Asia

Ecotech

Is this the world's first biodegradable and compostable plastic?

Biodegradable plastics don’t fully degrade when put into compost. But this may change now with a new discovery.

29/04/2021

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COVID positive groom weds bride wearing personal protective equipment

As India grapples with the fast spreading coronavirus pandemic, a COVID-19 positive man decided to get married.

29/04/2021

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Black market for oxygen in India amid virus surge

In India, where the number of people who have died from COVID-19 has now surpassed 200,000, a black market in oxygen has sprung up.

29/04/2021

India

India sets another global record for daily new cases logging 375,000

India has set a global record for daily new cases for seven of the past eight days.

29/04/2021

India

India surpasses grim milestone of 200,000 COVID deaths amid surge

Shahid Jameel, a virologist and director of the Trivedi School of Biosciences at Ashoka University, told Euronews the COVID crisis raging in the country was ultimately due to a "coming together of multiple factors" including that of vaccine hesitancy.

28/04/2021

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia says it foiled an attack by a boat off its Yanbu port

A remotely-piloted boat laden with explosives targeted a Saudi port on Tuesday, according to reports from the state-run Saudi press agency.

27/04/2021

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Flash mob protest coup in Yangon streets

For the second day a flash mob of anti-coup protestors surged through an area of Myanmar's largest city to show fleeting but dynamic defiance towards the military junta.

27/04/2021

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Enormous sandstorm sweeps across Inner Mongolia

Images show a massive sandstorm covering and sweeping through many areas of Alxa Right Banner, in China's northern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Sunday afternoon.

27/04/2021

Myanmar

Opposition Karen forces capture military base in Myanmar

Karen forces said they have captured a Myanmar army base giving a boost for those fighting the military's takeover of the country's civilian government.

27/04/2021

Israel

Israel guilty of apartheid and persecution, says rights watchdog

Human Rights Watch joins a growing number of rights groups who view the conflict not primarily as a land dispute but as a single regime in which Palestinians are systematically denied basic rights granted to Jews.

27/04/2021

The Cube

Twitter obliges as India asks for the removal of critical COVID posts

The removed tweets were published by journalists, opposing politicians, lawmakers as well as other prominent figures.

26/04/2021

India

How did India's second COVID wave get this bad?

Experts believe India won't reach the peak of this COVID wave until the second week of May, by which time there could be more than half a million cases a day.

26/04/2021

Iran

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe sentenced to additional year in Iranian jail

Her lawyer Hojjat Kermani said her second charge was over her 2009 participation in a protest in front of the Iranian Embassy in London.

26/04/2021

Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan observes new state holiday honouring Alabay dog breed

The dog is to be celebrated on the same day the Central Asian country lauds its Akhla-Teke horse. The two animals are seen as a source of national pride.

26/04/2021

India

First shipments of foreign aid arrive in COVID-stricken India

For the fourth straight day, India on Sunday set a global daily record of new coronavirus infections (349,691), spurred by an insidious new variant that emerged here.

26/04/2021

Iraq

More than 80 people killed and 110 injured in Iraqi hospital fire

The Iraqi government has sacked key health officials following a hospital fire which left 82 people dead, many being treated for symptoms of coronavirus

25/04/2021

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Qatar continues its vaccination campaign at a centre in Doha.

Qatar continues its vaccination campaign at a centre in Doha, as the number of Covid-19 jabs administered globally surpassed the one billion mark on Saturday.

25/04/2021

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Orthodox Christians mark Palm Sunday in Jerusalem

The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III attended the vigil in Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

25/04/2021

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Sharks and rays released into new sanctuary home

A number of sharks and rays have been released into their new home at the Jebel Ali Wildlife Sanctuary.

24/04/2021

India

India sets another global daily record of 346,000 COVID-19 cases

India reported 346,786 new coronavirus cases in a day. The country has reported more than 16 million infections since the beginning of the pandemic.

24/04/2021

Israel

Nightly clashes in Jerusalem continue during holy month of Ramadan

The clashes, injuring four police and six protesters, have become an almost nightly occurrence since Ramadan started nearly two weeks ago.

24/04/2021

Indonesia

Indonesia locates wreckage of missing submarine on ocean floor

Experts feared that the vessel has sunk too deep to withstand the pressure of water on the hull.

24/04/2021

China

China hits back at UK over accusations of Uyghur genocide

China says that the internment camps for Muslim Uyghurs are designed to teach the Chinese language, job skills, and counter-terrorism.

24/04/2021

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India hospital fire victims cremated amid virus surge

India hospital fire victims cremated amid virus surge

23/04/2021

India

India hospital fire kills 13 as nation struggles with oxygen shortage

A hospital fire killed 13 in India amid a surge in COVID-19 infections and oxygen supply shortage in the country.

23/04/2021

Ecotech

Meet the robot dog looking to replace man's best friend

The robotic pooch is capable of 'hearing' and 'seeing' by using AI to sense its environment.

23/04/2021