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India's daily virus cases soar past 100,000 for first time

India’s daily confirmed coronavirus cases have recorded the biggest single-day spike since the pandemic began, indicating a renewed crush of infections

In show of Pharaonic heritage, Egypt parades royal mummies

Egypt is holding a gala parade celebrating the transport of 22 of its prized royal mummies from central Cairo to their new resting place in a massive new museum further south in the capital

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With ship now freed, a probe into Suez Canal blockage begins

Experts have boarded a colossal container ship that had blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week before it was dislodged

Vital to a clean world, scavengers left to plead for vaccine

An estimated 20 million people around the world help keep cities clean by scavenging through landfills and dumps

2 tugboats deploy to Egypt's Suez Canal as shippers avoid it

Two additional tugboats have been deployed to Egypt’s Suez Canal to aid efforts to free a skyscraper-sized container ship wedged for days across the crucial waterway

2 tugboats speed to Egypt's Suez Canal as shippers avoid it

Two additional tugboats are speeding to Egypt’s Suez Canal to aid efforts to free a skyscraper-sized container ship wedged for days across the crucial waterway

Indian cricket great Tendulkar tests positive for COVID-19

Indian cricket great Sachin Tendulkar has tested positive for the coronavirus and is quarantining at home

Modi's party seeks big win as 2 key Indian states vote

Two Indian states with sizeable Muslim populations are voting in local elections in a test of strength for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose Hindu nationalist agenda is being challenged by monthslong farmer protests and a fresh wave of the pandemic