Views: 1 2 The locked-down Chinese city of Xi’an on Monday tightened Covid-19 controls to the “strictest” level, banning residents from driving cars around town in an effort to control the country’s worst outbreak in 21 months. © STR Historic Xi’an — where 13 million residents are facing their fifth day confined at home — is […]
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Views: 1 RAMAT GAN, Israel (Reuters) – An Israeli hospital administered fourth COVID-19 vaccine doses on Monday to a test group, as the country considers approving the measure for vulnerable populations in a bid to outpace a surge in infections fuelled by the Omicron variant. © Reuters/RONEN ZVULUN A medical worker receives a fourth dose of
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Views: 3 Heavy snow hit parts of central Japan on Monday, causing traffic snarls and disrupting flights and rail connections. Power outages were reported by over 3,200 houses in the region, Kansai Electric Power said. © Provided by DW The weather agency said some regions could see up to 90 centimeters of snowfallWeather officials have warned
Views: 3 German NGO Sea-Watch rescued hundreds of people from the Mediterranean Sea over the Christmas holiday weekend. © Provided by DW Sea-Watch rescued 180 migrants from a boat in distress on SaturdaySome 96 people were rescued from a boat in distress in the Mediterranean on Sunday. It was the organization’s fifth rescue mission within three
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Views: 2 Around 8,000 flights were cancelled globally between Christmas Eve and Boxing Day as airlines experienced staff shortages due to COVID-19. Approximately 3,000 of the cancelled flights were in or out of the United States, where the highly transmissible Omicron COVID variant is causing a surge in infections, according to flight-tracking website FlightAware.com ©
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Views: 2 The anti-apartheid veteran’s funeral is set to take place in Cape Town on Saturday 1 January but plans are still in their “infancy”. Meanwhile, world leaders have been paying tribute to the 90-year-old, who died at the Oasis Frail Care Centre on Boxing Day. Image:Archbishop Desmond Tutu died at the age of 90
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Views: 0 An area is cordoned off as police officers inspect the scene of a bomb explosion in Beni, eastern Congo Sunday Dec. 26, 2021. A bomb exploded at a restaurant Saturday as patrons gathered on Christmas Day in an eastern Congolese town where Islamic extremists are known to be active. (AP Photo/Al-hadji Kudra Maliro)
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Views: 3 LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Friday it condemned a launch of ballistic missiles by Iran in war games conducted this week. © Reuters/WANA NEWS AGENCY Members of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) navy participate in a joint exercise called the ‘Great Prophet 17’, in the southwest of Iran“These actions are a
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Views: 2 A reported deal between Saudi Arabia and China to help the former develop its ballistic missile arsenal could spark a new arms race in the region, Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) has warned. © Lintao Zhang/Pool/Getty Images Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands with Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud during a signing ceremony
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Views: 0 MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people in the Philippines, Asia’s largest Roman Catholic nation, were marking Christmas on Saturday without homes, adequate food and water, electricity and cellphone connections after a powerful typhoon left at least 375 people dead last week and devastated mostly central island provinces.More than 371,000 houses
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