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New Zealand outbreak forces PM Ardern to scrap wedding plans

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was Sunday forced to call off her own wedding as she tightened Covid-19 restrictions in the face of an outbreak of the Omicron variant. © MICHAEL BRADLEY New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her fiance Clarke Gayford had to cancel their wedding after she tightened Covid-19 restrictions“My wedding will

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Oulanyah Eulogises Prof. Mutebile as Steward of Uganda’s Economic Recovery and Stability

Former Bank Of Uganda Governor Prof.Emmanuel Mutebile The Speaker of Parliament Rt Hon Jacob Oulanyah has paid tribute to Bank Of Uganda Governor  Prof.Emanuel Mutebile. January 23, 2022, 6:01 AM UTCUpdated onJanuary 23, 2022, 7:39 AM UTC Uganda’s central bank governor Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, who helped shape the nation’s economic recovery following political turmoil in the

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Australia coach Covid-positive ahead of World Cup qualifier

Australia’s build-up to a crunch World Cup qualifier this week suffered a setback Sunday when coach Graham Arnold tested positive for Covid-19 and was forced into isolation. © Manan VATSYAYANA Australia coach Graham Arnold has tested positive for Covid-19 The Socceroos face Vietnam in Melbourne on Thursday with Arnold’s deputy, former Manchester United assistant coach Rene

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Germany to provide medical help to Ukraine – but no weapons

Germany plans to send a field medical facility to Ukraine next month but it continues to refuse the transfer of weapons despite fears of a Russian invasion. In February, “a complete field hospital will be handed over, including the necessary training, all co-financed by Germany to the tune of 5.3 million euros [$6bn]”, German Defence

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Chile president-elect names female-majority Cabinet

Chile’s leftist president-elect, Gabriel Boric, announced his first Cabinet on Friday, giving a majority of posts to women and several to former student protest leaders. © Provided by DW For the first time in history, a majority of Chile’s cabinet positions have gone to women Boric said that the Cabinet’s priorities are managing the coronavirus pandemic,

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Elon Musk offers to send terminals to restore internet to volcano-hit Tonga

Elon Musk has offered to send Starlink internet terminals to Tonga, after the recent volcanic eruption and tsunami left the Pacific island nation without communication links to the rest of the world. © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: EyePress News/Rex/ShutterstockRelated: Diary of a disaster: the week that Tonga went silent Replying on Twitter to a Reuters story

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Next Mission: Impossible films postponed to 2023 and 2024 due to pandemic

The next two editions of Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible films have been delayed again due to the COVID-19 pandemic. © Getty Tom Cruise during the shooting of Mission Impossible 7 in Venice, ItalyParamount Pictures and Skydance have postponed the release of Mission: Impossible 7 from September 2022 to 14 July 2023. They have also set a

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Chinese officials arrested for concealing true scale of flood death toll

Officials in a Chinese province deliberately underreported or concealed 139 deaths from last year’s devastating flood disaster, the country’s central government has said, amid arrests of some of those involved. © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Record-breaking rainstorms hit Henan province in central China between 17 and 23 July, overflowing reservoirs, breaching riverbanks, and overwhelming

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Russian ships, tanks and troops on the move to Ukraine as peace talks stall

Russia has sent troops more than 4,000 miles to Ukraine’s borders and announced sweeping naval drills as Moscow expands its preparations for a potential attack on Ukraine as negotiations appear at a deadlock. Six Russian landing ships capable of carrying main main battle tanks, troops and other military vehicles travelled through the Channel en route

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