Mon 18 October 2021: Ford, one of the leading American carmaker announced on Monday that it will invest $316 million (£230 million) in its UK manufacturing plant to produce its first electric vehicle components in Europe. “Ford’s vehicle transmission facility at Halewood on Merseyside [in the north UK] to be transformed to build electric power […]
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Mon 18 October 2021: Colin Powell, a US combat hero and the first Black secretary of state, died of complications with Covid-19. Powell’s legacy was tarnished when he made the case for war in Iraq in 2003. He was 84 years old when he died. The family released a message on social media on Monday, […]
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Mon 18 October 2021: U.S. National Science Foundation-funded researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have formed a hypothesis about the absence of liquid water on the surface of Mars. The team’s findings, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggest that Mars doesn’t have enough mass to retain large amounts of water. Evidence indicates that at […]
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Mon 18 October 2021: The use of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine will remain not approved by the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) amid concerns that it may increase the risk of HIV contraction among vaccinated males. The development was confirmed on Monday by the Authority in a media statement on the Section […]
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Mon 18 October 2021: “After a long delay, Afghan exports from Afghanistan through Central Asia to Australia, the United States and European countries have resumed,” said Emaruddin Stanekzai, head of international transit and transport. According to Stanekzai, the export package includes hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of agricultural products, dried and fresh fruits and […]
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Mon 18 October 2021: On Monday, UK Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab said that the amount of online hate speech directed at members of parliament is “out of control,” and he called for an end to the vilification of lawmakers. Conservative congressman David Amess was stabbed to death in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, last Friday during a […]
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Mon 18 October 2021: The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) announced on Sunday that as many as 16.2 million people in Yemen are food insecure. “Due to protracted conflict, 16.2 million people in Yemen are food insecure, while the devaluation of the currency has further made food unaffordable, exacerbating food […]
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Mon 18 October 2021: Despite amassing record vaccine stocks, India’s vaccination campaign has slowed, according to health ministry data released today, as authorities maintain a wider-than-usual gap between doses in a plan that has increased coverage. Krishna N Das reports from New Delhi for Reuters that domestic production of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which accounts for […]
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Mon 18 October 2021: Myanmar’s junta head announced Monday that more than 5,000 individuals who were imprisoned for protesting against a February coup that overthrew the democratic government will be released. To honor the Thadingyut holiday later in October, a total of 5,636 detainees would be released, according to Min Aung Hlaing, who was excluded […]
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Mon 18 October 2021: Bloomberg News reported late Saturday that Netflix’s biggest original series launch, “Squid Game,” is valued at than $900 million, citing statistics from an internal Netflix document. After launching last month, the nine-episode drama, in which cash-strapped participants play childhood games with deadly consequences in the hopes of winning 45.6 billion won […]
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