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WHO says COVID-19 remains a global health emergency
LONDON: The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that COVID-19 remains a global emergency, nearly 2-1/2 years after it was first declared. The Emergency Committee, made up of independent experts, said in a statement that rising cases, ongoing viral evolution
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Russia confirms first monkeypox case: Consumer rights watchdog
MOSCOW: Russia has confirmed its first case of monkeypox in a young man who recently returned from Europe, Sputnik quoted consumer rights watchdog Rospotrebnadzor on Tuesday. “The first case of monkeypox has been confirmed in Russia. The disease was detected
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US: Al Jazeera reporter likely killed by unintentional gunfire from Israeli positions
WASHINGTON: Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was likely to have been killed by gunfire from Israeli positions but it was probably unintentional, the U.S. State Department said on Monday. Independent investigators could not reach a definitive conclusion about the
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Australia floods worsen as thousands more flee Sydney homes
SYDNEY: Torrential rains kept battering Australia’s east coast on Tuesday, intensifying the flood crisis in Sydney as thousands more residents were ordered to leave their homes after rivers swiftly rose past danger levels. About 50,000 residents in New South Wales,
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China rejects NASA accusation it will take over the moon
BEIJING: China on Monday rejected as an irresponsible smear a warning from the chief of NASA that China might “take over” the moon as part of a military programme, saying it has always called for the building of a community
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Florida county under quarantine due to giant African land snails
WASHINGTON: Part of a county in the US state of Florida is under quarantine following the discovery of a giant African land snail that experts say can consume over 500 plants. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS)
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German man leaves severed human head at courthouse
BERLIN: German police on Tuesday said they detained a man suspected of leaving a human head in front of the Bonn district court. A body was found a few hundred meters away on the Rhine River. Police said they believe
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ANALYSIS – Food export bans, from India to Argentina, risk fueling inflation
MUMBAI/BUENOS AIRES/LONDON: It only took 24 hours last month for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in India – the world’s second-largest producer of wheat – to shelve its plans to “feed the world”. In April, Modi had said publicly that
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WHO: Monkeypox is not yet a health emergency
LONDON: Monkeypox is not yet a global health emergency, the World Health Organisation (WHO) ruled on Saturday, although WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was deeply concerned about the outbreak. “I am deeply concerned about the monkeypox outbreak, this
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Monkeypox case count rises to more than 3,200 globally, WHO says
MORE than 3,200 confirmed monkeypox cases and one death were reported to the World Health Organization as part of the current outbreak. There is need for intensified surveillance in the broader community, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Thursday, adding
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