Top 10 world news: UN Human Rights Council hits out at China, Taliban captures border crossing with Tajikistan & more
Coronavirus vaccine in Cuba I UN Human Rights Council members hit out at China
UN Human Rights Council members hit out at China's record in Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Tibet on the second day of its 47th session. As US troops continued to pull out from Afghanistan, the Taliban on Tuesday captured a keyborder crossing with Tajikistan even as the Pentagon had said a day earlier that it could delay the pullout due to the militant group's continued attacks.
Cuban government announced on Tuesday thatitsAbdalacoronavirus vaccine has shown 92.28 per cent efficacy in the last stage of clinical trials.The government had said earlier announced that its vaccineSoberana 2had achieved 62 per cent efficacy with two or three doses.Meanwhile,Europe's top court on Tuesday said that Google's YouTube and other online platforms are not liable for copyright-infringing works uploaded by users onto their platforms under certain conditions.
Click on headlines to read more
Canadian ambassador Leslie Norton highlighted the deteriorating "fundamental freedoms inHong Kong" under the national security law and the human rights situation in Tibet.
TheTalibanhas already claimed to have annexed at least 50 districts since it launched a major offensive last month as the US announced it was pulling out of the country by September 11.
Cuban government had said earlier announced that its vaccineSoberana 2had achieved 62 per cent efficacy with two or three doses.
The case marks the latest development in a long-running battle between Europe's $1 trillion creative industry and online platforms, with the former seeking compensation or action from the latter for unauthorised works that are uploaded.
This warning has come a little after the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, warned an alarming increase in number of coronavirus cases in a few regions of Russia
Trump had made thecomments on bleach in April when the coronavirus was not only widely spreading across the nation.
Elon Musk’s Tesla recently stopped the new payment method as he feared crypto mining was negatively affecting the environment.
In 2009, Finland had 17 per cent of itspopulation aged over 65 which was one the highest in the world.
"Shut your mouth! You are creeps! You practice rogue journalism, which doesn't help at all. You destroy the Brazilian family, destroy the Brazilian religion!" Bolsonaro lashed out at the reporter after a military ceremony in Guaratingueta, in the state of Sao Paulo.
It was also observed that regular coffee drinkers had 49 per cent less chance of dying from chronic liver disease, than non-coffee consumers.