Four Indian players Covid positive ahead of Windies series

New Delhi, Feb 2 (AFP/APP): Four Indian players, including senior batter Shikhar Dhawan, have tested positive for coronavirus ahead of the home series against the West Indies, the country’s cricket board said Wednesday. Dhawan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer and Navdeep Saini (standby player) returned positive […]

Italy PM lifts some Covid measures, vows further reopening

Rome, Feb 2 (AFP/APP):Italy’s government decided Wednesday to ease several anti-Covid restrictions, including for schools, as Prime Minister Mario Draghi promised to “continue to advance on this path of reopening”. Among the changes announced was the end of distance learning for primary and secondary students […]

More than 50 killed in DR Congo machete attack

Bunia, DR Congo, Feb 2 (AFP/APP): More than 50 civilians were killed when machete-wielding militiamen attacked a site for displaced people in strife-torn eastern DR Congo, sources said. Fifty-two people, some of them children, were killed, a source with the UN’s peacekeeping mission MONUSCO said, […]

Sri Lanka seeks IMF advice amid worsening crisis

Colombo, Feb 2 (AFP/APP):Sri Lanka has asked for “advice” from the International Monetary Fund amid a worsening economic crisis, the finance minister said Wednesday, signaling Colombo could seek an international bailout. The island’s tourism sector and worker remittances, the government’s main sources of income, have […]

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