Sun 31 July 2022: A team of researchers at a US university has discovered a potential universal monoclonal antibody treatment that could work for the coronavirus and all of its variants. The finding published July 21 comes as the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, which has killed more than 6.3 million people. […]
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Sun 31 July 2022: Osama Bin Laden’s family donated one million pounds to Prince Charles’ charitable organization, The Prince of Wales’ Charitable Fund, According to reports. The Sunday Times reported that in 2013, two years after Osama was killed by US special forces at a compound near Islamabad in Pakistan, Prince Charles had met Osama’s […]
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Sun 31 July 2022: The White House reported that US Vice President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 once more, several days after he was given the all-clear to leave coronavirus isolation, in a rare instance of “rebound” following anti-viral drug treatment. White House physician Dr Kevin O’Connor said in a letter on Saturday that […]
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Sun 31 July 2022: The Islamic new year, or the Hijri new year, marks the start of the Muslim lunar calendar. The calendar has been observed for more than 1,444 years and is used to date important Muslim events including the beginning of Ramadan (month of fasting), Eid al-Fitr and the start of the Hajj […]
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Sat 30 July 2022: A Lebanese prosecutor seized a Syrian-flagged ship on Saturday that had been moored at a port in the north with a cargo of Ukrainian grain that Kyiv’s embassy in Beirut claimed was “illegal” on board. Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat reportedly instructed police to investigate the Laodicea, which docked in Tripoli earlier this […]
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Sat 30 July 2022: The Russian energy giant Gazprom on Saturday stopped supplying gas to Latvia, following tensions between Moscow and the West over the conflict in Ukraine and extensive European and US sanctions against Russia. “Today, Gazprom suspended its gas supplies to Latvia… due to violations of the conditions” of purchase, the company said […]
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People stand in long lines to receive the monkeypox vaccine in San Francisco in July. Sat 30 July 2022: In light of the outbreak of monkeypox, the governor of New York declared an emergency in the state late on Friday. “I am declaring a State Disaster Emergency to strengthen our ongoing efforts to confront the […]
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Sat 30 July 2022: Russia’s foreign ministry on Saturday announced sanctions against 32 officials and journalists from New Zealand for supporting what it called the country’s “Russophobic agenda.” The list includes Shane Arndell, deputy chief of the naval forces, and Wellington mayor Andy Foster, among other officials. The sanctions bar the targeted individuals from entering Russia indefinitely, the […]
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Sat 30 July 2022: Days after storming the legislative body and forcing the suspension of a session to name a new prime minister, Iraqi protesters have once more entered the country’s parliament to show their support for prominent Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr. On Saturday, as protesters toppled and scaled a number of substantial concrete barriers […]
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Sat 30 July 2022: Pope Francis told indigenous leaders on his last day of his Canadian visit that he was pained that Catholics had supported “oppressive and unjust policies” against them. The 85-year-old pope met on Friday with an indigenous delegation at the Quebec archbishop’s residence before he was due to leave for a brief […]
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