Wed 29 December 2021: The risk posed by the Omicron variant is still “very high”, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, after COVID-19 case numbers shot up by 11 percent globally last week. Omicron is behind the rapid virus spikes in many countries, including those where it has already overtaken the previously-dominant Delta […]
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Tue 28 December 2021: Dozens of Rohingya refugees who were intercepted after their boat ran into trouble off the coast of Indonesia’s Aceh province were being sent into Malaysian waters, authorities said. At least 100 people, mostly women and children, on board a wooden vessel said to be taking on water were denied refuge in […]
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Tue 28 December 2021: According to a recent Opinium poll commissioned by The Guardian newspaper, the UK Labour Party has a seven-point lead over the current Conservative Party in vote intention, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s popularity continues to decline. According to the survey, which was conducted between December 15 and 22, 39 percent of […]
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Tue 28 December 2021: On Tuesday, a live-streamed televised debate in Jordan’s parliament on constitutional reforms including gender equality escalated into scuffles between MPs, requiring the session to be suspended. A furious argument erupted between deputies and parliament speaker Abdelkarim al-Daghmi, with much pushing and pointing. The argument erupted during a debate on an amendment […]
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Tue 28 December 2021: German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach told the German dpa news agency on Tuesday that Germany will purchase a million packages of Pfizer’s Paxlovid antiviral medicine against COVID-19, with the first batches coming in January. “It is an extremely promising medication, as timely taking of the medicine significantly reduces the probability of […]
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Tue 28 December 2021: According to the Syrian state news agency SANA, Israeli warplanes attacked the Syrian port of Latakia early Tuesday, the second such attack this month. “The Israeli enemy carried out an air aggression at dawn today, with missiles from the direction of Mediterranean, west of the city of Latakia, targeting the container […]
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Tue 28 December 2021: China put hundreds of thousands more people under lockdown Tuesday to try and stamp out a worsening coronavirus outbreak, as infections hit new highs in multiple US states and Europe. Covid surges have wreaked havoc around the world, with many nations in Europe and North America trying to strike a balance […]
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Tue 28 December 2021: British royalty is a right storm in an extravagantly adorned teacup these days, what with Megxit, the release of yet another movie as Diana, Princess of Wales, comes to the fore once more, and now, it seems we’re one scandal away from a maid shrieking “MURDER! Murder in the boudoir!” Scotland […]
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Tue 28 December 2021: South Africa has recorded at least 3 782 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24-hour reporting cycle, with 15 more fatalities reported. This brings the total number of infections to 3 417 318, with the national death toll reaching 90 829. There were 150 more hospitalisations due to the virus. According to the […]
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Tue 28 December 2021: India’s government has frozen the bank accounts of Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity (MoC) in West Bengal, says the state’s political leader, dealing a blow to one of the country’s most prominent groups running shelters for the poor. The move on Monday came after several right-wing Hindu groups disrupted Christmas mass […]
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