Fri 04 March 2022: Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, says a team of senior government officials is ready to make recommendations to the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) on COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Addressing a virtual media briefing on government efforts in the fight against COVID-19, Phaahla on Friday said the issue of vaccination mandates remains […]
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Fri 04 March 2022: According to Reuters, the Pentagon has created a new hotline with Russia’s Ministry of Defense to prevent “miscalculation, military incidents, and escalation” in the region as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine advances. The Defense Department set up the deconfliction line on Tuesday “for the purposes of preventing miscalculation, military incidents and escalation,” […]
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Fri 04 March 2022: According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), over 93% of the population in the US lives in areas where the coronavirus level is so low that people do not need to wear masks indoors. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) relaxed its standards on when […]
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Fri 04 March 2022: In the first visible evidence of progress in discussions between the warring parties, Russia and Ukraine agreed on the need for humanitarian corridors to transfer aid and assist civilians from besieged Ukrainian cities. Russian negotiator Vladimir Medinsky reported “substantial progress” at Thursday’s talks – the second round of negotiations since Russia […]
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Fri 04 March 2022: More than a week after Russia invaded Ukraine, Russia’s Media Watchdog reported it has banned access to several independent media websites, including the BBC, tightening internet regulations. Following a request from prosecutors, Roskomnadzor “limited” access to the BBC, the independent news website Meduza, German broadcaster Deutsche Welle, and the Russian-language website […]
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Fri 04 March 2022: There are 14.6 million Syrians in need of aid and around 6.9 million others displaced, the UN announced on Wednesday. The spokesperson for the UN secretary-general said that Syria has the largest number of “internally displaced persons (IDP) in the world.” Stephane Dujarric added that they were also facing a “high […]
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Thu 03 March 2022: President Emmanuel Macron has warned his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that he is making a “major mistake” in Ukraine and that his government’s actions will cost Russia dearly over the long term, according to a French official cited by the Reuters news agency. During talks by phone allegedly initiated by Putin, […]
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Thu 03 March 2022: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the West on Thursday to increase military aid to Ukraine, saying Russia would advance on the rest of Europe otherwise. “If you do not have the power to close the skies, then give me planes!” Zelenskyy told a press conference. “If we are no more […]
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Thu 03 March 2022: With the operationalisation of the Films and Publications (FP) Amendment Act of 2019, South Africans will be protected against harmful content that is distributed by online distributors. Addressing a media briefing in Pretoria on Thursday, Deputy Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies Philly Mapulane said the number of companies that are […]
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Thu 03 March 2022: Toyota Motor Corp., the world’s largest carmaker, declared a halt in production operations in Russia on Thursday, while the Japanese government said it will freeze assets owned by four more Russian banks. Toyota said the decision to suspend operations at its St. Petersburg plant from Friday is “due to supply chain […]
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