Following are the top foreign stories at 1700 hours

    FGN12 UK-INDIA-G7
    Boris Johnson invites PM Modi to UK for G7 summit in June
    London: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has invited his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for the G7 summit as he confirmed details on Sunday for the high-level meeting to be presided over by Britain in the coastal region of Cornwall between June 11 and 13. By Aditi Khanna

    FGN13 BIDEN-WH-LD INDIANS
    Biden ropes in 20 Indian-Americans in his administration, 17 at key WH positions
    Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden has nominated at least 20 Indian-Americans, including 13 women, to key positions in his incoming administration, a record for the small ethnic community that constitutes one per cent of America's population. By Lalit K Jha

    FGN3 BIDEN-DAY ONE
    On day one Biden will sign roughly a dozen actions, says Incoming WH Chief of Staff
    Washington: On the first day of his presidency, Joe Biden would sign roughly a dozen actions on four overlapping and compounding crises that the US is facing -- the COVID-19 crisis, the resulting economic crisis, the climate crisis, and a racial equity crisis – the incoming White House Chief of Staff said. By Lalit K Jha

    FGN2 VIRUS-SINGAPORE-TRAVELLERS
    All travellers to Singapore to undergo mandatory COVID test on arrival
    Singapore: All travellers, including Singaporeans and permanent residents, will need to take a COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test upon arrival in Singapore, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced. By Gurdip Singh

    FGN14 UK-VIRUS-VACCINE
    10 new mass vaccination centres to open up across UK
    London: Ten new large-scale centres, including a rugby ground, racecourse, food court and a cathedral, will open up next week across Britain to join the seven already delivering vaccines to immunise against COVID-19, the UK's National Health Service (NHS) said on Sunday. By Aditi Khanna

    FGN11 VIRUS-PAK-VACCINE
    Pakistan approves emergency use of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
    Islamabad: Pakistan has approved the emergency use of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and the government hopes to make the drug available by the first quarter of the year, as the country's coronavirus tally surged to 519,291. By Sajjad Hussain

    FGN4 NKOREA-KIM-AGENDA
    North Korean parliament to convene to approve Kim's agenda
    Seoul: North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament was scheduled to convene Sunday to pass decisions made by a major ruling party meeting where leader Kim Jong Un vowed maximum efforts to expand his nuclear weapons program in face of what he described as US hostility. (AP)

    FGN15 INDONESIA-QUAKE-LD TOLL
    Indonesian teams find more bodies, clear roads after quake
    Mamuju (Indonesia): Indonesian rescuers on Sunday retrieved more bodies from the rubble of homes and buildings toppled by a strong earthquake, raising the death toll to 73, while military engineers managed to reopen ruptured roads to clear access for relief goods. (AP)

    FGN10 AFGHAN-GUNMEN
    Official: Gunmen kill two women judges in Afghan capital
    Kabul: Gunmen fired on a car in northern Kabul on Sunday, killing two women judges who worked for Afghanistan's high court and wounding the driver, a court official said. (AP)
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