Tue 08 February 2022: The United States and Germany are working in “lockstep” to deter Russian “aggression” in Europe, US President Joe Biden has said, as he met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the White House on Monday. Amid growing tensions in eastern Europe, Scholz held in-person talks with Biden on February 7 for the first time since […]
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Mon 07 February 2022: An estimated 4.3 million people have been affected by the severe drought which is ravaging several parts of Somalia, up from 3.2 million a month ago, the United Nations humanitarian agency said on Monday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said the escalating drought has seen some […]
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Mon 07 February 2022: On Monday, Pope Francis stated that dumping plastic in rivers is “criminal” and should be prohibited. . “Throwing plastic into the sea is criminal. It kills biodiversity, it kills the earth, it kills everything.” He further added, “Looking after creation is an education (process) in which we must engage,” citing a […]
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Mon 07 February 2022: Naftali Bennett, Israel’s prime minister, has announced a state investigation into the growing Pegasus surveillance controversy. “Things allegedly happened here that are very serious,” he said in a statement that also credited Pegasus as “an important tool in the fight against terrorism and severe crime”. “But they were not intended to […]
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Archbishop Peña Parra visits the UAE Ministry of the Interior. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Mon 07 February 2022: The Vatican has opened a diplomatic mission in the UAE. Archbishop Edgar Pena Parra, a close aide to Pope Francis and substitute of the Secretariat of State at the Vatican, inaugurated the Apostolic Nunciature in Abu Dhabi at a ceremony […]
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Mon 07 February 2022: The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) announced on Monday that it has registered the MC Pharma also known as Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine. Initially developed by the Beijing Institute of Biological Products, the local drug watchdog said the Chinese two-dose COVID-19 jab is administered at an interval of two to […]
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Mon 07 February 2022: Tunisian police have locked the doors of the Supreme Judicial Council and stopped staff from entering the building, a day after President Kais Saied dissolved it. The move on Monday came after Tunisian judges rejected Saied’s decision to disband the council that oversees them, raising fears about the independence of the […]
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Mon 07 February 2022: US President Joe Biden and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron discussed the situation in Ukraine over the phone Sunday, according to a White House statement. The 40 minutes-long call allowed the two leaders to “share information about contacts made during the weekend” for good coordination ahead of the trip, the French […]
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Mon 07 February 2022: Cameroon: Senegal won their first Africa Cup of Nations title with a 4-2 penalty shoot-out triumph over seven-time winners Egypt, with Sadio Mane scoring the winning spot-kick after missing one in the early minutes of the game. On Sunday at the Olembe Stadium in Yaounde, Cameroon’s Yaounde, Mane made history for […]
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Mon 07 February 2022: Australia’s borders will reopen to fully vaccinated travelers on February 21, according to Prime Minister Scott Morrison, lifting arguably of the world’s toughest and longest-standing pandemic travel restrictions. “It’s almost two years since we took the decision to close the borders to Australia,” Morrison said during a media briefing on Monday. […]
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