#UPDATES India's Covid death toll passes 200,000: official data
#UPDATES A total 201,187 people have died in India in the pandemic, health ministry data shows, though many experts suspect true toll is higher
India has now reported 18 million infections, up 360,000 in 24 hours, with six million new cases this month alone
As record infections spark severe shortages of the gas in hospitals, desperate patients are flocking to a tent outside a gurdwara, a Sikh place of worship, in Ghaziabad city, arriving in cars, rickshaws and even ambulances u.afp.com/UPB3
India's coronavirus death toll crosses 200,000 as a relentless wave of new cases swamps hospitals, while US President Joe Biden hails America's "stunning" progress in its fight against the pandemic u.afp.com/UP2U
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#BREAKING At least 20 critically injured in accident at Israel pilgrimage site: rescue services
#UPDATE Dozens of people have been injured, 20 of them critically, after a grandstand collapsed at a Jewish pilgrimage site in Meron, Israeli rescue services say.
Tens of thousands of Jews were participating in an annual pilgrimage for the feast of Lag BaOmer
#BREAKING 'Dozens of dead' in Israel pilgrimage accident: rescue services
#BREAKING Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan armies exchange fire on disputed border, at least one dead
#BREAKING Kyrgyzstan says seized Tajik border post during heavy fighting
#UPDATE#Kyrgyzstan's national security committee said Thursday it had "seized" a border post belonging to Central Asian neighbour #Tajikistan during the worst fighting at their disputed border in years u.afp.com/UW4U
#BREAKING Cyprus settlement talks found little common ground: UN chief
#UPDATE UN chief Antonio Guterres says three days of informal talks in Geneva with rival Cypriot leaders failed to find common ground that could help resolve the decades-old dispute
#BREAKING Turkish Cypriot leader says 'no sense' in talks without equal status recognition
Women make history as Pelosi, Harris flank Biden for speech.
It marks a milestone in the nation's nearly 245-year history, and female lawmakers noted the symbolism regarding the strides that women have taken to reach positions of American power
#BREAKING UK political watchdog launches formal probe into PM's apartment makeover
#UPDATE Britain's Electoral Commission on Wednesday announced a formal investigation into how Prime Minister Boris Johnson paid for a lavish makeover of his Downing Street flat, seriously escalating a simmering scandal
#BREAKING UK PM denies wrongdoing in Downing Street flat makeover