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Eid Al Adha: Justin Trudeau Celebrates Contribution of Muslim Canadians
Instead the donated sheep, goats and cows will be killed in abattoirs to mark the "Feast of the Sacrifice,", celebrated by Muslims around the world to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail at God's command. El-Sisi's statement added that this move "reflected the kingdom's capability, wide experience, and keenness to bear this sacred responsibility to hold the greate... [Full Article...]
Vietnam Records First COVID-19 Death
The health ministry on Friday reported 82 new infections, 26 of which were imported, marking the Southeast Asian country's biggest single-day jump. The 45 latest patients, aged between 27 and 87, are linked to three hospitals and two clinics in Danang, according to the health ministry, which overnight sent a special task force of health experts, along with more than 1,000 health workers, to the ... [Full Article...]
Bomb Attack Kills At Least Eight Afghans Ahead Of Cease-Fire
Attention is focused on whether the Afghan government will release more prisoners to help the ceasefire talks make headway. "To show goodwill and accelerate the peace talks, we will release 500 Taliban prisoners in response to the group's three-day ceasefire announcement", Ghani said in an Eid address. [Full Article...]
COVID-19 vaccine trials must conform to the highest standards, says Experts
The vaccine, in its early stage, was successful in producing an immune response. AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot made the promise during an online media interaction on Thursday, saying that a vaccine needed to be accessible to as many people as possible. [Full Article...]
Appeals court overturns Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence
Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had his death sentence overturned on Friday by a federal appeals court. While the appeals judges upheld much of Tsarnaev's conviction, they ordered a lower-court judge to hold a new trial strictly over what sentence he should receive for the death penalty-eligible crimes he was convicted of. [Full Article...]
Italian senate paves way for Salvini migrant trial
Prosecutors in Sicily implicate Mr Salvini of prohibited detention, which might bring a prison regard to up to 15 years. This opens the way for criminal prosecution Salvini court of Palermo in connection with its ban in August 2019 on the landing of 80 migrants from a vessel non-governmental organization Open Arms. [Full Article...]
'Birds have landed': French-made Rafale fighter jets reach India
The IAF received the Rafale jets 23 years after it imported Sukhoi-30 Ks from Russian Federation in 1997. Taking to micro-blogging site Twitter , the Defence Minister said , "I would like to add, if it is anyone who should be anxious about or critical about this new capability of the Indian Air Force , it should be those who want to threaten our territorial integrity". [Full Article...]
Unsealed court documents reveal Ghislaine Maxwell's connection with Epstein
Responding to an email from her a few days later, Epstein wrote: "You have done nothing wrong and I (would) urge you to start acting like it". Facing up to 35 years in prison if convicted, she is now being held in a federal jail in Brooklyn while awaiting trial; she has pleaded not guilty . [Full Article...]