4TH INT’L RED CRESCENT AMITY SHORT FILM FESTIVAL SET TO BEGIN IN ISTANBUL

Mon 29 November 2021: Event organized in association with Turkey’s Culture and Tourism Ministry, AA its global communication partner The 4th International Red Crescent Amity Short Film Festival will kick off in the Turkish metropolis of Istanbul on Thursday. The event, which will run Dec. 2-5, is being organized in collaboration with Turkey’s Culture and […]

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GERMANY: COVID-19 SITUATION “MORE SERIOUS THAN EVER”, SAYS HEALTH MINISTER

Sat 27 November 2021: As Germany is hit by the fourth COVID-19 wave, the situation in the country is “more serious than ever,” acting Minister of Health Jens Spahn told journalists here on Friday. “The situation is dramatically serious, more serious than it’s been at any point in the pandemic,” Spahn said, stressing that “the […]

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BIDEN URGES FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY WAIVERS ON VACCINES AMID FEARS OVER NEW VARIANT

Sat 27 November 2021: As international worry grows over a novel coronavirus strain discovered in South Africa, US President Joe Biden has called on countries attending a WTO meeting next week to relax intellectual property rights for coronavirus vaccines. Biden said in a statement on Friday that the finding of the new variation shows that […]

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UZBEK POLICE FORCE MUSLIM MEN TO SHAVE BEARDS: REPORT

Fri 26 November 2021: Police in Uzbekistan have been forcing dozens of practising Muslim men to shave their beards according to a report today by RFE/RL. Over the past recent weeks, there have been several incidents of men being summoned by police in the city of Yangiyul, 20 kilometres south of the capital, Tashkent, said correspondents. One local […]

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CARNIVAL 2022 CANCELED IN 58 BRAZILIAN CITIES DUE TO COVID-19 FEARS

Fri 26 November 2021: According to local press, at least 58 cities in the southeast Brazilian states of Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais have decided to cancel Carnival 2022 celebrations due to COVID-19 outbreaks. The famous Brazilian festival was canceled in 2021, in the midst of the country’s second wave of COVID-19 infections and deaths. […]

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