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India lends a helping hand to Kenya as China's African Safari sends jitters
Jaishankar, who landed in Nairobi on Saturday on a three-day visit, held bilateral talks with his Kenyan counterpart Raychelle Omamo straightaway, with both ministers also discussing cooperation in the United Nation Security Council (UNSC).India and Kenya are currently serving in the UNSC and are also members of the Commonwealth. Kenya is an active member of the African Union, with which India has long-standing ties.
US state sees more deaths than births for 1st time due to Covid
The Independent Record newspaper based in Helena, capital city of Montana, reported on Sunday that early and provisional data from the state's health department showed that the mortality rate increased by 14 per cent in 2020 to 12,018 deaths, surpassing the 10,791 births, reports Xinhua news agency.
Delta Covid variant may soon become dominant strain in US
"Right now, in the United States, it's about 10 percent of infections. It's doubling every two weeks," Gottlieb was quoted as saying on CBS' Face the Nation on Sunday. "That doesn't mean that we're going to see a sharp uptick in infections, but it does mean that this is going to take over. And I think the risk is really to the fall that this could spike a new epidemic heading into the fall," he added, saying that the unvaccinated Americans could be at risk.
Selfish, nationalistic approaches marred initial Covid fight: UK PM
"I know the world was looking to us to reject some of the selfish and nationalistic approaches that have marred the initial global response to the pandemic," Johnson said at a press conference on Sunday as the G7 leaders wrapped up their first in-person summit in almost two years in the southwestern English resort of Carbis Bay, Cornwall. The vaccines will include 100 million doses from the UK and 500 million from the US.
Putin calls Trump 'colourful individual'
"Well even now, I believe that former US President Trump is an extraordinary individual, talented individual, otherwise he would not have become US President," TASS News Agency quoted Putin as saying in the interview. "He is a colourful individual. You may like him or not. And, but he didn't come from the US establishment, he had not been part of big time politics before, and some like it some don't like it but that is a fact," Putin noted.
G7 'letdown' on triple crises of climate, nature, Covid
The recently-concluded G7 summit has been a massive letdown on a historic opportunity to tackle the triple crises of climate, Covid and collapse of nature, experts across the globe said on Monday. The September UN General Assembly is now set as the key date for G7 leaders to deliver ahead of COP26.
G7 scolds China on human rights violations in Xinjiang, demands transparent investigation into Covid-19 origins
In view of many reports alleging that the Covid-19 virus was produced in a Wuhan lab, pressure has been mounting on China to lead a fair and transparent investigation into the matter. The G7 communique demanded an exhaustive investigation into the origins of Covid-19. The G7 in a statement said that they will promote their “values” by demanding fundamental rights from China.
US workers quitting jobs at highest rate in decades
"The wave of resignations marks a sharp turn from the darkest days of the pandemic, when many workers craved job security while weathering a national health and economic crisis," Xinhua news agency quoted The Wall Street Journal report as saying on Sunday. the report said that the share of US workers leaving jobs was 2.7 per cent in April.
Iraqi anti-terror forces kill 13 IS militants
Spokesman of CTS Sabah al-Numan told the official Iraqi News Agency (INA) on Sunday that the commandos, backed by aircraft, carried out several security operations in June, killing 13 IS militants and arresting many others, in addition to the destruction of some caves and hideouts.
G7 pledges 870mn vaccine doses, half to be delivered by 2021-end
In a statement, the WHO said the G7 countries have reaffirmed their support for COVAX, a WHO-led international campaign for equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines globally, as "the primary route for providing vaccines to the poorest countries", Xinhua news agency reported. COVAX has been facing an urgent supply gap, according to the WHO,
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