Thu 05 January 2023: EU countries are “strongly encouraged” to demand Covid tests from passengers coming from China, a crisis meeting of European Union experts decided Wednesday. The meeting also recommended that passengers to and from China wear face masks, that EU countries conduct random tests on arrivals and test wastewater from flights from China, according to a statement […]
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Thu 05 January 2023: Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday accused the West of adopting “double standards” on freedom of media. Speaking at the 7th Anatolian Media Awards ceremony in the capital Ankara, Erdoğan said: “Those accusing Türkiye of censorship remain silent about those (Twitter) doing real censorship. “We all know that those who have been criticizing democracy, […]
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Wed 04 January 2023: The World Health Organization is “concerned” about the surge in COVID-19 infections in China, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday, urging Beijing again to deliver rapid and regular data on hospitalisation and death there. “We continue to ask China for more rapid, regular, reliable data on hospitalizations and deaths, as well as more […]
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Wed 04 January 2023: Twitter chief Elon Musk on Tuesday disclosed that US Government demanded the suspension of 250k Twitter accounts, including those belonging to journalists and Canadian officials, reported Fox News. He made the revelation while sharing the latest round of “Twitter Files,” which were made public by the journalist Matt Taibbi. “US govt […]
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Wed 04 January 2023: The United Arab Emirates and China called Tuesday for a UN Security Council meeting after Israel‘s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir entered Al-Aqsa Mosque‘s courtyards in occupied East Jerusalem amid warnings of unrest. The Council is expected to convene on Thursday, diplomats said. The UAE Foreign Ministry on Wednesday strongly condemned the “storming of Al Aqsa Mosque courtyard by an Israeli minister […]
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Wed 04 January 2023: A ban on opposition rallies put in place in 2016 by her strongman predecessor has been overturned by Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan as a gesture toward political rivals calling for the restoration of democratic traditions. “According to our laws, it is the right of political parties to hold their public […]
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Wed 04 January 2023: A former General Electric engineer has been sentenced to two years in prison in the United States for conspiring to steal trade secrets to benefit China. Xiaoqing Zheng, who worked as an engineer specialising in turbine sealing technology at GE Power in Schenectady, New York, conspired to steal trade secrets related […]
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Tue 03 January 2023: The bodies of 28 people were discovered in northwest Burkina Faso over the weekend, according to the government, who added that an investigation was underway as speculation about who was responsible grew. “The government was informed of an incident at Nouna … during the night of December 30-31,” a government statement […]
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Tue 03 January 2023: Pakistan says no country will be allowed to shelter armed groups staging attacks against it as Kabul reject the charges. Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s defence minister has alleged that Afghanistan’s soil is being used by armed groups to launch attacks on his country, prompting a sharp response from Taliban government in Kabul […]
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Tue 03 January 2023: Japan has reported a record number of cases of bird flu across 23 provinces, with authorities culling approximately 7.75 million birds until Tuesday this season, according to officials. The number of bird flu cases across the nation has increased to 54, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, after […]
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