Sun 16 January 2022: Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer announced on Sunday that in February, the country will become the first in Europe to make Covid-19 vaccines mandatory for adults. He agreed that this was a “sensitive topic.” Those who do not comply, according to Nehammer, a conservative who took office in December, will face a […]
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Novak Djokovic prepares for his deportation flight from Melbourne Airport. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sun 16 January 2022: On the eve of the Australian Open, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic slammed Australian authorities after a federal court decided in favor of tennis star Novak Djokovic’s deportation. “They think that they have by this, this mistreatment of 10 days, humiliated […]
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Sun 16 January 2022: Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, the former president of Mali who served from 2013 until his overthrow in a coup in 2020, has died at the age of 76 in the capital Bamako. His death, revealed by the state broadcaster ORTM in a warning early Sunday, comes as the enormous African nation faces […]
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Sun 16 January 2022: On Sunday, Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation stated that evidence pointed to Russia’s alleged involvement in recent cyberattacks against the country’s official websites. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry announced on Friday that its website, as well as the websites of a number of other government agencies, were down due to a cyberattack. […]
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Sun 16 January 2022: There is no justification now for keeping schools closed in view of the pandemic and even if there are new waves, closing schools should be the last resort, according to the World Bank’s Global Education Director Jaime Saavedra. Saavedra, whose team has been tracking the impact of COVID-19 on the education […]
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Sun 16 January 2022: The hostage crisis at a synagogue in the United States has come to a end. According to Governor Greg Abbott, all of the hostages were liberated on Saturday night after being kept captive for hours inside the Texas synagogue. It’s been nearly 12 hours since the standoff began. “Prayers answered. Abbott […]
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Sun 16 January 2022: Somalia’s government spokesperson was injured in a suspected suicide bomber strike in the capital, according to state-run media. On Sunday, a photographer at the blast site reported seeing body parts on the ground outside the home of Mohamed Ibrahim Moalimuu, who was taken to the hospital. State-run According to the Somali […]
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Sun 16 January 2022: According to a top Iranian politician, arch-foes Iran and Saudi Arabia are cautiously working toward peace and are prepared to rebuild embassies six years after cutting diplomatic ties. In a tweet on Saturday, Jalil Rahimi Jahanabadi, a member of the Iranian Parliament’s national security and foreign policy commission, said the two […]
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Sun 16 January 2022: Tonga’s capital, Nuku’alofa, was damaged “significantly” by a powerful volcanic eruption that triggered a tsunami, according to New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, but there have been no reports of injuries or deaths as of yet. On Sunday, Ardern’s remarks came as Pacific nations and humanitarian organizations struggled to establish contact […]
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Sat 15 January 2022: The UN has expressed alarm over recent incidences of hate speech and incitement to violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, fearing that incendiary acts will rise ahead of this year’s elections. On Sunday, Bosnian Serbs commemorated the founding of the Republika Srpska (RS), Bosnia’s Serb entity, which was formed three […]
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