Thu 22 December 2022: The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that amid an ongoing resurgence of the Covid-19 pandemic in China, hospitals across the country seem to be filling up. Addressing the media here on Wednesday, Michael Ryan, Executive Director of the WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme, said: “In China, what’s been reported is relatively […]
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Thu 22 December 2022: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s designated prime minister, has succeeded in forming a right-wing religious government coalition. Following his November 1 election win, Netanyahu secured a mandate to form a government backed by ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties and an extreme-right bloc that ran under the Religious Zionism alliance. The leader of the right-wing conservative Likud party informed […]
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Thu 22 December 2022: The president of Ukraine addressed the U.S. Congress on Wednesday, thanking it for its financial support while emphasizing that it is “not charity” but rather “an investment.” “Your money is not charity. It is an investment in the global security and democracy that we handle in the most responsible way,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy told […]
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Wed 21 December 2022: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in the US capital Wednesday for meetings with President Joe Biden and to address a joint session of Congress. His trip marks his first abroad since Russia began its war against his country 10 months ago. Zelenskyy touched down Wednesday afternoon after flying to the US […]
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Wed 21 December 2022: Türkiye’s ambassador to the UN slammed accusations Wednesday by China regarding Turkish airstrikes on the PKK terror group’s Syrian branch, the YPG/SDF. Feridun Sinirlioğlu responded to China’s Deputy UN Ambassador Geng Shuang, who accused Turkiye of ”repeatedly pounding northern Syria with airstrikes and artillery shelling and threatening to launch ground operations.” […]
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Wed 21 December 2022: A major IT incident that may have been a ransomware attack has affected British newspaper, The Guardian. Staff was instructed to work from home as a result of the event, which started late on Tuesday night and disrupted some of the company’s technology infrastructure. Additionally, several services that are used in […]
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Wed 21 December 2022: Russian President Vladimir Putin promises to give the armed forces anything they ask to support the military campaign in Ukraine. In a speech to defence chiefs in Moscow, Putin said there were no financial limits on what the government would provide its military. He added that Russia needs to take special […]
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Wed 21 December 2022: As many as 16–20 Rohingya may have drowned or died of thirst and hunger off the coast of India’s Andaman Islands, according to their relatives and activists, at least 100 Rohingya are stranded in a boat. Five Indian ships approached the stranded boat late on Tuesday, a source told Reuters. “We […]
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Wed 21 December 2022: In an effort to address its “dark colonial past,” Germany has returned 20 antique bronze sculptures to Nigeria, according to the country’s foreign minister on Tuesday. In a ceremony in the country’s capital, Abuja, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock handed off the priceless cultural artifacts to Nigerian officials. The statues, which […]
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Wed 21 December 2022: According to Dr. Vincent Candrawinata, a health and wellness expert and researcher at the University of Newcastle, NSW, all obese Santas should be prohibited from shopping malls because they convey the incorrect message and encourage binge eating. According to him, being overweight has nothing to do with happiness, and all amusement […]
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