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‘History and geography don’t change – I don’t think British destiny is different to ours,’ says French president
Source: theguardian
Thousands of cheering fans packed the stands on Friday to watch some of tennis' biggest stars warm up for the Australian Open -- with hardly a face mask to be seen: an unusual scene for the coronavirus pandemic.
Source: cnn.com
The Weeknd has said he no longer cares about being snubbed by the Grammys, after getting zero nominations for this year's event.
Source: bbc.com
Hungary became the European Union’s first member to approve China’s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine, sealing a deal on Friday for 5 million doses just a week after becoming the first EU member to buy Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine.
Source: reuters.com
Taro Kono, the minister in charge of Japan’s COVID-19 response, and Kang Kyung-Wha, South Korea’s foreign minister, both expressed concerns over about growing vaccine nationalism during a panel at the World Economic Forum’s Davos Agenda conference.
Source: finance.yahoo.com
A small blast near the Israeli embassy in New Delhi on Friday was caused by a “very low intensity improvised device” a police spokesman said, adding that there were no injuries. The explosion damaged the window panes of three nearby parked cars.
Source: reuters.com
The warning comes days after China stepped up its military activities and flew warplanes near the island.
Source: bbc.com
Scientists say temperatures globally at highest level since start of human civilization.
Source: theguardian
China said Friday it will no longer recognize the British National Overseas passport as a valid travel document or form of identification amid a bitter feud with London over a plan to allow millions of Hong Kong residents a route to residency and eventual citizenship.
Source: apnews.com
Jürgen Klopp had promised that his Liverpool team were “on fire to strike back” after their five-game winless streak in the Premier League, which had yielded only three points and one goal.
Source: theguardian
A fire killed four people at a COVID-19 hospital in Romanian capital Bucharest early on Friday and 102 other patients have been evacuated, officials said.
Source: reuters.com
70 percent of surveyed parents said that it's harder for them to solve their kid's math homework today.
Source: People
"We’re glad we can use my internet fame to help Vermonters in need,” the 79-year-old senator said in a statement.
Source: People
Lebanon's coronavirus lockdown stokes hunger, fear among desperate families. "I'd rather die of Covid than die of hunger" has become a popular line among the Lebanese, according to charity workers.
Source: nbcnews
Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was the main suspect in the 2002 kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Pearl, was released by a panel of three judges. Sheikh has served 18 years in jail.
Source: reuters
Walter Luebcke, a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives, was found dead in a pool of blood outside his house in the western state of Hesse in June 2019. The court convicted the defendant, Stephan Ernst, of the murder of Luebcke by shooting him.
Source: www.reuters.com
The issue of how to save the planet from global warming and efforts to mobilize action against climate change came under the spotlight at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Davos Agenda on Wednesday, as Russian President Vladimir Putin warned of weakening international institutions and the threats of conflicts.
Source: xinhuanet.com
The country's president Yoweri Museveni launched the trial here which will involve 128 COVID-19 patients admitted at the Mulago National Referral Hospital.
Source: xinhuanet.com
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