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Sat, 24 Apr 2021 08:56:47 GMT
Live: SpaceX's Crew Dragon prepares to dock at the International Space Station
A recycled SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule with four astronauts aboard was speeding on its way to the International Space Station, where the spacecraft is set to dock early Saturday.

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 08:54:18 GMT
Armenians commemorate WWI-era massacres by Ottoman Turks
Thousands of Armenians on Saturday went to a hilltop memorial in the capital Yerevan to mark the 106th anniversary of the World War I-era mass killings of their kin by Ottoman Turks. US President Joe Biden is expected Saturday to take the landmark ...

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 08:48:17 GMT
Three held after police worker stabbed to death near Paris
French investigators were on Saturday questioning three people linked to a Tunisian man who stabbed a police employee to death near Paris in a suspected Islamist attack. The murder at a police station in Rambouillet, a commuter town about 60 kilo...

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 08:34:18 GMT
Guiliani wins two Razzies for infamous 'Borat' scene
The votes are in, and there is no point in Rudy Giuliani arguing with the result -- Donald Trump's lawyer was awarded two Razzies Saturday for his "performance" in "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm." The annual tongue-in-cheek Razzies, or Golden Raspberr...

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 07:00:33 GMT
India Covid deaths hit record as J&J jab gets US green light
India's daily Covid death toll hit a new high Saturday, with hospitals facing oxygen shortages and crematoriums pushed to capacity, as US regulators said pharma giant Johnson & Johnson can restart a vaccine rollout paused due to worries over blood c...

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 06:15:14 GMT
India's daily Covid-19 death toll hits new record as hospitals beg for oxygen
India's coronavirus infections rose by 346,786 overnight, the health ministry said on Saturday, setting a new world record for the third consecutive day, as overwhelmed hospitals in the densely-populated country begged for oxygen supplies.

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 05:54:14 GMT
Southeast Asian leaders set for Myanmar crisis talks
Southeast Asian leaders will hold Myanmar crisis talks Saturday with junta leader Min Aung Hlaing who has become the focus of international outrage over a military coup and crackdown that has left more than 700 dead. The Association of Southeast As...

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 05:52:17 GMT
Astronauts aboard SpaceX capsule prepare for docking at ISS
A recycled SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule with four astronauts aboard was speeding on its way to the International Space Station, where the spacecraft is set to dock early Saturday. It was the third crew sent to the ISS by SpaceX, as part of its multib...

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 05:48:20 GMT
US resumes use of Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine despite rare clot risk
The United States can immediately resume use of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine, top health regulators said on Friday, ending a 10-day pause to investigate its link to extremely rare but potentially deadly blood clots.

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 05:32:17 GMT
Hatchery reviving Britain's near-extinct local oysters
Decimated by over-fishing and pollution, British oysters could make a comeback as a hatchery in the Channel port city of Portsmouth is helping to revive a native species. At Portsmouth University's Institute of Marine Sciences, huge piles of empty ...

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 05:26:15 GMT
Sri Lanka arrests Muslim leader over Easter attacks
Sri Lanka's police Saturday arrested a top Muslim leader and member of parliament in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks that killed 279 people as pressure to speed up the investigation mounted. Detectives took Rishad Bathiudeen, leader ...

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 05:22:07 GMT
Myanmar junta leader meets ASEAN leaders on first foreign trip since coup
Southeast Asian leaders met Myanmar’s top general and coup leader in an emergency summit in Indonesia Saturday, and are expected to press calls for an end to violence by security forces that has left hundreds of protesters dead as well as the rele...

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 05:07:10 GMT
Biden set to declare atrocities committed against Armenia were genocide
President Joe Biden on Saturday plans to follow through on a campaign pledge to formally recognize that atrocities committed against the Armenian people by the Ottoman Empire more than a century ago in modern-day Turkey were genocide, according to U...

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 05:06:16 GMT
Malaysian artist arrested for allegedly insulting queen
A Malaysian artist has been arrested for allegedly insulting the queen by posting a satirical playlist online, police said, fuelling concerns about a widening crackdown on freedom of expression. Fahmi Reza, also an activist, is best known for a car...

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 04:54:15 GMT
India's daily Covid death toll hits new record as shortages bite
India's daily coronavirus death toll passed a new record Saturday as the government battled to get oxygen supplies to hospitals overwhelmed by the hundreds of thousands of new daily cases. Queues of Covid-19 patients and their fearful relatives are...



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