Wed 04 August 2021: WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on that the World Health Organization (WHO) is asking for a halt on booster COVID-19 vaccination doses until the end of September to ensure equal access to vaccines around the world. He said the move was to enable that at least 10% of the […]
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Wed 04 August 2021: France will supply Lebanon with 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine and 100 million Euros ($119 million) in assistance, according to French President Emmanuel Macron. Macron made the statement at an international virtual conference on Lebanon co-hosted by France and the United Nations on Wednesday. “We intend to send about 100 million […]
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Wed 04 August 2021: About 70 per cent of Yemenis are at risk of starvation, the World Bank said yesterday, at a time when the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) has halved since 2015. “The six-year conflict in Yemen has left at least 24.1 million people in need of humanitarian assistance, including 12.3 million children […]
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Wed 04 August 2021: The UN Security Council does not support “the restoration of the Islamic Emirate” in Afghanistan , a statement said Tuesday. “The members of the Security Council recognized that a sustainable peace can be achieved only through a comprehensive and inclusive Afghan-led, Afghan-owned peace process,” said the statement, adding that an inclusive, […]
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Wed 04 August 2021: Singapore plans to increase the number of police cameras to more than 200,000 by at least 2030, Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam said Tuesday. The move will more than double the current number of cameras deployed across the island state. With a land area of a little over 700 […]
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Wed 04 August 2021: According to a UN official, around 4.4 million people in northeastern Nigeria may experience food shortages and acute hunger as a result of increased attacks by the Boko Haram terrorist group and the displacement of farmers in the area. Esty Sutyoko, deputy head of the UN Office for the Coordination of […]
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Wed 04 August 2021: Satellite imagery, financial data and on-the-ground evidence obtained by Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit point to India building a naval facility on the remote Mauritian island of Agaléga. Military experts who have analysed Al Jazeera’s evidence say an airstrip under construction will almost certainly be used for maritime patrol missions by India’s […]
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Wed 04 August 2021: US President Joe Biden said that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo should resign after the state’s Attorney General concluded that he sexually harassed multiple women with whom he worked. “I think [Cuomo] should resign,” Biden said on Tuesday afternoon, joining New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York Senators […]
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Tue 03 August 2021: New York city Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced that proof of vaccination would be required for indoor activities such as entering restaurants and attending performances. The announcement, which is likely to arouse serious controversy in some quarters, is the latest in a string of initiatives aimed at encouraging more residents […]
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Tue 03 August 2021: Ukrainian police announced Tuesday that a Belarusian opposition politician who went missing on Monday was found dead in one of Kyiv’s parks. Vitaly Shishov, the head of Belarusian House in Ukraine (BDU), was reported missing by his partner on Monday after he failed to return from a run and could not be reached […]
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