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The Canadian province of Ontario will return to a lockdown on Saturday, India's annual electricity usage fell for the first time in at least 35 years, Biden launches ambitious infra plan & other news updates in your morning shot.

China denies holding back information on Coronavirus, Indonesian navy divers have recovered the cockpit voice recorder of a Sriwijaya Air jet, Chinese 'militia' spreads in disputed waters & other news updates in your morning shot.

Chinese leaders endorsed a sweeping overhaul of Hong Kong's electoral system, WHO to release key virus information, Several Asian countries scrambled to find alternative sources for covid-19 inoculations & other news updates in your morning shot.

New Zealand passes miscarriages bereavement leave law, The University of Aberdeen in Scotland is to return a Benin bronze sculpture to Nigeria,Tribe protest against eviction from tiger reserve & other news updates in your morning shot.

North Korea fired two short-range missiles at the weekend,The world's biggest banks cut lending to fossil fuel firms by 9% in 2020 , Government hopes to resolve Iran's currency issue by next month & other news updates in your morning shot.

Taiwan grounded all military airplanes for training and drills, At least 10 people lost their lives in Colorado in a mass shooting, Israelis began voting in the country's 4th parliamentary election in 2 years & other news updates in your morning shot.

Eight Hong Kong democracy activists set to return from China, A Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off carrying 38 foreign satellites, Angela Merkel proposed keeping German lockdown restrictions in force for another 4 weeks & other news updates in your morning shot.

Ethiopia's PM issued a “final notice” to the fugitive leaders of the country's embattled Tigray region, Turkish air force conducted a strike against a zone in northern Syria held by Kurdish militia, Thousands of people in Sydney's outer suburbs were ordered to evacuate & other news updates in your morning shot.

French diplomat appointed as personal envoy on Afghanistan, Chinese regulators recently summoned 11 domestic technology companies, Child and maternal deaths in India climb & other news updates in your morning shot.

President Biden’s top diplomat and defence chief travelled to South Korea, Myanmar's most powerful Buddhist monks' association called on the junta to end violence, Bahraini prince probed over vaccine gift & other news updates in your morning shot.

WHO appealed to countries on Monday not to pause vaccination campaigns, N Korea warns US before Seoul meeting, PM Boris Johnson will unveil plans to shift Britain’s foreign policy focus toward India & other news updates in your morning shot.

Indonesia will aim to boost sales of electric vehicles with a new regulation, President Joe Biden declines to call for Cuomo to resign, Taiwanese firms asked to fly flags & other news updates in your morning shot.

The Gulf Cooperation Council’s borrowing requirements could drop to $10 billion, FEMA to help with the surge of children at the border, Elections in 2 German states pose a difficult test for Angela Merkel's party & other news updates in your morning shot.

A lobbyist hired by Myanmar's junta to explain the real situation of the army's coup to the US, Almost 1M Australians will be able to enjoy half-price flights to boost Aussie tourism, Yemen hangar fire kills 44 & other news updates in your morning shot.

Joe Biden to hold first-ever joint talks with the leaders of Australia, India, and Japan, Taiwan’s top engineers to build a world-class chipmaking industry, South Korean hospitals extract extra vaccine doses & other news updates in your morning shot.

A top judge threw out both corruption convictions of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Hiring to pick up the pace for the upcoming three months, Life insurance cos see 21% rise in new business premium & other news updates in your morning shot.

Yemen's Houthi forces fired drones and missiles at Saudi Arabia's oil industry, China upgrades its “legal tool kit” in order to oppose foreign sanctions, Israel launched a campaign to vaccinate Palestinian workers & other news updates in your morning shot.

Biden’s signature $1.9 trillion covid-19 relief bill passed the Senate, Scores of Myanmar nationals have gathered at the border with India waiting to join, Thousands turned out for the latest protest in Vienna against coronavirus restrictions & other news updates in your morning shot.

Democrats pushed the "George Floyd Justice in Policing Act" through the House by a vote of 220-212, SpaceX’s unmanned rocket exploded on the ground, Hong Kong has been excluded from the Heritage Foundation's Index of Economic Freedom & other news updates in your morning shot.

British finance minister Rishi Sunak promising measures to safeguard businesses and jobs, Sovereign wealth funds to navigate growing regulatory scrutiny across some of their favored areas for investment, India ready to work with the UN to deliver COVID vaccines to Syria & other news updates in your morning shot.

Biden’s approach to Saudi Arabia represents a “recalibration” and not a break in historically close ties, Share of cesses and surcharges in the gross tax revenue nearly doubled, Euro 2020 shrouded in uncertainty about exactly how and where the competition will take place & other news updates in your morning shot.

Turkey’s economy outperformed all peers except China in the final quarter of last year, Aung San Suu Kyi hit with two new criminal charges when she appeared in court via video link on Monday, The "right to repair” now for Europeans to cut the environmental footprint of manufactured goods & other news updates in your morning shot.

Pakistan passed a bill banning corporal punishment for children, Thousands of people demonstrated in cities across Argentina to protest the "VIP vaccinations" scandal, Dom Rep to construct a fence along the Haiti border & other news updates in your morning shot.

An Australian push to host the 2032 Olympics was elevated overnight to the status of preferred bid, Chinese President declared his country extreme poverty-free, Sailor clings to fishing buoy for 14 hours & other news updates in your morning shot.

Tiger Woods crashed his SUV on a downhill road in the Los Angeles suburbs, Sri Lanka under UN human rights scanner, The supply of corporate bonds in the domestic market is expected to double & other news updates in your morning shot.

US Supreme Court allows the release of Trump tax records, Britain's unemployment rate edged up to 5.1% in the final quarter of 2020, Government is looking to ensure that India become self-reliant in the silk sector & other news updates in your morning shot.

Taiwan doubled more than its forecast for export growth this year, Indonesian President Joko Widodo said local authorities should get prepared for potential forest fires, Human rights abuses rising in pandemic & other news updates in your morning shot.

Higher temperatures are spreading across the southern United States, Niger voted Sunday in a presidential run-off, Germany has tapped debt markets to prop up its virus-hit economy & other news updates in your morning shot.

Indian companies are expected to dole out an average increment of 7.3% to employees this year, UAE is dismantling parts of a military base it runs in Eritrea, Texans to rescue thousands of cold-stunned sea turtles & other news updates in your morning shot.

14 people were arrested in violent street protests following the arrest of Pablo Hasel, Seiko Hashimoto to be selected as the new head of the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee, Asian investors are turning cautious about the Indian markets due to concerns over high valuations & other news updates in your morning shot.

Asian businesses under intense pressure to cut ties with the Myanmar military, The Shree Jagannath Temple Management Committee approved a heritage corridor project, The energy crisis crippling Texas’s power system continued to spread & other news updates in your morning shot.

Obamacare opens for a 3-month sign-up window, Czech PM loses top ranking in opinion polls for the first time since 2017, France and 5 allies to discuss the Sahel's jihadist insurgency & other news updates in your morning shot.

Protesters in Yangon again rallied outside the Chinese and US embassies, Kosovo is holding an early parliamentary election to form a new government, A 7.3-magnitude earthquake off Japan's Fukushima injured dozens of people & other news updates in your morning shot.

The economic damage wrought by the coronavirus will probably lead more African nations to seek debt, Germany mapped out a path to reviving Europe’s largest economy, Indian impact enterprises fall in 2020 & other news updates in your morning shot.

Global companies from Japan to Thailand to dial back operations in Myanmar, A Thai opposition party submitted a proposal to amend the country's strict royal insult law, People in the world’s major conflict zones are turning to cryptocurrencies & other news updates in your morning shot.

Colombia to legalize Venezuelan migrants and refugees currently in the country without papers, Valneva is looking for production partnerships for the covid-19 vaccine, A spacecraft from the UAE was set to swing into orbit around Mars & other news updates in your morning shot.

Indo-US joint military training exercise 'Yudh Abhyas' commenced at Rajasthan, Leftist economist Andres Arauz leads the field with over 80% of results declared in Ecuador's election, South Africa suspends vaccinations & other news updates in your morning shot.

Okonjo-Iweala was poised to become the first African and first woman to lead the embattled WTO, Cuba announced that private activity will be authorized in most sectors, World’s smallest reptile found in Madagascar & other news updates in your morning shot.

UK Parliament to consider the debate on farmers issue as e-petition attracts thousands of signatures, Taiwan has opened a representative office in the South American country of Guyana, Canada Designates Far-Right Proud Boys As Banned Terrorist Group & other news updates in your morning shot.

A Russian court jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny a three-and-a-half-year sentence,  Nearly 11,000 Hong Kongers moved to Taiwan in 2020,  the former ECB chief Mario Draghi credited with saving the euro, to try to lead Italy & other news updates in your morning shot.

China’s top diplomat warned the U.S. not to cross the country’s “red line, 13 Prehistoric teeth unearthed at a site in Jersey reveal signs of interbreeding between Neanderthals and our own species, Biden’s administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to cancel upcoming oral arguments over U.S.-Mexico border wall funding & other news updates in your morning shot.

US small investors have defied short-sellers by banding together online, Russian police detained over 5,300 people in a massive clampdown on anti-Kremlin protests, Myanmar military taking control of the country for 1 year & other news updates in your morning shot.

Trump has abruptly parted ways with five lawyers handling his impeachment defense, Post roman treasures unearthed beneath student accommodation in Cambridge, Vietnam's ruling Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong re-elected & other news updates in your morning shot.

India has announced a pledge of $150,000 to activities of the Peacebuilding Fund this year, Populist Sadyr Japarov was sworn in as president of ex-Soviet Kyrgyzstan, Rohingyas reported missing from camp & other news updates in your morning shot.

Global coronavirus cases surpassed 100 million, Japan pushes back against India’s G-7 invite, The first Tokyo Olympics test event of 2021 will be postponed due to travel restrictions under Japan & other news updates in your morning shot.

Turkey and Greece resumed bilateral talks on Monday, Taiwan expelled nearly 4,000 Chinese vessels illegally dredging sand from its waters in 2020, EU weighs response to Navalny arrest & other news updates in your morning shot.

Florida will require proof of residence for those getting a Covid shot, Ethiopia’s northern Tigray remains unstable as fighting continues in several areas, Asian drug lord arrested in Amsterdam & other news updates in your morning shot.

Covid impacted not just property prices, but also apartment sizes, The US rejoined the WHO, in one of the first official orders of Joe Biden, Scientists are using images to count African elephants from space, & other news updates in your morning shot.

Trump pardoned 73 people, including his former aide and other allies, Johnson defeated a rebellion by his own lawmakers over China ruling, Lockdown walks to cost farmers their crop & other news updates in your morning shot.

Tribal clashes between Arabs and non-Arabs in Sudan killed around 130 people, Eurozone banks further tightened conditions for approving loans in the fourth quarter of 2020, the oldest archeological site in the Americas is under threat from squatters & other news updates in your morning shot.