous protest for land rights in Brazil
Riot police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse a group of indigenous people protesting on Tuesday outside Brazil's Congress against a bill...
Google likely to soon face antitrust claims over Play store from U.S....
A group of state attorneys general may file a lawsuit against Alphabet Inc's Google as early as next week, accusing the search and advertising giant...
Officials count ballots after Ethiopia's election, new fighting...
Officials in Ethiopia counted ballots on Tuesday after a parliamentary election billed as the first free vote in the country's history but marred by...