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2022-07-04 06:07:02 BREAKING IN : Massive landslide leaves 25 dead, dozens missing in Manipur .

25 people were killed in several landslides that hit the state of Manipur's Tupul area, since Wednesday, with footage from Saturday showing the aftermath of the disaster.

The most recent landslide happened on Saturday morning, while 2 more landslides hit an an army camp of the Indian Army regiment 107 on Wednesday and Thursday, reportedly claiming the lives of 18 servicemen.

Another 38 people were still reported missing at the time of writing, with search and rescue operations underway.

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2022-07-03 23:16:28 BREAKING : Moscow City Skyscraper's Roof on Fire

Smoke is pouring out one of the many tall buildings that make up the business district of the Russian capital.

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2022-07-03 12:30:17 BREAKING IN : Thousands hospitalised across Japan amid record-breaking heatwave.

Thousands of people across Japan have been hospitalised due to a historic heatwave hitting the region.

More than 4,500 people were sent to hospitals with heatstroke last week, authorities say.

Some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo were called to save electricity, as temperatures in some parts of the country exceeded 40 degrees Celcius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).

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2022-07-03 11:31:39 BREAKING IN : FDA Urges Big Pharma To Upgrade Boosters By Autumn.

The FDA has advised vaccine companies to produce an upgraded booster shot by autumn that can protect against the original Covid strain as well as the recently virulent BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants, which accounted for over half of US cases this week..

Their advice comes despite a lack of clinical trials to prove the efficacy of the requested dual-purpose shots as concerns that they must be ordered now to be ready in time for the anticipated winter surge.

A Weill Cornell microbiology professor slammed the FDA’s haste on Wednesday, writing: "A multibillion-dollar decision to launch a vaccine based wholly or in part on the BA.1, BA.4, or BA.5 sequence that would affect more than 100mn people need not be unduly rushed."

Which part of the multi-billion-dollar decision is a surprise?

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2022-07-03 04:38:10 BREAKING IN : Turkey Offers to Serve as Mediator to Ease Global Food Crisis.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants Ankara to become a re-exporter of Ukrainian goods, including grain, barley, oats and sunflower oil.

The country has stockpiles and merchant ships necessary for such an arrangement, Erdogan told reporters Friday.The Turkish leader says he will discuss this idea in the coming days with his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts, Putin and Zelensky.

Erdogan adding that his govt wanted to ensure that a “grain corridor starts working as soon as possible”.

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2022-07-02 20:37:24 BREAKING IN : 6.3 magnitude earthquake hits southern Iran; 5 killed, 44 injured.

Five people have died and 44 others have been wounded due to a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that hit southern Iran on Saturday, state media reported.

Sayeh Khosh village, 1,000 kilometres south of capital Tehran, in the Hormozgan province has been identified as the epicentre.

Tremors from the earthquake were felt in many neighbouring countries, as per the state media.

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2022-07-02 20:18:22 BREAKING IN : US Supplying More Natural Gas to Europe Than Russia – First Time Ever (report).

With the EU looking for new sources of natural gas after Gazprom stopped deliveries via Nord Stream to countries that didn't agree to new payment terms - the US is now supplying more natural gas to Europe than Russia sends by pipelines. (International Energy Agency)

In March, the EU agreed to add 15 billion cubic metres of the US LNG as an alternative to Russian gas.

However, combined with Russian LNG, Moscow continues to be the largest overall supplier of gas to the EU, far ahead of the US, Qatar and Algeria.

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2022-07-02 19:21:02 BREAKING IN : Alabama Seeks to Become First State Banning Gender-Affirming Treatments for Children .

The state of Alabama has called on a federal court to uphold a ban on so-called gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender youths, citing a recent Supreme Court ruling that allowed state governments to prohibit abortions.

In a 76-page brief filed with the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall insisted that a previous injunction on the state’s ban of transgender treatments should be overturned.

In the brief, Marshall goes on to insist that the Constitution reserves to the state, and not courts or medical interest groups, the authority to determine that “sterilizing interventions” are too dangerous for minors, adding that the State has a right to regulate or prohibit such interventions for children “even if an adult wants the drugs for his child.”

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2022-07-02 18:14:22 BREAKING IN : India's largest floating solar power project fully operational in T'gana, pics released.

India's largest floating solar power project is now fully operational, the government announced.

The NTPC declared commercial operation of the final part capacity of 20 MW out of 100 MW Ramagundam Floating Solar PV Project at Ramagundam, Telangana with effect from July 1.

The project spreads over 500 acres and is divided into 40 blocks.

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2022-07-01 21:23:31 BREAKING IN : PM Modi speaks with Putin , reiterates call for dialogue on Ukraine conflict.

PM Narendra Modi on Friday spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone, the Prime Minister's office said.

"In the context of the ongoing situation in Ukraine, PM reiterated India's long-standing position in favour of dialogue and diplomacy," said the PMO.

The two leaders exchanged ideas on increasing bilateral trade in agricultural goods, fertilizers and pharma products, it added.

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