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Thousands in Bangladesh protest French President’s comments

Around 10,000 people in Bangladesh demonstrated in the South Asian nation’s capital on Tuesday to protest against the president of France and his strong support for secular laws that consider cartoons depicting the free speech-protected prophet Muhammad. Protesters from the conservative group Islami Andolon Bangladesh, which supports the introduction of …

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France tightens security amid fallout from teacher beheading

PARIS: France is increasing security at religious sites as the interior minister said Tuesday that the country faces a “very high” risk of terrorist threats, amid mounting geopolitical tensions following the beheading of a teacher who showed his class caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. French diplomats are trying to quell …

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Covid-19 antibody response declines over time: UK study

The antibody response to the Covid-19 virus declines over time, according to a new analysis published Tuesday based on fingerstick tests in more than 365,000 randomly selected people in England. Tests conducted at home between June 20 and September 28 found that the number of people who tested positive decreased …

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Maharashtra reports 115 new deaths

On Tuesday, Maharashtra registered 5,363 new COVID-19 cases. With this, the total count is now 16,54,028. In the past 24 hours, the death toll rose to 43,463 after reporting 115 new deaths. Maharashtra also saw 7,836 recoveries. With this, the number of recoveries to date now stands at 14,78,496. The …

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