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The magnitude 8.1 quake struck the Kermadec Islands region. It forced thousands of people to evacuate in New Zealand but did not appear to pose a widespread threat to lives or major infrastructure.

Infosys said it has recently been recognised as a Best Place to Work in Canada- Glassdoor Employees Choice Award.

The U.N. special envoy for Myanmar, Christine Schraner Burgener, said 38 people were killed on Wednesday, a figure consistent with other reports.

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It said he is expected to remain in the hospital for "treatment, rest and recuperation for a number of days.”

Initial results from France, Germany and several other countries have shown that trained sniffer dogs are able to recognise people with Covid-19 infections.

The US has important relationships with India, as well as Pakistan, the spokesperson said, adding "these relationships stand on their own in our view."

Regions where infection rates are relatively low, though not as low as previously envisioned, will be able to open nonessential stores, museums and other facilities on a limited basis.

The economy would have been even worse if not for the country's technology exports, which saw increased demand driven by personal computers and servers.

The US is the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 28,784,629 and 518,326, respectively, according to the CSSE.

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The challenges caused by the pandemic has left the organisers with limited financial resources

The new executive order lifts all mask requirements and forbids local authorities from penalising residents who do not wear a face covering.

The extension means that Australia's borders could have been closed to international travellers except citizens and residents for about 450 days.

Health care workers, especially those who have direct contact with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 cases, will be the first to get the shots.

The cause of the collision was unclear, authorities said, and it also was not immediately known why so many people were crammed into a vehicle built to hold eight people safely.

Biden on Tuesday announced measures to increase the production of COVID-19 vaccines and accelerate process of vaccinating Americans.

The US is the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 28,717,629 and 516,476, respectively, according to the CSSE.

The problem with that design, apparently, was that the adhesive tape strip looked a bit too much like the moustache of Adolf Hitler, which was noticed on social media.

"I think it will be very premature, and I think unrealistic, to think that we're going to finish with this virus by the end of the year," Dr. Michael Ryan, executive director of the WHO's Health Emergencies Programme, said

Hundreds, many wearing construction helmets and carrying makeshift shields, gathered in Myanmar's largest city of Yangon, where a day earlier police had fired repeated rounds of tear gas

The first secretary of Permanent Mission of India to the UN, Pawan Kumar Badhe said this in India's right of reply to statements made by Pakistan and the OIC under oral update by the high commissioner of human rights at UNHRC.

The next German government should also present a "specific timetable" for the abolition of environment and climate-damaging subsidies, the Climate Alliance added. 

The fire that started from a cloth shop at around 8.30 a.m. spread rapidly, engulfing over half of the town within a few hours, Xinhua news agency reported.