Nepal's cases skyrocket, prompting concern the country's outbreak could mimic India's
Updated 0814 GMT (1614 HKT) May 6, 2021
In Nepal, a situation is unfolding that looks chillingly familiar.
ICC sentences Ugandan Lord’s Resistance Army leader to 25 years
Former child soldier Dominic Ongwen committed crimes against humanity as commander in cult
The international criminal court has sentenced a former militia leader and child soldier from Uganda to 25 years in prison after he was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity in a landmark judgment.
The presiding judge, Bertram Schmitt, said the panel of judges had considered sentencing Dominic Ongwen to life imprisonment, the court’s harshest punishment, but had sided against it due to the defendant’s own personal suffering.
Ongwen was convicted in February on charges of murder, rape, sexual slavery, abduction and torture committed as a commander in the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a violent cult which waged a bloody campaign in Uganda and neighbouring countries from the mid-1980s until only a few years ago.
Russia still poised to attack Ukraine, claims US top diplomat
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, on a visit to Kiev, said a military threat to Ukraine from Moscow remained
"In terms of the threat, it remains," Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said in a press conference in Kiev on Thursday. "Russia has the capacity on fairly short notice to take aggressive action if it so chooses."
The first senior Biden administration official to visit Ukraine, Mr. Blinken said he had travelled to offer support for Ukraine as it manages a serious uptick in its seven year undeclared conflict with its eastern neighbour.
Access to COVID vaccine patents is not the same as access to vaccines
The US has backed India and South Africa's bid to temporarily lift patent protection for COVID-19 vaccines. The support for an IP waiver by the WTO has left pharma companies dismayed and health activists asking for more.
US President Joe Biden has thrown his support behind efforts by India, South Africa and dozens of other countries to temporarily suspend intellectual property (IP) protections for coronavirus vaccines, offering hope for countries struggling for doses and leaving vaccine makers exasperated.
The reversal of the previous US position comes as a deadly second wave of the coronavirus sweeps through India, leaving tens of thousands dead and many more infected over the past few weeks. The virus has overwhelmed the country's already dilapidated health care system with patients struggling for hospital beds and medical oxygen.
Coronavirus India Live Updates: Several Rajdhanis, Shatabdis from Delhi cancelled due to ‘increase in Covid cases & poor occupancy’
Coronavirus (Covid-19) India Lockdown News Live Updates: India on Thursday reported 4,12,262 new cases and 3,980 deaths in the last 24 hours. India had become the first country in the world to register over 4 lakh infections in a single day on April 30, when it reported 4.08 lakh infections.
By: Express Web Desk | Bengaluru, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi |
Updated: May 6, 2021
Several Rajdhanis, Shatabdis, and Vande Bharat Express trains from Delhi have been cancelled till further notice due to “increase in Covid cases and poor occupancy”, the Railway authorities said on Thursday. Earlier in the day, Sri Lanka announced that all arrivals from India will be banned with immediate effect due to the record rise in COVID-19 cases in the neighbouring country. Several countries like the UK, the UAE, Australia and Singapore have already banned travellers from India as well as other South Asian countries.
The Supreme Court Thursday directed the Centre to prepare for the third wave of Covid-19 pandemic by creating a buffer stock of medical oxygen to subside panic among the people.
Malawi orders thousands of refugees to return to overcrowded camp
Despite years of integration, the government claims refugees could pose a threat to national security by living with locals.
The Malawian government has ordered thousands of long-integrated refugees to return to its sole but badly overcrowded refugee camp, in a controversial move that many have vowed to resist.
The UN estimates there are around 2,000 refugees residing outside the camp at Dzaleka, about 40 kilometres (30 miles) north of the capital Lilongwe.
Many have lived there for years, setting up businesses in the town or marrying Malawians and having children with them.
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