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COVID-19: Australia to resume repatriation flights from India
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday said the temporary pause on flights from India to Australia will end at May 14 midnight and facilitated commercial flights by the Australian Government will resume as promised, with a strict pre-flight testing regime.
Will not hesitate to call out China's coercive trade practices: US Trade Rep
United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Thursday said that Washington will not hesitate to call out China's coercive trade practices and added that Washington welcomes the trade competition but the competition must be fair.
COVID-19: India receives shipment of ventilators, Remdesivir from EU
Amid the COVID-19 crisis in India, an aircraft carrying a shipment of ventilators, Remdesivir and medical equipment from EU member states, arrived in New Delhi on Friday.
India welcomes COVID-19 assistance from Kazakhstan
India welcomed the arrival of the shipment of 5.6 million masks/respirators from Kazakhstan on Friday as part of global assistance to combat the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
UN chief calls for immediate cessation of hostilities in Gaza, Israel
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in a statement called for an immediate end to hostilities between warring parties in Israel and Gaza.
US will not leave Australia alone against China, says Blinken
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday reassured full support to Australia in the face of economic coercion by China, as Washington and Canberra mark the 70th anniversary of their alliance.
India should collaborate with other countries to ramp up COVID vaccine capability, says Fauci
Dr Anthony Fauci, the Biden administration's top medical adviser on Thursday (local time) said that it is imperative for India to collaborate with other countries, and companies to ramp up its vaccine production capability to vaccinate country's huge population against COVID-19.
COVID-19: India receives consignments of rapid testing kits, negative pressure carriers from South Korea
As global support continues to pour in amid the devastating COVID-19 crisis in India, the country has received two consignments of rapid testing kits and negative pressure carriers from South Korea.
6.0-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Fukushima Prefecture, no tsunami warning issued
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 struck off Japan's Fukushima Prefecture on Friday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
Taiwanese company mocks Chinese manufacturing as 'low-quality'
A Taiwanese computer hardware maker has mocked Chinese manufacturing by calling it 'low-quality' and touted its products as Taiwan-made.
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