According to reports, Britons who have received the Covishield vaccine which is a version of Oxford's AstraZeneca vaccine have been barred from travelling to European holiday destinations.

British citizens who have taken Covishield vaccine being barred from travel: Report

After US President Joe Biden said he "stands with the Cuban people", President Miguel Diaz-Canel blamed the US sanctions for the protests in the country. Biden had said the Cuban regime should hear its people and "serve their needs" as protests erupted against the government even as Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said the US sanctions were responsible for the "policy of economic suffocation to provoke social unrest in the country.

Cuban President blames US sanctions for anti-government protests

The Iranian government on Tuesday confirmed it has been holding talks with the United States on a prisoner swap deal. "Negotiations are underway on the exchange of prisoners between Iran and America, and we will issue more information if Iranian prisoners are released and the country's interests are secured and the talks reach a conclusion," Iran's government spokesman Ali Rabiei said.

Negotiations underway on exchange of prisoners with US, confirms Iran

Indonesia reported over 47,000 coronavirus cases on Tuesday with 864 deaths as reports said the Japanese government has decided to send special flights to the country to pull out its citizens from the country.

Indonesia battles virus surge; Japan to send special flights to evacuate citizens

Tennis star Roger Federer announced that he will not be participating in the Tokyo Olympics after suffering a knee injury during the grasscourt season. The former world no-1 was knocked by Poland's Hubert Hurkacz in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon in straight sets.

Tennis: Roger Federer withdraws from Tokyo Olympics

A fourth case of Zika virus was reported from Kerala on Tuesday taking the infection count in the state to 23, the health department said. "A 16-year-old Thiruvananthapuram native girl was found infected with the virus after the sample was tested at the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology," state health minister Veena George said.

Kerala confirms fourth case of Zika virus

France on Tuesday fined Google $593 million for failing to negotiate with news publishers over their content under EU copyright rules. The US tech giant however asserted that it had acted in "good faith throughout the entire process".

France fines Google $593 million over news copyright row

Russia on Tuesday reported the highest coronavirus fatalities since the pandemic began with over 24,700 COVID-19 cases. The death toll due to the virus in 24 hours rose to 780 as the country grapples with the virus.

Russia reports highest daily COVID-19 death toll amid third wave

Financial firms may need to bolster their defences in the face of rocketing cyberattacks after employees began working from home, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) said on Tuesday.

Cyberattacks increased amid work from home during pandemic: Study

Russia's meteorological service said Tuesday the country could see its hottest summer on record, driven by climate change, after a record-breaking heatwave in June.

Russia sizzles in heatwave driven by climate change

France on Tuesday called on all its citizens in Afghanistan to leave the country over security concerns, the French embassy in Kabul said, as the Taliban pressed on with a blistering offensive while foreign forces completed their withdrawal.

France to set up special flight to pull citizens out of Afghanistan

As PM Boris Johnson's government gets set to reopen Britain on July 19 removing most of the coronavirus restrictions, Lancet medical journal has said despite the vaccination, "exponential growth will probably continue until millions more people are infected, leaving hundreds of thousands of people with long-term illness and disability.

UK government embarking on dangerous and unethical experiment, says Lancet on July 19 reopening plans

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