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LONDON – England will press ahead with plans to ease Covid-19 restrictions further on May 17, including allowing people to meet indoors, thanks to favourable data on infections and vaccines, the government said on Sunday (May 9). The…
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AMMAN – Jordan urged Israel on Sunday (May 9) to stop what it described as “barbaric” attacks on worshippers in Jerusalem’s al Aqsa mosque and said it would step up international pressure. Jordan, which has custodianship of Muslim and…
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KABUL – The death toll from an explosion outside a school in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul has risen to 58, Afghan officials said on Sunday (May 9), with doctors struggling to provide medical care to at least 150 injured. The bombing on…
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PARIS – China’s rogue rocket is in an uncontrolled free-fall towards Earth and no one knows where or exactly when it will burn through Earth’s atmosphere, but the risk of debris hitting an inhabited area remains very small, experts told…
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LONDON – British health officials on Friday (May 7) labelled a coronavirus variant first found in India a “variant of concern” due to evidence it spreads more easily, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson saying the situation needed careful…
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MADRID – Spain is poised for a surge in internal travel after a national state of emergency ends on Sunday (May 9), a move regional governments fear weakens their hand in the fight again the pandemic. Declared in October as Covid-19…
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LAKE CHARLES, UNITED STATES  – President Joe Biden warned on Thursday (May 6) that Congress needs to adopt his multi-trillion dollar spending plans to renew the US economy because China is “eating our lunch.” Speaking in deep-Republican…
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KYIV – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday (May 6) that Washington could increase security assistance for Ukraine after what he called Russia’s “reckless and aggressive” actions in massing troops near the Ukrainian…
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BRUSSELS – The European Union (EU) is willing to discuss a proposal, now backed by the United States, to waive intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday (May 6).…
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BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday (May 6) urged industrialised nations not to let the enormous financial toll of the coronavirus pandemic deter them from investing in the fight against climate change. Speaking at the…
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