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The European Commission is working on legal proceedings against AstraZeneca after the drugmaker cut Covid-19 vaccine deliveries to the European Union, sources familiar with the matter said. The move would mark a further step in an EU plan to sever ties with the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker after the company repeatedly cut supplies to the bloc, contributing to major delays in Europe's vaccine rollout. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2QmsGaJ

The Syrian government received a batch of 203,000 Covid-19 vaccines Thursday, the health minister said, in a move aimed at speeding up a sluggish inoculation process in the war-torn country. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/32CNf5g

Germany's finance minister faces a grilling Thursday by lawmakers probing the collapse of payments firm Wirecard in a parliamentary inquiry that would also put Chancellor Angela Merkel in the hot seat. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2RW0hsz

Julian Melcer is cleaning up a Tel Aviv beach, one cigarette butt at a time. Prowling the shore, a large plastic bag in hand, the 26-year-old Israeli treats every day like Earth Day, picking up butts and selling small pouches he calls pocket ashtrays to smokers to deter them from littering. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3ekF2bn

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has apologized after an investigation found that at least 161,000 mostly Africans and Indians who died fighting for the British Empire during World War I weren't properly honored due to "pervasive racism." from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3n8RCyx

A Hong Kong journalist was found guilty on Thursday of making false statements in obtaining information for an investigation into an attack on anti-government protesters, in the latest blow to press freedom in the city as authorities continue their crackdown on dissent. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2QOdenL

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Australia has overruled Victoria state's decision to join the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) -- the flagship of President Xi Jinping's geostrategic vision for the Asia-Pacific region -- saying the agreement was inconsistent with Australia's foreign policy. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3vagY1M

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It urges the US government that in close consultation with India, identify areas where it can provide diplomatic and other support as appropriate for India's efforts to address economic and security challenges posed by China in the region. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US Election 2020 news on Times of India https://ift.tt/3gtoAs3

After three years of ban on fasting during the holy Islamic month of Ramadan in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), Uyghur Muslims from Xinjiang refrain fasting during Ramadan despite easing of restrictions this year, due to lingering fear of being branded an "extremist" and marked for detention. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2QMQ010

Australia has cancelled two Chinese "Belt and Road'' infrastructure building initiative deals with a state government, provoking an angry response from Beijing. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2QHipWq

The Israeli military struck multiple Syrian targets after a missile targeted southern Israel near a secretive nuclear site, the army said early Thursday. Israel has never disclosed its nuclear arsenal, but foreign experts claim the Jewish state has between 100 to 300 nuclear warheads. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2PaiLEy

US President Joe Biden is expected to formally recognize the massacre of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during World War One as an act of genocide, sources said on Wednesday, a move likely to infuriate Turkey and further strain already frayed ties between the two NATO allies. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US Election 2020 news on Times of India https://ift.tt/2PahTzM

A car bomb blast late on Wednesday ripped through a luxury hotel's parking area in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, killing four people and wounding 11, officials said. China's ambassador to Pakistan was staying at the hotel, but was not there when the bomb exploded. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3gw2BAO

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A divided US Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm Vanita Gupta as the first woman of colour to serve in the No. 3 job at the justice department, a role at the forefront of the department’s renewed efforts to combat systemic racism in policing. Gupta won confirmation as President Joe Biden’s associate attorney general in a final vote of 51-49. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US Election 2020 news on Times of India https://ift.tt/3sFGCd0

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