Sat 29 January 2022: The French region of Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes suspended subsidies for a street-art festival in Grenoble because of a mural of a woman wearing a hijab. The region said in a statement that the mural was “provocative” and “unacceptable.” It argued that it only benefits extremists, fueling violence and hatred and said subsidies planned […]
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Sat 29 January 2022: Spreading fake news and misinformation on COVID-19 and vaccines, including by Catholic media, is a violation of human rights, according to Pope Francis. Francis made his comments in an address to members of catholicfactchecking.com, a consortium of Catholic media whose says its aim is to “clarify fake news and misleading information” […]
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Sat 29 January 2022: As per the government, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been placed in self-isolation until Tuesday after being identified as a close contact of a person who tested positive for COVID-19. The exposure took place on January 22 during a flight to Auckland from the town of Kerikeri, the government […]
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Sat 29 January 2022: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy criticized the U.S., saying it was damaging his country’s economy by unduly stoking panic that Russia may be planning an invasion. Russia has massed over 100,000 troops, along with tanks and heavy weaponry, along the border, while denying any plans for an invasion. Zelenskiy said Friday that […]
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Fri 28 January 2022: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s popularity has plummeted as New Zealand battles the ongoing pandemic, falling to its lowest point since 2017. Her popularity has slipped four percentage points to 35%. She is, however, the country’s preferred Prime Minister by a large margin. Christopher Luxon, the National Party’s leader, has also made […]
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Fri 28 January 2022: British billionaire Richard Branson has weighed in on the Ukraine crisis, warning any invasion by Moscow would have “devastating and terrible consequences” and calling for business leaders to “come together and stand up for Ukraine’s sovereignty”. “Even if it comes at a price, all of us should send a clear message […]
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Fri 28 January 2022: Global rights group Amnesty International warns any escalation of the existing conflict in eastern Ukraine, where Kyiv has been fighting Russian-backed separatists since 2014, will have “devastating consequences for human rights in the region”. An uptick in violence would threaten “civilian lives, livelihoods and infrastructure”, Amnesty warned in a statement, and […]
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Fri 28 January 2022: NASA announced Thursday that it plans to survey the crater left by the remains of a SpaceX rocket, which is expected to crash into the Moon in early March, calling the event “an exciting research opportunity.” The rocket was launched in 2015 to place a NASA satellite into orbit, and its […]
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Fri 28 January 2022: According to an industry analysis released Thursday, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant influence on car production in the UK, with production decreasing by 6.7 percent to 859,575 units in 2021, the lowest amount since 1956. “The shortage of semiconductors, a critical component in modern car manufacturing, was the principal […]
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Fri 28 January 2022: On Thursday, the European Union’s health regulator approved the use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 anti-viral pill. In a statement, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said it had “recommended authorising Paxlovid for treating COVID-19 in adults who… are at increased risk of the disease becoming severe.” Paxlovid has only been approved for people […]
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