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Virus surge claims brightest minds at Indian universities
World
June 19, 2021
Virus surge claims brightest minds at Indian universities
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Sajad Hassan sat at his professor’s hospital bedside for three nights, doing most of the talking…
Brazil still debating dubious virus drug amid 500,000 deaths
World
June 19, 2021
Brazil still debating dubious virus drug amid 500,000 deaths
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — As Brazil hurtles toward an official COVID-19 death toll of 500,000 — second-highest in the world…
COVID-19 in Egypt: 613 new cases, 31 deaths on Monday
Egypt
June 15, 2021
COVID-19 in Egypt: 613 new cases, 31 deaths on Monday
Egypt’s Health Ministry on Monday confirmed 613 new coronavirus cases, bringing the country’s total up to 273,795. The total number…
COVID-19 in Egypt: 691 new cases, 41 deaths on Sunday
Egypt
June 14, 2021
COVID-19 in Egypt: 691 new cases, 41 deaths on Sunday
Egypt’s Health Ministry on Sunday confirmed 691 new coronavirus cases, bringing the country’s total up to 273,182. The total number…
Saudi Arabia says hajj to be limited to 60,000 in kingdom
Middle East
June 12, 2021
Saudi Arabia says hajj to be limited to 60,000 in kingdom
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia says this year’s hajj pilgrimage will be limited to no more than…
Pandemic relapse spells trouble for India’s middle class
World
June 12, 2021
Pandemic relapse spells trouble for India’s middle class
NEW DELHI (AP) — Ram Babu moved from his village to the Indian capital New Delhi in 1980, to clean…
What we know about the Covid-19 Delta variant first found in India
Features/Interviews
June 11, 2021
What we know about the Covid-19 Delta variant first found in India
A coronavirus variant first detected in India in February has now gone global, popping up in dozens of countries and…
Egypt may witness fourth wave of coronavirus in September: official
Health & Fitness
June 10, 2021
Egypt may witness fourth wave of coronavirus in September: official
Egypt may witness a fourth wave of coronavirus in September, warned Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health and Population for…
COVID-19 in Egypt: 765 new cases, 34 deaths on Wednesday
Egypt
June 10, 2021
COVID-19 in Egypt: 765 new cases, 34 deaths on Wednesday
Egypt’s Health Ministry on Wednesday confirmed 765 new coronavirus cases, bringing the country’s total up to 270,292. The total number…
In Lebanon, a search for medicine and a stranger’s help
Middle East
June 9, 2021
In Lebanon, a search for medicine and a stranger’s help
To all the struggles of life in Lebanon — the pandemic, the power outages, the inflation, the punishing financial and…