Speaking to Corsican newspaper Corse Matin on Tuesday, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said the French government was prepared to discuss autonomy for the island province, adding, however, that the restoration of public order was a prerequisite for that. Darmanin’s statement came amid mass protests over the brutal beating of …
Read More »Canada province vows to end Covid restrictions ‘very soon’
Canada’s Saskatchewan province will soon lift all of its Covid-19 measures, the regional government said, arguing that residents are tired of intrusions into their lives and a perpetual state of panic triggered by the pandemic. “Covid is not ending, but government restrictions on your rights and freedoms – those will …
Read More »Covid-positive health workers may stay on job, Canadian province rules
Some “essential” workers who come down with Covid-19 in Quebec, Canada will be permitted to remain on the job, the province’s health minister said, citing an “urgent” need for nurses and healthcare staff amid a surge in cases. Quebec’s top health official, Christian Dube, told reporters on Tuesday that the …
Read More »China reports new human case of highly deadly bird flu in southern province
On Thursday, the Health Commission of Guangdong Province said it considered the risk of H5N6 transmission to be low after a local citizen was found to be infected with the bird flu strain. The case was reported in Dongguan, a southern city home to some 10 million people. It is …
Read More »Dead silence? Halloween is on in Canada’s most populous province, but officials say no ‘singing or shouting’ for trick-or-treaters
Provincial chief medical officer Dr. Kieran Moore warned on Thursday that children shouldn’t “sing or shout” for their treats on Halloween, so as to avoid aerosolizing and spreading the virus. He also advised parents that a regular Halloween mask is not a replacement for a surgical mask, so they’ll need …
Read More »Russian soldier killed in road blast in Syria’s Homs province – Defense Ministry
“The Russian military police were reconnoitering a path of a humanitarian convoy in Syria’s Homs province on September 9 when there was a roadside bomb explosion,” the ministry said in a statement. At least one Russian soldier died in the incident, it added. DETAILS TO FOLLOW
Read More »Taliban gained ‘full control’ of Panjshir province, spokesman claims
Taliban fighters have conquered the last remaining pockets of resistance in Panjshir, defeating most of their rivals and forcing others to flee, Mujahid announced on Monday morning. The claim was hard to verify, as the group has often overestimated its gains in the past. Videos have been uploaded online showing …
Read More »Taliban fighters storm capital of Afghan province, taking over police HQ and sparking mass prison break
Militants stormed the city of Qala-e-Naw on Wednesday morning before being cleared out by government forces around 4pm local time, the Ministry of Defense said in a Facebook post. Airstrikes were used to push the Taliban back and Afghan National Defense and Security Forces were also deployed to restore order …
Read More »China’s Hebei province to reexamine Covid-19 test results after lab caught out over positive cases
On Thursday, Jinan Huaxi Medical Laboratory, which was hired to process coronavirus tests in Hebei’s Longyao County, said that some 310,000 samples taken from locals had returned negative results. However, the lab reported the reassuring numbers to the county’s health commission before it had actually finished processing them all, the …
Read More »China builds 1,500-room isolation ward in just 5 DAYS over new coronavirus spike in Hebei province (VIDEO)
The large isolation center was built on the grounds of a factory outside the city, in the north-eastern Chinese province of Hebei. The facility made up of prefabricated huts, has 1,500 rooms to house people suspected of having coronavirus. Each room measuring 18 square meters, comes equipped with a bed, …
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