Amid feud over illegal immigration, US President Donald Trump threatened to close the nation's southern border with Mexico next week. In a tweet Trump said closing off

Trump threatens to close US-Mexico border next week

Amid feud over illegal immigration, US President Donald Trump threatened to close the nation's southern border with Mexico next week. In a tweet Trump said closing off border crossings, key avenues for trade with Mexico, ‘would be a good thing’.  The threat comes after Trump criticised Mexico and several Central American nations for not halting illegal immigrants heading north to cross the US border. 

Trump threatens to close US-Mexico border next week  

A 72-year-old British man, Dave Smith tested positive for coronavirus for 10 months. He was cured after 305 days with an antibody cocktail developed by Regeneron.

A 72-year-old British man, Dave Smith tested positive for coronavirus for 10 months. He was cured after 305 days with an antibody cocktail developed by Regeneron.

The longest of Covids: 72-year-old UK man infected for 10 months

A 72-year-old British man, Dave Smith tested positive for coronavirus for 10 months in what is thought to be the longest recorded case of continuous infection, researchers said on Thursday.
Smith, a retired driving instructor from Bristol, said he tested positive 43 times, was hospitalised seven times. He joked his wife had made plans for his funeral five times.
He&nbsp;was eventually cured with the same antibody cocktail developed by Regeneron that was used to treat former US president Donald Trump.
He celebrated with a bottle of champagne when he finally tested negative, 45 days after receiving the Regeneron drug and some 305 days after his first infection.

NSA Ajit Doval proposed an action plan against Pakistan-based terror groups LeT& JeM as part of SCO framework

NSA Ajit Doval proposed an action plan against Pakistan-based terror groups LeT&amp;&nbsp;JeM&nbsp;as part of SCO&nbsp;framework

NSA Ajit Doval wants SCO to take action against Pak-based terror groups, proposes action plan

During the meeting of national security chiefs in Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe, NSA Ajit Doval proposed an action plan against Pakistan-based terror groups Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) as part of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) framework
Doval also said that there is a need to monitor new technologies used by terrorists, including drones, for smuggling of weapons and misuse of dark Web, artificial intelligence, blockchain and social media.
He said that perpetrators of terrorism including cross-border terror attacks should be expeditiously brought to justice.
The NSA emphasised on the need for targeted sanctions against UN-designated terrorist individuals and entities.

Amid feud over illegal immigration, US President Donald Trump threatened to close the nation's southern border with Mexico next week. In a tweet Trump said closing off border crossings, key avenues for trade with Mexico, ‘would be a good thing’. The threat comes after Trump criticised Mexico and several Central American nations for not halting illegal immigrants heading north to cross the US border.

More than 80 fire and rescue units were on the scene after a 12-storey building collapsed in Miami, early on Thursday. While there were no confirmed reports of death or

More than 80 fire and rescue units were on the scene after a 12-storey building collapsed in Miami, early on Thursday. While there were no confirmed reports of death or injury so far, vidoes show a pile of rubble with debris spilling down from what was left of the building. The reason for the collapse is not clear yet. The Miami Police and Fire authorities are conducting search and rescue operations for people who may be trapped. Reports say one woman died, at least eight people were injured and there are fears that others are trapped in the debris. Authorities have not given details of how many people lived in the building.

There is finally some good news on the Covid front. Scientists at the University of North Carolina have claimed to have developed a hybrid vaccine which is expected to

There is finally some good news on the Covid front. Scientists at the University of North Carolina have claimed to have developed a hybrid vaccine which is expected to prevent infections from future coronavirus variants.
Being dubbed a "super vaccine", scientists say that it protected mice not just against Covid-19 during tests, but also against other coronaviruses while triggering the immune system to fight off a dangerous variant.
Scientists say that they designed the vaccine to provide protection against the current SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and a group of coronaviruses that have the potential to transmit from animals to humans.
Additional testing could also lead to human trials next year.
The findings of the study have been published in the journal 'Science'.

Antivirus software company founder John McAfee was found dead of a suspected suicide in his prison cell in Barcelona, Spain shortly after the court approved his e

Antivirus software company founder John McAfee was found dead of a suspected suicide in his prison cell in Barcelona, Spain&nbsp; shortly after the court approved his extradition to the United States to face criminal tax evasion charges. McAfee, 75,&nbsp;was arrested last October at the international airport in Barcelona&nbsp;on the tax evasion charges filed in the US which carry a maximum possible sentence of 30 years in prison. The charge was of failure to pay taxes from 2014 to 2018 despite considerable income from&nbsp;promoting cryptocurrencies, consulting work, speaking engagements, and selling the rights to his life story for a documentary alleged the&nbsp;U.S. Justice Department in it's charges in October.&nbsp;
On Oct. 15, after being taken into custody, McAfee tweeted: &nbsp;&ldquo;I am content in here. I have friends.The food is good. All is well. Know that if I hang myself, a la Epstein, it will be no fault of mine,&rdquo;&nbsp; McAfee&rsquo;s death in custody is a d&eacute;j&agrave;&nbsp;vu of Jeffrey Epstein, the accused child sex trafficker and multimillionaire investor who died in a federal jail in Manhattan in August 2019 from what officials have said was a suicide by hanging.

CDC safety group said there’s a “likely association” between rare heart inflammation mostly in people 30 and under who received Pfizer’s or Mode

America's Centre for Disease Control has said there&rsquo;s a &ldquo;likely association&rdquo; between rare heart inflammation mostly in people 30 and under who received Pfizer&rsquo;s or Moderna&rsquo;s Covid-19 vaccine.&nbsp;There have been more than 1,200 cases of a myocarditis or pericarditis&nbsp;as per data collected by CDC&nbsp;which translated to a link of&nbsp;12.6 heart inflammation cases per million doses of Pfizer/Moderna&nbsp;vaccines.&nbsp; Myocarditis is the inflammation of the heart muscle, while pericarditis is the inflammation of the membrane surrounding the heart. "CDC&nbsp;officials are gathering more data to fully understand the potential risks, how to manage it and whether there are any long-term issues," said&nbsp;Dr. Grace Lee, who chairs the CDC's safety group.
She also highlighted that, "Clinical presentation of myocarditis cases following vaccination has been distinct, occurring most often within one week after dose two, with chest pain as the most common presentation.&rdquo;&nbsp; The agency said there have been 267 cases of myocarditis or pericarditis reported after receiving one dose of the Pfizer&rsquo;s or Moderna&rsquo;s Covid-19 vaccines and 827 reported cases after two doses through June 11. There are 132 additional cases where the number of doses received is unknown, the CDC said.

The Delta variant, identified for the first time in India, could account for 90 percent of new Covid cases in the European Union in the coming months.Andrea Ammon, dire

The Delta variant, identified for the first time in India, could account for 90 percent of new Covid cases in the European Union in the coming months. Andrea Ammon, director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said in a statement that it is very likely that the Delta variant will circulate extensively during the summer, particularly among younger individuals that are not targeted for vaccination. The ECDC estimates that the Delta variant is 40 to 60 percent more contagious than the Alpha variant which was first discovered in the UK, and is currently the predominant variant of the novel coronavirus circulating in the EU.

Warren Buffett is resigning as a trustee from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The announcement comes weeks after Bill and Melinda Gates announced that they were

Warren Buffett is resigning as a trustee from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The announcement comes weeks after Bill and Melinda Gates announced that they were divorcing after 27 years of marriage but would continue to jointly run the foundation, one of the largest charitable foundations in the world.
Gates was formerly the world's richest person and his fortune is estimated at well over USD 100 billion.
Buffet gave no reason for stepping down from the Gates Foundation, but questions have been raised about the structure of its leadership after reports of Bill Gates' behavior in the workplace.

Wanted diamond merchant Nirav Modi, whose extradition to India was ordered by UK Home Secretary Priti Patel, has lost the first stage of his extradition appea

Wanted diamond merchant Nirav Modi, whose extradition to India was ordered by&nbsp;UK&nbsp;Home Secretary Priti Patel, has lost the first stage of his extradition appeal in the High Court in London.
The appeal was before a High Court judge for a decision &ldquo;on the papers&rdquo; submitted to determine if there are any grounds for an appeal against the Home Secretary's decision.
The permission to appeal was 'rejected on paper' on Tuesday, which leaves the 50-year-old jeweller with a chance to make his case at a brief oral hearing in the High Court.
Under the legal guidelines,&nbsp;Nirav Modi&nbsp;as an appellant has five business days to apply for such an oral consideration, giving him time until next week.

A police officer shot and killed an adult pet chimpanzee named Buck after it attacked a woman in Eastern Oregon in the US. The chimpanzee, who had lived with the woman

A police officer shot and killed an adult pet chimpanzee named Buck after it attacked a woman in Eastern Oregon in the US.
The chimpanzee, who had lived with the woman named Tamara Brogoitti for 17 years started attacking her daughter on Sunday.
Brogoitti&nbsp;called police said the animal had bitten her 50-year-old daughter in the torso, arms and legs and that her daughter was hiding in a basement bedroom.
When deputies arrived, the ape was roaming a fenced area outside the house. The Police said the animal needed to be &lsquo;put down&rsquo; so they could get medical aid to the daughter and that they had Brogoitti's permission to shoot it.

A blast, metres away from the home of Lashkar-e-Toiba founder Hafiz Saeed in Lahore, killed two people and injured 16 others, reports said on Wednesday.

A blast, metres away from the home of Lashkar-e-Toiba&nbsp;founder Hafiz Saeed&nbsp;in Lahore, killed two people and injured 16 others, reports said on Wednesday.&nbsp; The blast went off at a house located about 120 metres from Saeed&rsquo;s residence in Johar Town, TV news channels reported citing police officials. Saeed has for long had a residence in Johar Town. However, he is currently in jail in Lahore after he was arrested and convicted last year in a string of cases related to his involvement in terror financing. Lahore police chief Ghulam Mehmood Dogar told reporters two of the injured died in Jinnah Hospital.&nbsp;Women, children and a police official were among the injured and some of them were in a critical condition, according to the media reports.
Dogar also told reporters the incident appeared to be a &ldquo;bomb blast&rdquo; but investigations were underway to determine the exact nature of the explosion.
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Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat said that after the faceoff with Indian forces along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Galwan valley and other areas in the Ladakh

Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat said that after the faceoff with Indian forces along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Galwan&nbsp;valley and other areas in the Ladakh region last year, the Chinese Army realised that they needed better training and preparation.
He also mentioned that China had to make changes in its deployment in the mountainous terrains of the Himalayas post-Galwan&nbsp;clash.
Rawat&nbsp;while speaking to news agency ANI, pointed out that Chinese soldiers are mostly enlisted for a short duration and don't have experience of fighting in the mountain terrain of the Himalayas, whereas soldiers in India have specialised training and are very adept at warfare in difficult zones like the Tibet autonomous region.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel received a Moderna Covid-19 vaccine as her second jab, after getting AstraZeneca as the first, a spokesman said Tuesday. The 66-year-ol

German Chancellor Angela Merkel became the first world leader to receive a&nbsp;Covid vaccine cocktail shot.
Merkel took her first dose of AstraZeneca's vaccine in April, and on June 22, she received Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine as her second shot.
The 66-year-old took her first dose of AstraZeneca's vaccine in April, more than two weeks after German authorities recommended the use of the jab only for people aged 60 and over.
Merkel who is stepping down this year after 16 years in power had sparked concerns for her health in 2019 with a series of shaking spells. She has however appeared to be in good condition since then.

The highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus is the "greatest threat" to America’s attempt to eradicate the Covid-19 pandemic, White House Chief Medical

The highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus is the "greatest threat" to America&rsquo;s attempt to eradicate the Covid-19 pandemic, White House Chief Medical Advisor Dr Anthony Fauci has warned.
Speaking at a White House briefing on Covid-19 on Tuesday, Fauci said the variant, which was first identified in India, now makes up more than 20 per cent of all new cases in the US. It's a significant increase from nearly 10 per cent two weeks ago.
However, the &ldquo;good news&rdquo; is that the US vaccines are effective against the Delta variant, said Fauci.
he World Health Organization classified the Delta variant as a variant of concern on May 10.

The four men, who were part of a Saudi kill team that murdered Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, received paramilitary training in the United Sta

The four men, who were&nbsp;part of a Saudi kill team that murdered Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, received paramilitary training in the United States, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. The report said&nbsp; that the training was given under a contract approved by the US state department.
The training included &ldquo;safe marksmanship&rdquo; and &ldquo;countering an attack&rdquo;, according to the NYT report, which quoted the company to say that it was devised to better protect Saudi leaders.
The news report further points out that the American officials who approved the training knew the Saudis were involved in the crackdown.
Khashoggi, a critic of the Saudi regime, was killed and dismembered by a team of operatives linked to Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman in the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul in October 2018.

Australia on Tuesday said it will strongly oppose a UNESCO plan to list the Great Barrier Reef as being "in danger" over deterioration caused by climate change. The UN

Australia on Tuesday said it will strongly oppose a UNESCO plan to list the Great Barrier Reef as being "in danger" over deterioration caused by climate change.
The UN body released a draft report on Monday recommending the reef's World Heritage status be downgraded because of its dramatic coral decline.
The reef is one of seven sites threatened with being added to the endangered heritage list over ecological damage, overdevelopment, overtourism or security concerns.
Others include the Italian city of Venice, which has been overrun with tourists, and the waterfront of the English city of Liverpool.

Chinese products come with no guarantee. Tne countries that relied on Chinese Covid vaccines are now battling new virus surges. According to a report in New York Times

Chinese products come with no guarantee. Tne countries that relied on Chinese Covid vaccines are now battling new virus surges.
According to a report in New York Times, countries like Mongolia, Seychelles and Bahrain that are vaccinating their population with Covid-19 vaccines made by China are now battling a surge in infections.
In Seychelles, Chile, Bahrain and Mongolia, about 50 to 68% of the populations have been fully inoculated with Chinese vaccines. However, they are also among the top 10 countries with the worst Covid-19 outbreaks, the NYT report said.
While the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines have efficacy rates of more than 90%, China's Sinopharm vaccine has an efficacy rate of 78.% and the Sinovac vaccine has an efficacy rate of 51%.

India on Tuesday slammed Pakistan for providing pensions to dreaded and listed terrorists and hosting them on its territory, New Delhi said that it's high time Isl

India on Tuesday slammed Pakistan for providing pensions to dreaded and listed terrorists and hosting them on its territory, New Delhi said that&nbsp;it's high time Islamabad is held accountable for aiding and abetting terrorism.
Exercising the Right of Reply to the statements made by Pakistan at the 47th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, the Indian representative said that the scourge of terrorism is the gravest violation of human rights. "It&nbsp; must be dealt with in strongest terms in all its forms and manifestations," India added.&nbsp;
Noting that Pakistan has once again misused the UN platform for making informed and irresponsible allegations against India, the Indian diplomat said that Islamabad has been doing this only to distract the Council's attention from the deplorable human rights situation in the country.

First it was a monkey on the Delhi Metro, now a video has emerged of a piglet hopping on to a train in Hong Kong. According to the reports, the baby boar entered a Hon

First it was a monkey on the Delhi Metro, now a video has emerged of a piglet hopping on to a train in Hong Kong.
According to the reports, the baby boar entered a Hong Kong subway station and managed to board two trains before it was caught and released back into the wild.
The viral video shows the piglet running around the train coach as amused commuters watch. While the train staff attempted to catch the pig, it soon boarded another train. ultimately, the train had to be diverted to a depot where the officials managed to capture the animal.
The video triggered a barrage of reactions online. While some were amused, others were concerned about the safety of the animal.

American authorities took down a range of Iran's state-linked news websites under unclear circumstances on Tuesday, news agency AP has reported. The crackdown on Irania

American authorities took down a range of Iran's state-linked news websites under unclear circumstances on Tuesday, news agency AP has reported. The crackdown on Iranian media may have far-reaching impact amid heightened tensions between the two countries.
Both the US and Iran officials have unofficially confirmed the take-down without giving any details.
The US seized roughly three dozen websites, the majority of which are linked to Iranian disinformation efforts, a US govt official told AP.
Iranian state-run news agency IRNA announced the US government seizures of the websites, without providing further information.
The takedowns come as world powers scramble to resurrect Tehran's tattered 2015 nuclear deal and just days after the election victory of Iran's hard-line judiciary chief, Ebrahim Raisi.

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The longest of Covids: 72-year-old UK man tested positive for 10 months

SCO meet: NSA Ajit Doval proposes action against Pak-based terror groups

At least 1 dead, many feared trapped under debris after building collapse in Miami

Scientists are developing a 'super vaccine' to fight Covid variants

Antivirus creator John McAfee dies by hanging in prison after court approves extradition

CDC warns of heart inflammation concerns after Pfizer, Moderna vaccine shot for young people

Delta variant to account for 90% of new cases in Europe by August-end: EU agency

Warren Buffett resigns from Gates Foundation

London: Wanted diamond merchant Nirav Modi loses first stage of extradition appeal

On camera: pet chimpanzee who attacked woman shot dead in US

Pakistan: blast near Hafiz Saeed's home in Lahore kills 2, wounds 16 others

CDS Bipin Rawat: China changed deployment after Galwan, realised need for better training

Covid vaccine cocktail for Angela Merkel: AstraZeneca dose followed by Moderna shot

Covid Delta variant greatest threat to the US: Dr Anthony Fauci

Saudi team that killed Jamal Khashoggi got training in the US: report

Australian seethes at Great Barrier Reef downgrade by UNESCO

Countries giving Chinese Covid shots battle virus surge: report

India slams Pakistan for giving pensions to dreaded terrorists

Viral video: All aBOARd! Piglet hops on to Hong Kong train

US takes down Iranian news sites in massive crackdown

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