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WASHINGTON :  Kamala Harris will become the first U.S. vice president to visit Vietnam next month during a trip that will also include Singapore and is aimed at rallying an international coalition to curb China’s growing influence. Reuters

GENEVA :  The world is at risk of losing hard-won gains in fighting COVID-19 as the highly transmissible Delta variant spreads, but WHO-approved vaccines remain effective, the World Health Organization said on Friday.

US: President Joe Biden plans to meet Cuban-American leaders on Friday at the White House to discuss protests against the communist government in Havana, sanctions on Cuban leaders and his attempt to provide internet access to the island. The late afternoon meeting comes as the politically important community calls for more support for the biggest populist outpouring against the Havana government in decades. Biden has promised additional sanctions against Cuban leaders, a move backed by many Cuban Americans. The protests erupted https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/street-protests-break-out-cuba-2021-07-11 this month amid Cuba’s worst economic crisis since the fall of its old Soviet Union ally and a…

Bahrain: Dr. Waleed Al Manea answered the question of Starvision media, WHO Director-General praised the experience of the Kingdom of Bahrain in combating COVID-19. Now, after lifting restrictions, there is a possibility of having an increase in active cases. So what are the steps taken to maintain this? https://youtu.be/sU2estOZwMk Dr. Waleed Al Manea replied, Thank you for the question. Well, maybe lifting these, restrictions is not right. So what happened, we put the traffic light system, the levels, and we shared it with society. So whenever the assessment leads to green, or yellow or any other one, we will implement them…

The students of the Indian School Bahrain (ISB) have performed exceptionally well in class XII CBSE examination 2021. In keeping with the tradition of academic excellence, the ISB has achieved an overall pass percentage of 100 in the CBSE exam, the results of which were declared on Friday July 30, 2021. Out of 646 students, 100% students passed and there are no compartments. SCHOOL TOPPERS Aaron Dominic Decosta and Aditya Singh secured 99 % each (495 / 500) and both are the ISB toppers. Both of them are from the Science stream. Meghana Gupta and Riddhi Nileshkumar Rathod; from science…

US : Former President Donald Trump pressured acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen to declare that the election was corrupt in an attempt to help Republican members of Congress try to overturn the election result, according to notes of a December 2020 call Trump held with Rosen and acting deputy attorney general Richard Donoghue. During the December 27, 2020, call, Trump pressured Rosen and Donoghue to falsely declare the election “illegal” and “corrupt” even after the Justice Department had not uncovered evidence of widespread voter fraud. “Just say that the election was corrupt + leave the rest to me and the R. Congressmen,”…

Students of Al Noor International School (CBSE Curriculum) have achieved 100 percent success in their All India Senior School Certificate Examination (AISSCE). In the Science Stream Aaliya Hussain Bhat scored 95.4% and is the school topper, followed by Sarathy Ramanan Ramasamy with 95% and Noorul Ibtesam Idris and Muhammed Hisham, both scoring 94.6%. In the Commerce Stream, Zainab Mohamed Ahmed Ali Abdulla topped with 92%. The School Chairman Mr. Ali Hasan congratulated all the students, parents and teachers for their sincere efforts and wished the students success in their future endeavors. The School Director Dr. Muhammad Mashood applauded the excellent…

Boxer Lovlina Borgohain assured a medal for India, defeating Chinese Taipei’s Nien-Chin Chen to reach women’s welterweight semifinals. Deepika Kumari was knocked out after losing to Korea’s An San in the quarterfinals of the women’s individual archery. India women’s hockey team beat Ireland 1-0 in pool A match. Boxer Simranjit Kaur failed to reach the quarterfinal after losing her round of 16 match. Manu Bhaker and Rahi Sarnobat failed to reach the Women’s 25m Pistol final. India 3000m steeplechase athlete Avinash Sable set a new National Record but was unable to qualify to the next round. Catch all the live…

Tokyo : India’s Avinash Sable shattered his own 3000m steeplechase national record but failed to qualify for the final despite clocking a better time than the top three in another heat race of the Olympic Games.

Taiwan :  Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O) chip supplier Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (2330.TW) said on Friday that some of its production lines in southern Taiwan were hit by a contamination of gases used in the chipmaking process.