On Monday, President Joe Biden signed a $768.2 billion defense bill into law that keeps women from the military draft and alters the military justice system. The National Defense Authorization Act has measures in it that change how the military justice system manages sexual assault and other related crimes, essentially removing military commanders’ prosecutorial jurisdiction […]
18 hrs ago The official death toll from Typhoon Rai, which hit parts of the Philippines in mid-December, was raised from 375 to 388 on Monday, with outbreaks of disease compounding the problems faced by affected residents. © Provided by DW Hundreds of thousands have been left homeless by the typhoonThe civil defense office in Manila
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U.S. hospitals continue to reel from surging volumes of coronavirus patients as the omicron variant drives a record-breaking flurry of infections in some regions — with medical workers bracing for more misery in the weeks ahead. The New York City health department reported that the seven-day average of confirmed and probable coronavirus cases there
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Congressman Bennie Thompson, the chairman of the House select committee investigating the Capitol attack, has said the panel will open an inquiry into Donald Trump’s phone call seeking to stop Joe Biden’s certification from taking place on 6 January hours before the insurrection. © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty ImagesThe chairman said the select
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It’s no secret that Mount Everest, the jewel in Nepal’s Himalayan crown, is the world’s premier mountain. It’s one of those facts embedded in childhood, like knowing that Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon or that blue whales are the largest animals ever to have lived. © Provided by Live Science Mount Everest You may
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(Bloomberg) — Russia will start talks first with the U.S. on its demands for guarantees of an end to NATO’s eastward expansion before a proposed Jan. 12 meeting between the military alliance and Moscow, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. FILE – MOSCOW, RUSSIA – DECEMBER 22, 2021: Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a general
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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 at the
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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 coronavirus disease
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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 of more
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) AL-HADJI KUDRA
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