Sat 11 December 2021: The long-standing issue of rubbish collection appears to be wreaking havoc on the Italian city. To keep a lid on it, the authorities have asked Rome citizens to use less wrapping paper on their gifts this Christmas. The city’s new officials want to make a concentrated effort to keep their pledge […]
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Sat 11 December 2021: After a tornado struck Kentucky, at least 50 people were killed. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear revealed the facts on Saturday. The tornado particularly hit Graves County in the state late Friday. The governor added that two tractor-trailers filled with drinking water were sent to the town of Mayfield in the county, […]
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Sat 11 December 2021: US inflation continues to gallop ahead, as supply chains snarls and shortages keep driving prices higher. Break out the shoulder pads and leg warmers because Americans are in the grips of a 1980s-style inflation flashback. Consumer prices in the United States US CONSUMER PRICE INFLATION ROCKETS AT FASTEST PACE SINCE 1982rocketed […]
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Sat 11 December 2021: On Friday, Russian activists praised President Vladimir Putin’s decision to close a legal loophole that allowed sea creatures, particularly whales, to be captured for performances in aquariums and other venues. In 2019, images of 100 whales loaded up into a notorious facility in Russia’s far east dubbed the “whale jail” sparked […]
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Sat 11 December 2021: According to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), booster COVID-19 vaccination provides an estimated 70% to 75% protection against mild illness from the new Omicron variant, the first finding from actual studies. Is quoted. The findings, released Friday, are some of the earliest data on protection against Omicron outside of laboratory […]
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Fri 10 December 2021: Ruling, which overturns an earlier decision, means Assange may be closer to extradition from a British prison to the US. The United States government has won an appeal at Britain’s High Court over the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Friday’s ruling, which overturns an earlier decision, means 50-year-old Assange may […]
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Fri 10 December 2021: After a video of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Christmas party during last year’s lockdown went viral, the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom lost its poll lead. A YouGov poll for The Times newspaper showed Johnson’s Conservatives had lost their lead, dropping 3 percentage points from Dec. 2 to 33 per […]
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Fri 10 December 2021: France has declined to join the diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing, calling such a step “insignificant.” French President Emanuel Macron stated that the boycott, led by the United States and other Western nations, is merely a “symbolic step” that will have no significant impact. Apart from the […]
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Fri 10 December 2021: Dozens of Muslim congressional staff members sent an open letter Wednesday to the US House of Representatives’ leadership, demanding consequences for Islamophobic comments made by a Republican member. The letter denounced comments by Lauren Boebert from the state of Colorado, who was seen on video at a public event joking that […]
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Fri 10 December 2021: Khashoggi, a vocal critic of the Saudi monarchy, was murdered and dismembered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, 2018. The Washington City Council approved renaming a street in front of the Saudi Arabian embassy “Jamal Khashoggi Way” in commemoration of the Saudi journalist who was killed by government […]
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