IndiaEmirates to fly medical aid to India for free
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Emirates airliners are seen on the tarmac in a general view of Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates January 13, 2021. Picture taken through a window. REUTERS/Abdel Hadi Ramahi
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Emirates airline said on Sunday it will fly medical supplies from Dubai to nine cities in India free of charge from this week to help battle a devastating upsurge in the coronavirus.
International aid has poured in for India, where record infection rates have overwhelmed hospitals, depleting medicines, oxygen tanks and other supplies. read more
Earlier this month, Qatar Airways also airlifted 300 tonnes of aid free of charge from Doha to India.
Asia PacificThousands of Myanmar villagers poised to flee violence to Thailand, group says
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Villagers who fled Myanmar s Ee Thu Hta displacement camp rest in Mae Hong Son province, Thailand, near the border while fleeing from gunfire between ethnic minority Karen insurgents and Myanmar military, April 29, 2021. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
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Thousands of ethnic Karen villagers in Myanmar are poised to cross into Thailand if, as expected, fighting intensifies between the Myanmar army and Karen insurgents, joining those who have already escaped the turmoil that followed a Feb. 1 coup.
Karen rebels and the Myanmar army have clashed near the Thai border in the weeks since Myanmarâs generals ousted an elected government led by democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi, displacing villagers on both sides of the border.
IndiaRomania detects first case of a coronavirus variant found in India
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Romania has reported its first case of a coronavirus variant first identified in India, the health ministry said on Thursday.
The case was diagnosed in a 26-year-old patient who arrived in Romania roughly a month ago and presented light symptoms.
The ministry said its national public health institute said the identified mutation was not the more infectious one believed to have generated the sharp rise in cases in India.
Separately, the ministry was monitoring an outbreak of coronavirus cases among construction workers recently arrived from India in a village in Brasov county, it said.
WorldMozambique city overwhelmed by people fleeing Islamist violence
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Peter N Guila and his family sit with refugees who he is hosting after they fled an attack in Palma, at his home in Pemba, Mozambique, April 4, 2021. REUTERS/Emidio Jozine
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Peter NâGuila used to have no trouble supporting his family of three on his consultantâs salary. But since Islamic State-linked insurgents attacked a northern Mozambique gas hub town last month, he has seven more mouths to feed.
Hundreds of people fleeing ongoing hostilities in Palma have been pouring into Pemba, a port city around 250 km (155 miles) to the south already bursting with those displaced by previous rounds of Islamist violence and a deadly cyclone in 2019.
AfricaMozambique s economy facing multiple risks as insurgency grows - S&P Global
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Mozambique s economy faces multiple challenges, including a growing insurgency against the government and recurring extreme weather events, ratings agency S&P Global said in research report.
S&P said militant attacks in Mozambique s northeastren province of Cabo Delgado posed a significant threat to production facilities there, touted as among the biggest natural gas discoveries in the world.
Dozens of civilians were killed last month in Islamic State-linked attacks in the coastal town of Palma, near gas projects that are worth $60 billion and are aimed at transforming the country s economy. read more