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09 Jul

Louis Vuitton featuring the world’s biggest boy band, BTS.

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The Louis Vuitton designer surprised everyone with the release of a spin-off fashion film featuring the members of the world’s biggest boy band, BTS. The septet modelled for his fall/winter 2021 menswear collection. Back in April, the members of BTS became Vuitton house ambassadors Directed by Jeon Go-woon and Park Sye-young, the fashion film has Jin, Suga, j-Hope, RM, Jimin, Jungkook, and V wearing the brand's exclusive outfits designed by Abloh. Sharing the video, Louis Vuitton wrote on Instagram, "Fashion Show with BTS. Envisioning hope. With a collection that aims to reverse predetermined stereotypes, @VirgilAbloh’s latest #LouisVuitton Men’s Fall-Winter 2021 presentation in Seoul features pop…

07 Jul

Afghan troops struggle to replace Americans at key base

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After American troops withdrew without notifying them, Afghan soldiers guarding the Bagram Air Base have been left with thousands of Taliban prisoners and a certainty that the enemy will attack.Following the September 11 attacks and the US invasion of Afghanistan, the Americans took control of the base and used it as the launching pad for air strikes against the Taliban and to protect Afghan forces. But the last of the American soldiers quietly left the base last week, effectively completing their withdrawal from Afghanistan and leaving a massive security vacuum that the Afghan military will struggle to fill. The new…

06 Jul

Plane with at least 28 people on board goes missing in Russia’s Far East region

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Contact has been lost with a passenger plane carrying 28 people in Russia's Far East, news agencies cited emergency services as saying on Tuesday.The An-26 was flying from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Palana in the Kamchatka Peninsula when it did not make a scheduled call-in, the Interfax, RIA Novosti and TASS agencies quoted local officials as saying. The report said the 28 on board included six crew members and that there were one or two children among the passengers. The plane lost contact with air traffic control while attempting to land, TASS separately cited a source as saying. Russia, once known for…

03 Jul

Covishield Should Be Recognised in Travel Schemes: UK PM Johnson

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The Union Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday, 2 July, said that there was no reason why people who received Covishield – the Indian-made AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines, should be left out of vaccine passport schemes, reported Reuters. This comes after the European Union did not recognise the vaccine for travel purposes. About 5 million people in Britain are thought to have had the vaccine made by Serum Institute in India, known as Covishield. "I see no reason at all why the MHRA-approved vaccines should not be recognised as part of the vaccine passports and Im very confident that that…

02 Jul

Turkey women protest withdrawal from gender protection treaty

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Turkey officially withdrew from the international treaty protecting women against violence. Hundreds of women holding banners took to the streets to protest against the decision to withdraw from a treaty aimed at protecting women from violence. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan move has not been welcomed by the people but the president has insisted it will not be a step backwards for women, according to AP. Turkey signed the treaty, called the Istanbul Convention, in 2011.In March, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued an unexpected decree announcing Turkey’s intention to withdraw from the treaty, which he and members of his Islamist party…

02 Jul

Drone spotted over Indian High Commission in Islamabad, Delhi lodges protest with Pakistan

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A drone was spotted over the Indian High Commission complex in Islamabad last week and Pakistan has been asked to investigate the incident and prevent recurrence of such “breach of security”, the external affairs ministry said on Friday. The Indian mission has also lodged a strong protest with Pakistan over the incident through a note verbale which is a diplomatic communique, people familiar with the development said. "On Saturday at about 22:15 hours while we had a function underway near the residential area inside the Indian High Commission, we saw a drone hovering over us which came in twice," a…

01 Jul

Seven European Union countries have cleared India’s Covishield amid travel pass row.

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Several European Union countries have cleared the Serum Institute of India's Covid-19 vaccine, Covishield, amid travel pass row. According to a PTI report, nine European nations have agreed to accept Covishield for travel to their countries. Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Greece, Iceland, Ireland and Spain are among the countries that will allow travel by people who have taken Covishield shots. Besides, Switzerland has also included the drug in 'green pass' amid a row over travel pass to Indians. Separately, Estonia has also confirmed that it will recognise all vaccines authorised by India for the travel of Indians. This comes after India requested…

01 Jul

Covid Delta variant detected in 96 countries: WHO

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The Delta Covid-19 variant has now been detected in 96 countries, 11 more than last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its latest update. The Delta variant, also referred to as a “double mutant” because it carries two mutations, is 55 per cent more transmissible than the Alpha variant, initially detected in the UK, and will rapidly become the dominant strain of globally, Xinhua news agency quoted the WHO as saying in the update issued on Wednesday. Africa has reported many new outbreaks of the variant as Tunisia, Mozambique, Uganda, Nigeria, and Malawi are among the 11 countries…

29 Jun

Man prisoned after jumping from plane in Los Angeles

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A passenger who tried to break into an airplane cockpit last week had been recently under the influence of methamphetamine before he jumped from the moving plane in Los Angeles. Luis Antonio Victoria Dominguez of La Paz, Mexico, broke his leg on Friday when he opened the plane's emergency exit and jumped to the tarmac at Los Angeles International Airport. He underwent surgery and is expected to appear in federal court this week on a charge of interference with a flight crew, which could bring 20 years in prison if he is declared guilty. It was not clear yet if…

28 Jun

Palestine imposing international sanctions against Israel

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Palestine has called for imposing international sanctions against Israel to stop its policies against the Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem which supports an Amnesty International report issued on June 24 saying Israeli security forces committed violations against the Palestinians, reports Xinhua news agency. The Ministry statement slammed the US and the European Union for not exerting serious pressure on the Israeli government to stop its practices against the Palestinians. On June 24, the Amnesty International report said that Israeli police carried out "a catalogue of violations against Palestinians across Israel and occupied East Jerusalem". The report said…