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London, May 10 When much of the global economy locked down last year, insurers, facing estimated losses of more than $100 billion globally, reached straight for their red pens to strike pandemic cover from all new business policies. Denis Kessler, chairman and CEO of French reinsurer SCOR, summed it up when he told a recent […]
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Even though the iPhone 12 lineup is fairly new, but we have already started hearing a lot about the iPhone 13 series. Many rumours suggest the iPhone 13 lineup will get improved cameras and a smaller notch. All signs are pointing towards a 120Hz display coming to the iPhone for the first time, though this
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New Delhi, May 10 The popular invite-only audio chat app Clubhouse has finally arrived on Android after spending a year on the Apple iOS platform. Clubhouse for Android has started rolling out in beta form Monday, beginning with the US, followed by other English-speaking countries and then the rest of the world. “Our plan over
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Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon told British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday that another referendum on independence was inevitable after her party won a resounding election victory. Johnson and his Conservative Party, which is in opposition in Scotland, strongly oppose a referendum, saying the issue was settled in 2014 when Scots voted against independence by
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Colorado Spring, May 10 A man fatally shot six people, including his girlfriend, before turning the gun on himself early on Sunday at a birthday party in Colorado Springs, Colorado, but did not fire on traumatised children who were present inside a trailer at a mobile home park. Police arrived to find six people dead
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One by one they brought the girls up the steep hill, shrouded bodies covered in a ceremonial prayer cloth, the pallbearers staring into the distance. Shouted prayers for the dead broke the silence. The bodies kept coming and the gravediggers stayed busy, straining in the hot sun. The ceaseless rhythm was grim proof of the
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Washington, May 10 The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 157.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.28 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Monday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at
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New York, May 10 Amazon, which has been under pressure from shoppers, brands and lawmakers to crack down on counterfeits on its site, said Monday that it blocked more than 10 billion suspected phony listings last year before any of their offerings could be sold. The numbers were released in Amazon’s first report on its
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Jerusalem, May 10 Israeli police faced off with Palestinian protesters Sunday in another night of clashes in east Jerusalem, a day before Israeli nationalists planned to parade through the Old City in an annual flag-waving display meant to cement Israeli claims to the contested area. The late-night skirmishes raised the likelihood of further clashes Monday
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May 10: Latest News Pune: Covid patient found hanging inside hospital storeroom, death by suicide suspected Pune: Doctor, medical staff assaulted by two men whose father died of Covid-19, say police Punjab sees 191 Covid-related deaths in a day, adds 8531 new cases Mumbai: Vaccination drive may halt again over insufficient stock In Punjab, a
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SpaceX will launch the “DOGE-1 Mission to the Moon” in the first quarter of next year, with Elon Musk’s commercial rocket company accepting the meme-inspired cryptocurrency dogecoin as payment.” SpaceX launching satellite Doge-1 to the moon next year – Mission paid for in Doge – 1st crypto in space – 1st meme in space”, Musk
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Milan, May 8 Archaeologists discovered the remains of nine Neanderthals at a prehistoric site near Rome, Italy’s Culture ministry said on Saturday. Eight of the remains are dated to between 50,000 and 68,000 years ago, while one, the oldest, is dated to between 90,000 and 100,000 years ago, the ministry said in a statement. The
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