Some 46,148 new coronavirus infections and 979 deaths had been registered as of Monday, the latter representing the lowest figure registered in the country in recent weeks, after it was hit by a major new wave of infections. The wave began in late March, skyrocketed though April, and peaked in …
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Speaking to the press after arriving in El Paso, Texas days after her visit had been announced, Harris was asked by Fox News’ Peter Doocy why now was the right time to make the trip, after months of both Democrats and Republicans calling for it. “It’s not my first trip, …
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Anna Morgan Lloyd, 49, was sentenced on Wednesday to three years of probation, 120 hours of community service, and $500 restitution to the government, after pleading guilty to a single misdemeanor charge of unlawfully entering the Capitol. She is the first of some 500 people charged over the January 6 …
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Super heavyweight Laurel Hubbard has been at the center of considerable controversy in their bid to reach the Tokyo Olympic Games, where she will be a live medal contender in news that will frustrate some of her rivals who have voiced their concerns about competing against an athlete who was …
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On Thursday, data from the financial tracking service of the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs showed that the North Korean government has responded to a call for funding, representing Pyongyang’s first financial donation since 2005. The initiative, which seeks funding for conflict-ridden Myanmar, calls for $276 million …
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The two leaders, along with Moscow’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Washington’s Secretary of State Antony Blinken, sat down behind closed doors to discuss a range of geopolitical issues. The agenda included the Covid-19 pandemic, the situation in Eastern Ukraine, allegations of Russian meddling in recent US elections and the …
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As a GP working mainly with elderly patients in care homes and intermediate care I witnessed, at first hand, the absolute disaster that was the government policy at the start of the Covid-19 outbreak. Elderly patients who were Covid-19 positive, or not tested, or perhaps even negative, were simply shovelled …
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Morrison arrived as an invited guest at the G7 summit, which is being hosted by Britain at the seaside resort town of Carbis Bay. On Saturday, he was supposed to have his first bilateral meeting with Joe Biden since the latter’s election as US president. To the surprise of the …
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On Thursday, Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, the deputy chief of Iran’s Army for coordination, announced that two vessels, both indigenously developed, had reached the Atlantic Ocean following a near 6,000 nautical mile journey. “The 77th strategic naval fleet of the Navy, comprising of the ‘Sahand’ destroyer and the ‘Makran’ ship, …
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Officially known as the MQ-25 T1 test asset, the remotely piloted vehicle successfully refueled a Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet during a June 4 test flight, Boeing announced on Monday. “This history-making event is a credit to our joint Boeing and Navy team that is all-in on delivering MQ-25’s critical aerial …
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