Melbourne,  Authorities in the Australian city of Melbourne on Sunday confined people living in nine housing estate tower blocks due to a sudden spike in the number of coronavirus cases.

The city is putting "stage three" restrictions on 12 suburbs, reports the BBC.

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Canberra,  A man has died after being attacked by a shark while he was spearfishing off the east coast of Australia, officials said.

The 36-year-old was bitten on the leg in waters near Queensland's Fraser Island, north of Brisbane, the BBC quoted the police as saying on Saturday.

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Seattle, A woman was killed after a car sped into a group of protesters on a closed highway in the US city of Seattle, according to officials.

The car "drove through the closure and struck multiple pedestrians", the BBC quoted a Washington State Patrol tweet as saying on Saturday.

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London, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will join a nationwide round of clapping on Sunday to pay tribute to National Health Service (NHS) staff on its 72nd anniversary.

The public are being encouraged to give a round of applause at 5 p.m. for all those who helped save lives during the coronavirus pandemic, the BB

London,  Want to lose some weight? Read on. Researchers have found that the consumption of dietary fibre from oat and rye brans increased the growth of beneficial microbes in the intestines and reduced hepatic inflammation.

In addition, diets enriched with oat or rye bran were shown to attenuate weight gain.

Los Angeles,  Hollywood star Julia Roberts and cinematographer Danny Moder got romantic on their 18th wedding anniversary.

The pair celebrated their anniversary on Saturday, and to mark the occasion, Roberts shared a photo of her planting a kiss on Moder's cheek, reports people.com.

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Panaji, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, here on Sunday, offered his respects to his "political guru" former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar.

Speaking to reporters, Sawant offered greetings to the people of the state on the occasion of Guru Purnima. "Whether it's my mother or father or my gur

Lucknow, July 5 (IANS) Sarla Dubey, mother of gangster Vikas Dubey, here on Sunday, raised objections to the razing of her house in Bikru village of Kanpur by the state government. "The house was my ancestral property and didn't belong to Vikas. It was built by my father-in-law and husband. The government can demolish properties owned b

Chennai, July 5 (IANS) The Communist Party of India's (CPI) Tamil Nadu unit on Sunday demanded the state police scrap the Friends of Police (FoP) scheme permanently and not for just two months.

In a statement issued here, CPI's state Secretary R. Mutharasan said as per reports, police in Sathankulam p

Mumbai, Heavy rains continued to batter coastal Konkan Maharashtra, including Mumbai, for the third consecutive day on Sunday, and the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued high alerts for the next two-five days, officials said.

As incessant rains pounded the city, Mumbai's Powai Lake started overflowin