Naftali Bennett, former defense minister for Netanyahu, and opposition leader Yair Lapid will lead the opposition parties under this new agreement that would split power in a “unity government.” Bennett would take over as prime minister first, and then Lapid if they are successful in pushing Netanyahu from power. “We …
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Muhyiddin announced the June lockdown on Friday, revealing that all unessential sectors and industries would be totally shut down from between June 1 and June 14. “With the latest rise in daily cases showing a drastically upward trend, hospital capacity across the country to treat COVID-19 patients are becoming limited,” …
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Netanyahu, who is facing corruption charges, made a proposal to form the next Israeli government with Naftali Bennett of the right-wing Yamina alliance and Gideon Sa’ar, who leads the center-right New Hope party. Between the two, they control 13 seats in the Knesset after the inconclusive March election. Netanyahu’s own …
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“Enjoy the long weekend,” Harris tweeted on Saturday. The four words and accompanying smiling photo were enough to propel the vice president to the trending charts on social media, as critics blasted her for not acknowledging the true meaning of the holiday. “Is this intended to insult the memory of …
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The two “were married yesterday afternoon in a small ceremony” in the cathedral, a spokesman for Number 10 told the media on Sunday. “The couple will celebrate their wedding with family and friends next summer.” Johnson, 56, and Symonds, 33, have been engaged since late 2019, they announced last year …
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Kunwar Singh, 59, was a lawyer treated at a hospital in the city of Ghaziabad, located in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh next to New Delhi. The man was first diagnosed with coronavirus earlier this spring, and then got infected with fungus, believed to be a complication of the …
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The chase began around midnight when police were called in to respond to a family dispute in the small town of Le Lardin-Saint-Lazare in the country’s Dordogne region. The suspect, a former soldier recently released from prison, arrived at the home of his former partner and attacked her new boyfriend, …
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Gatherings of more than two people are banned in the city’s Go Vap and Thanh Loc districts. Residents have been told to leave home only to buy groceries or medicine and in cases of an emergency. They are also allowed to travel to work at businesses that involve “essential” goods …
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According to the latest data released by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), the US’ daily imports of crude from Russia totaled nearly 23,000 million barrels, nearly doubling compared to the previous month. The surge in exports made Russia the country’s second biggest oil supplier after Canada, which shipped 139,869 …
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Right after pledging a humanitarian-aid package of some 26 million euro on Wednesday to the Kurdish-controlled breakaway region of Northeastern Syria (NES), EU authorities on Thursday renewed punitive sanctions against the Syrian government of Bashar Assad. That same day, the Syrian leader won re-election as president in a landslide victory, …
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