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Nepal on Sunday received 2,299,200 million doses of paediatric Pfizer vaccine against Covid-19 from the COVAX facility.

The vaccine will be administered to the children of 5-11 years of age group who received the first dose a few days ago, the Ministry of Health and Population said.

The Ministry has planned to administer the vaccine to the children from July 18-25.

The vaccine should be stored at a temperature of minus 70 degree Celsius.

Earlier, Nepal had received 2.2 million doses of vaccine from the facility.

A woman was found hanging at the hostel of Kathmandu Model School in Buddhanagar.

The deceased has been identified as Rama Rayamajhi (21). 

Dinesh Raj Mainali, spokesperson at the District Police Office, Kathmandu, she used to work at the canteen of the hostel.

A permanent resident of Mechhe, Temal Rural Municipality-7, Kavre, Rayamajhi was found hanging at the school's hostel yesterday evening.

Saying that Rayamajhi was murdered, her relatives have not allowed to collect the body.

She had been working at the school's canteen for the past five years.

Police said that they are looking into the case.

A person died in a motorbike accident in Lalitpur.

Bike rider Chandra Bahadur Syangden (44) of Lamatar, Mahalaxmi Municipality-10 died when he lost control of the two-wheeler (Bagmati Province 02-034 Pa 0758) at Dhasikhelchowk in Lalitpur Metropolitan City-15, police said.

Critically injured in the incident, he breathed his last during the course of treatment at Ganeshman Memorial Hospital in Satdobato.

Further investigation into the incident is underway.

As you know, since March of this year, certain countries have imposed sanctions against the Russian Federation, including bans on the supply of certain types of goods to the Russian Federation, Delovoy Kazakhstan reports.

When detecting the supply of such goods through other countries (circumvention of sanctions), secondary sanctions may be applied against such countries.

Considering the close trade and economic relations with the Russian Federation, as one of our main trading partners, it is unacceptable not to take into account the risks that have arisen.

In order to promptly respond and prevent damage to the economy of Kazakhstan, the State Revenue Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan constantly monitors the import and export of goods included in the sanctions lists.

When exporting these goods from the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Russian Federation, a mechanism has been implemented for the certification of an electronic invoice by the state revenue authorities, which allows determining the country of origin of the goods.

This control mechanism is also applied within the framework of the Protocol on Certain Issues of Import and Circulation of Goods in the Customs Territory of the Eurasian Economic Union (Burabai Protocol) in order to prevent the export of goods from the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, for which the rates of customs duties are lower than those established in the EAEU UCT, or the so-called «withdrawal goods».

Thus, the trade turnover with the Russian Federation in January-May did not show significant deviations relative to the same period last year.

At the same time, there is an increase in exports for certain commodity items, such as natural uranium, solid-rolled steel wheels and diesel fuel, i.e. for Kazakhstan-made goods that are traditional for export, including to Russia.

Thus, despite the growth of exports to the Russian Federation of certain groups of goods, the facts of re-export through the Republic of Kazakhstan of goods included in the sanctions list are not observed.

Cristiano Ronaldo wants Manchester United to let him leave the club if they receive an appropriate offer for him this summer, BBC reported.

The Portugal forward, 37, returned to Old Trafford from Juventus last summer.

However, while he was United's top scorer last season - and third in the Premier League - the overall campaign was seen as a big disappointment.

United finished sixth in the Premier League so missed out on Champions League qualification.

That means Ronaldo, who has a year left on his United contract plus an optional year, faces playing in the Europa League for the first time.

It is not something he is viewing with relish and the five-time Ballon d'Or winner feels there could be more attractive options available to him at this stage in his career.

The former Real Madrid forward is anxious to stress he respects United but as he enters the final stages of his career, he wants to compete for the biggest prizes.

It is understood United do not regard Ronaldo as a player who is for sale, according to BBC.

While it would be a blow to United's prestige if they were to lose one of the greatest players they have ever had, it would also solve a few issues for new manager Erik ten Hag.

Ronaldo clashed with Harry Maguire over the United captaincy last season, while interim boss Ralf Rangnick's desire to implement a pressing game was thwarted by Ronaldo's refusal to fit in with such a system.

Although Ten Hag has said how much he is looking forward to linking up with Ronaldo, it is not clear how the forward's playing style would fit in with the Dutchman.

In addition, Ronaldo is the highest paid player in the Premier League and his exit would create more scope within United's summer transfer budget.

Ronaldo is due to return to the club for pre-season training this week. It is anticipated he will be on their pre-season tour to Thailand and Australia, BBC reported.

Adele has said the "brutal" reaction to the postponement of her Las Vegas residency earlier this year left her feeling like "a shell of a person," BBC reported.

In January, the singer scrapped her dates 24 hours before opening night, telling fans the show was not ready.

Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, Adele said postponing her three-month residency left her "devastated", but said she stood by the decision.

On Friday, she told fans the shows would be rearranged "very, very soon".

Speaking to Desert Island Discs presenter Lauren Laverne, the 34-year-old said: "I definitely felt everyone's disappointment and I was devastated and I was frightened about letting them down.

"I thought I could pull it together and make it work and I couldn't, and I stand by that decision."

She continued: "I'm not going to just do a show because I have to or because people are going to be let down or because we're going to lose loads of money. I'm like, the show's not good enough."

The singer, who released her fourth album in November, was criticised online after breaking the news in a tearful last-minute Instagram video that the Caesar's Palace shows would not take place as planned.

"Of course I could be someone on TikTok or Instagram Live every day being like, 'I'm working on it'," she explained. "Of course I'm working on it! I'm not gonna update you if I ain't got nothing to update you with because that just leads to more disappointment, according to BBC.

"I was a shell of a person for a couple of months," she continued. "I just had to wait it out and just grieve it, I guess, just grieve the shows and get over the guilt, but it was brutal."

In February, Adele told TV host Graham Norton she was working hard with her team to prepare and confirm new dates, saying the Vegas gigs would "absolutely 100%" happen this year.

Announced late in November, the Weekends With Adele series was scheduled to see the singer perform two shows every weekend from late January until April.

The postponement meant her shows in London's Hyde Park on Friday and Saturday were her first proper ticketed concerts for five years, BBC reported.

She also told Laverne how exercising, which contributed to her weight loss, had helped her deal with her anxieties; and also spoke about her relationships with her partner, US sports agent Rich Paul, and her ex-husband Simon Konecki, with whom she has a son, Angelo.

Authorities in Israel say they have shot down three Hezbollah drones heading towards one of its gas rigs in a disputed area of the Mediterranean, BBC reported.

Military officials say the drones were launched from Lebanon and were shot down by a combination of fighter jets and ship-mounted missiles. 

Hezbollah confirmed it had launched the drones in a short statement.

Tensions have mounted between Israel and Lebanon over ownership of the Karish gas field.

US energy envoy Amos Hochstein is mediating between the two countries to settle the longstanding dispute. Israel says the field lies within its UN-recognised exclusive economic zone, but Lebanon has also laid claim to parts of it, according to BBC.

Hezbollah said it had targeted the rig as part of a reconnaissance flight. 

"The mission was accomplished and the message was received," the statement said.

Last week, the group's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, threatened to use force to prevent Israel from operating the rig.

Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz said the Islamist group was "preventing the state of Lebanon from reaching an agreement regarding maritime borders, which are critical to the economy and prosperity of the Lebanese nation".

Hezbollah's reported attack comes amid political instability in Israel. On Thursday lawmakers voted to dissolve parliament and call the fifth election in four years, BBC reported.

The vote, which comes after the collapse of former Prime Minster Naftali Bennett's multi-party coalition, offers Benjamin Netanyahu, the right-wing opposition leader, a chance to return to power. 

The fast-changing coronavirus has kicked off summer in the US with lots of infections but relatively few deaths compared to its prior incarnations, Associated Press reported.

COVID-19 is still killing hundreds of Americans each day, but is not nearly as dangerous as it was last fall and winter. 

“It’s going to be a good summer and we deserve this break,” said Ali Mokdad, a professor of health metrics sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle.

With more Americans shielded from severe illness through vaccination and infection, COVID-19 has transformed — for now at least — into an unpleasant, inconvenient nuisance for many, according to Associated Press.

“It feels cautiously good right now,” said Dr. Dan Kaul, an infectious diseases specialist at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor. “For the first time that I can remember, pretty much since it started, we don’t have any (COVID-19) patients in the ICU.”

As the nation marks July Fourth, the average number of daily deaths from COVID-19 in the United States is hovering around 360. Last year, during a similar summer lull, it was around 228 in early July. That remains the lowest threshold in US daily deaths since March 2020, when the virus first began its US spread, Associated Press reported.