Morning Digest | Quad’s COVID-19 vaccine initiative runs into rough weather; former test cricketer Andrew Symonds dies in car accident, and more
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Former test cricketer Andrew Symonds dies in car accident
Former Australian test cricketer Andrew Symonds has died after a single-vehicle auto accident near Townsville in northeast Australia. He was 46. Cricket Australia reported Symonds' death on its website on Sunday, citing a police statement with details of the accident late Saturday night.
A year on, Quad vaccine initiative for 1 billion Indian-made vaccines runs into rough weather
More than a year after the first Quad summit hosted by U.S. President Joseph Biden, Prime Minister Modi, and leaders of Japan launched an ambitious vaccine initiative to produce one billion doses of vaccines for distribution in the Indo-Pacific region, the project is floundering, as officials concede that it is unlikely to reach its target of end 2022, for a number of reasons.
Khalistan movement: Experts say concern over ‘sleeper cells’ can’t be ignored
In view of the recent spate of incidents surrounding the ‘Khalistan’ connection in Punjab, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh, debate over the revival of the ‘Khalistan’ movement has gained momentum even as experts dismiss the movement’s revival at this point in the absence of ‘popular support’.
Ukraine: Russians withdraw from around Kharkiv, batter east
United States will lay out a three-pillar approach to competing with China in a race to define the 21st century’s economic and military balance
“Japan remains one of Sri Lanka’s key development partners.”
"Together, we can shape not only a new Middle East but a renewable Middle East," Israel President Isaac Herzog said in a special address at the World Economic Forum annual meeting.
City governor Ehsan Abbaspour said "37 people were rescued from the rubble and taken to city hospitals for treatment", with most of them now discharged.
“Ms. Truss will also address Bosnia’s multi-ethnic armed forces to urge support for Ukraine with a message that “Russia’s aggression cannot be appeased,” the U.K. Foreign Office said in a statement.
“Police said the CID recorded a nearly three-hour-long statement from the former Prime Minister last evening at his residence in Colombo,” a report said.
"My message for the imported government is to dissolve assemblies and announce elections, otherwise, I will come back again to Islamabad after six days,” he was quoted as saying by a Pakistani news channel.
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Misinformation and conspiracy theories about deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, began to spread online only hours after the carnage
The decision by the ATP and WTA to remove the sport’s most prestigious tournament of ranking points has prompted some players to say they may skip Wimbledon