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Biden to meet with GOP lawmakers to discuss virus relief
Biden to meet with GOP lawmakers to discuss virus relief
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern ordered New Zealand's largest city back into lockdown on Saturday as Covid-19 cases continued to be detected in the community.
Gunmen on Saturday released 42 people, including 27 students, who were kidnapped from a boarding school last week in the north-central Nigerian state of Niger, its governor said. Twenty-seven students, three staff and 12 members of their families had been abducted last week by an armed gang who stormed the Government Science secondary school in the Kagara district of Niger state at around 2 a.m., overwhelming the school's security detail. Kidnappings for ransom by armed groups, many of whom carry guns and ride motorcycles, are common across many northern Nigerian states.
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 — DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said today his party is examining the law to see how it can help Malaysians once the new penalties for Covid-19 regulation violations kick...
India on Saturday hit back at UN rights experts who accused the country of jailing a British arms dealer extradited from the United Arab Emirates in a suspected swap for a runaway princess.
The Tokyo Olympics should take place before a live audience, Japan's new Olympics chief has said, despite concerns about hosting the Games during a global pandemic.
The selling platform for crafts, vintage, and other creative goods recorded 106% growth in 2020, driven by lockdowns in the UK, repeat buyers, and viral moments.
Mikkola won 18 world championship rallies and took the title at the wheel of an Audi Quattro -- a first for an all-wheel drive car. He was also three times the world championship runner-up and won his home 1,000 Lakes event on a record seven occasions. In 1979 he helped Ford take the manufacturers' title but lost out in the drivers' championship to Sweden's Bjoern Waldegaard by a single point.
Wattpad, a social storytelling platform with 90 million users, is becoming a rich source of intellectual property for film and TV producers.
What do Tesla, Square, bitcoin, and Shopify have in common? Wood’s “disruptive innovation” fund has posted a 140% gain over the past year, blowing away the 21% gain of the broader US stock market. ARK’s most surprising forecast is of its own backlash: “I think it’s likely that at some point, people will think that ARK was a scam, and that we don’t know our left from our right,” research director Brett Winton told Bloomberg this month.
New Mexico health officials on Friday confirmed an additional 659 COVID-19 infections, the highest daily case count in more than three weeks. Nearly 30% of the new cases involved state inmates. In all, New Mexico has reported nearly 185,000 cases since the pandemic began.
Hundreds of people in Bangladesh took part Saturday in a second day of demonstrations sparked by the death of a writer at a high security prison in a case that has drawn international concern.
Militant attacks are on the rise in Pakistan amid a growing religiosity that has brought greater intolerance, prompting one expert to voice concern the country could be overwhelmed by religious extremism. Pakistani authorities are embracing strengthening religious belief among the population to bring the country closer together. Militant violence in Pakistan has spiked: In the past week alone, four vocational school instructors who advocated for women’s rights were traveling together when they were gunned down in a Pakistan border region.
Winger Caleb Clarke and fullback Stephen Perofeta both crossed in the first 15 minutes of the second half to overhaul an 11-7 deficit, and centre Rieko Ioane put a gloss on the win three minutes from time. The Hurricanes, captained for the first time by Ardie Savea, had two tries from wrecking-ball hooker Asafo Aumua but paid the price for ill-discipline with James Blackwell and Du'Plessis Kirifi both spending 10 minutes in the sinbin.
India will be without pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah in the final test against England after the 27-year-old was released from the squad for personal reasons, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) said on Saturday. The right-arm seamer took four wickets in the opening test in Chennai but was rested for the second match, which India won to level the series. Bumrah returned to play his first test at his home ground in Ahmedabad, where India triumphed inside two days to go 2-1 up in the four-match series.
The South African province of Gauteng was hit by powerful thunder and hail storms on February 26.Footage by @Comrade_Sibiya shows hail lashing down outside of a SuperSpar store in the town of Benoni, which is located east of Johannesburg.Many other locals also shared video and images of the violent hailstones. Credit: @Comrade_Sibiya via Storyful
The first season of the 2021 Dota Pro Circuit's South American regional league has concluded, with Beastcoast and Thunder Predator representing the region in the upcoming Singapore Major.
India said Saturday that star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has left the squad for the England Test series for "personal reasons".
New reports of Ebola in Guinea are causing anxiety given the history of the west Africa outbreak of 2014-2016. This was the largest Ebola outbreak reported to date—28,000 cases were recorded, including 11,000 deaths. It originated in Guinea and then spread to Sierra Leone and Liberia.
Ibrahimovic in an interview on Thursday said sportspeople like four-time NBA champion James, who has been one of the NBA's leading voices against racial injustice and police brutality, should avoid making the mistake of getting involved in political matters and instead focus on only sports. James also pointed to comments made by Ibrahimovic in 2018 when the Swedish forward claimed "undercover racism" had caused the media to treat him differently from players that had traditional surnames like Andersson or Svensson.
Genshin Impact fans were treated to the first official appearance of Wangsheng Funeral Parlor boss Hu Tao one day after the end of the Lunar New Year period.