Sun 12 December 2021: Due to an increase in Omicron cases, the UK raised the Covid warning level from 3 to 4 on Sunday. It’s the second-highest rating, signifying “transmission is high and pressure on healthcare services is widespread and substantial or rising”. Previously, the government had enforced new virus regulations requiring people over the […]
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Sun 12 December 2021: During the past day, the Arab Coalition stated it conducted out 35 targeted operations against the Iran-backed Houthis near Marib, killing more than 200 militants and destroying 21 military vehicles. “We carried out three targeted operations in the western coast to support the coastal forces and protect civilians. The western coast […]
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Sun 12 December 2021: Russia faces “massive consequences” if it invades Ukraine, Britain’s Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said Sunday at a meeting of the G7’s top diplomats. Foreign ministers from the world’s richest nations have held a two-day meeting in Liverpool, northwest England, seeking to present a strong, united front against global threats. Truss said […]
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Sunday 12 December 2021: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal Twitter account has been “very briefly compromised,” the prime minister’s office has said. A swiftly deleted tweet from his main @narendramodi handle declared India had adopted Bitcoin as legal tender and was distributing the cryptocurrency to citizens. It said the Indian government had officially bought […]
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Sun 12 December 2021: US President Joe Biden has pledged support to states affected by a swarm of devastating tornadoes that demolished homes, levelled businesses and left at least 100 people feared dead. Describing the tornadoes as likely “one of the largest” storm outbreaks in history, Biden on Saturday approved an emergency disaster declaration for […]
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Sun 12 December 2021: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will travel to the United Arab Emirates to meet the Gulf state’s de facto ruler, in the first-ever visit to the UAE by an Israeli prime minister. Bennett will depart for the high-level public visit on Sunday and will meet Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed […]
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Sun 12 December 2021: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange suffered a stroke in Belmarsh Prison during a High Court appearance via video link, while fighting extradition to the United States, his fiancee Stella Moris says. “Julian #Assange suffered a stroke on the first day of the High Court appeal hearing on October 27th. He needs to […]
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Sun 12 December 2021: The British government may need to introduce tougher restrictions to slow the growth of the Omicron variant and prevent a new surge in COVID-19 hospitalisations and deaths, British scientists said on Saturday. UK health officials say Omicron is spreading much more quickly than the Delta strain and is likely to replace […]
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Sat 11 December 2021: The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Saturday that 190 Houthis had been killed in military operations in the last 24 hours. The coalition conducted 36 operations against Houthi targets in Marib in Yemen within the last 24 hours, the Saudi Press Agency tweeted. The operations also destroyed 20 military […]
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Sat 11 December 2021: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed on Friday that the only way to achieve stability and peace in Palestine is to create an independent and sovereign Palestinian state on the 1967 borders, with Jerusalem as its capital, Anadolu Agency reported. Speaking at the opening session of the 16th Conference of the Organisation of Islamic […]
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