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WORLD NEWS: The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 178.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.86 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly on Friday reappointed António Guterres for a second five-year term as UN Secretary-General.

WORLD DESK: Coronavirus-related deaths worldwide has surpassed a grim milestone of 4 million-mark.

KUWAIT: Kuwait has said that it’ll allow all non-citizens to enter the country from August 1 if they’ve been fully vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccines, after a months-long suspension.

NEW YORK: Microsoft’s India-born CEO Satya Nadella has been named the company’s Chairman, in place of John Thompson. The company said Thompson will serve as lead independent director.

LONDON: Indian students, as one of the largest groups of international students enrolling at UK universities over the past year, are set to benefit from an extension to the entry deadline to qualify for the new post-study work (PSW) visa.

LONDON: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that it doesn’t look like that Covid-19 originated from a lab in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison have agreed on a historic free trade agreement (FTA) that will make it cheaper for the UK to sell its cars and Scotch whisky Down Under and remove barriers for business, Downing Street said on Tuesday.

AUCKLAND: A Punjabi truck driver sacked after sharing an online news story regarding ‘COVID-19 work rights’  in his work WhatsApp group has been awarded over $20,000 for unfair dismissal by the Employment Relations Authority (ERA).

KUWAIT: India and Kuwait have signed an MoU that brings Indian domestic workers in the Gulf nation within the ambit of a legal framework that streamlines their recruitment and provides them with the protection of the law.