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Michael Gove visits Israel to learn about its 'Green Pass' Covid passport scheme amid speculation ...
The Daily Mail 20 Apr 2021
Michael Gove is holding talks with Israeli ministers about introducing a UK version of the country's Covid passport scheme. The Cabinet Office minister arrived in Israel last night accompanied by deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van Tam for three days of talks ... Israel has hailed its scheme as a 'world class experiment' ... RELATED ARTICLES ... .
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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover extracts first oxygen from Red Planet
Hindustan Times 22 Apr 2021
NASA said that a toaster-size, experimental instrument aboard Perseverance called the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) accomplished the task. PUBLISHED ON APR 22, 2021 08.09 AM IST ... The test took place April 20, the 60th Martian day, or sol, since the mission landed on February 18 ... Oxygen isn't just the stuff we breathe ... ....
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I was a Boston police officer for 27 years. I know how Derek Chauvin became a murderer
The Independent 21 Apr 2021
Most police officers in the Unites States likely saw nothing amiss in the video depicting a police encounter in Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020, with then-police officer Derek Chauvin, in the company of three of his fellow officers, pressing his knee into the neck of the Black man lying on the ground, 46-year-old George Floyd ... .
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Putin warns West of harsh response to unfriendly acts
China Daily 22 Apr 2021
Russia vowed on Wednesday to quickly respond to unfriendly acts by the West, spare no effort to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic and continue its weapons development, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during his 17th State of the Nation Address in Moscow ... Putin urged all Russians to get vaccinated and help develop "collective immunity" ... .
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to run for re-election
Yahoo Daily News 22 Apr 2021
Read full article. ANI22 April 2021, 6.45 am·3-min read. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (File Photo). Damascus [Syria], April 22 (ANI) ... On Wednesday, Mohanad Nadim Shaaban and Mohammad Muwaffaq Sawwan announced their runs, reported DW News Agency. There was little doubt that Assad would run for a fourth term ... Back then, he had two opponents ... (ANI).
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Israel retaliates after Syrian missile lands near nuclear reactor
The Star 22 Apr 2021
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A Syrian surface-to-air missile exploded in southern Israel on Thursday, the Israeli military said, in an incident that triggered warning sirens in an area near the secretive Dimona nuclear reactor. Read full story ... .
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South Korean president calls Trump failure who ‘beat around the bush’ on North Korea
The Independent 22 Apr 2021
South Korea’s president Moon Jae-in has criticised Donald Trump’s efforts to denuclearise the Korean Peninsula and said he “failed” in his diplomacy towards North Korea ... .
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The Postal Service is running a running a 'covert operations program' that monitors Americans' social media posts
Yahoo Daily News 21 Apr 2021
The law enforcement arm of the U.S. Postal Service has been quietly running a program that tracks and collects Americans’ social media posts, including those about planned protests, according to a document obtained by Yahoo News ... A mailbox in New York City. (John Smith/VIEWpress via Getty Images) ... Update your settings here to see it ... The U.S ... “The U.S ... .
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Sudanese Analysts: Chad Military Takeover Will Likely Cause Instability in Darfur Region
Voa News 22 Apr 2021
A U.S.-based Sudanese analyst says Sudan's transitional government should remain neutral toward the political developments in neighboring Chad, noting the sudden death of Chadian President Idriss Deby is likely to increase instability in the entire Sahel region and could spill across the border into Sudan's Darfur region ... Fight against Bashir ... .
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Imran Khan govt's 'bad decisions' allowed TLP to garner more importance: Pak newspaper
Yahoo Daily News 22 Apr 2021
ANI22 April 2021, 8.29 am·2-min read. Islamabad [Pakistan], April 22 (ANI). The Pakistan government's "bad decision-making and weak management" have allowed now proscribed Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) to garner more importance and heft than it deserves, said Pakistani newspaper Dawn ... The crux of his argument was reasonable ... (ANI). TRENDING. News18 ... .
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Taiwan begins to plan for zero emissions by 2050
Yahoo Daily News 22 Apr 2021
22 April 2021, 6.55 am·2-min read. TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan has begun to assess how it can reach zero emissions by 2050, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Thursday, after green groups criticised the government for not doing enough to fight climate change ... While some might think this a challenge, many companies viewed it as an opportunity, she said ... .
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For world’s biggest stock owner, this sector displaced tech as driver of return
Live Mint 22 Apr 2021
The world’s biggest owner of listed equities, Norway’s $1.3 trillion wealth fund, says financial firms have displaced tech stocks as the main drivers of returns. Norges Bank Investment Management, which owns about 1.5% of global stocks, beat its benchmark index in the first quarter, and also outperformed the MSCI World Index. TRENDING STORIESSee All.
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Indonesia Is Searching for a Missing Submarine With 53 People Aboard
Time 22 Apr 2021
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s navy ships are intensely searching the waters where one of its submarines was last detected before it disappeared with 53 people on board, as neighboring countries are set to join the complex operation ... Officials said they had not yet been linked to the missing submarine ... .
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Saudi Arabia: One killed, 4 injured when car flips in Hejaz
Gulf News 22 Apr 2021
Abu Dhabi. One man was killed and four others injured when a car flipped over several times after a road rage incident in Saudi Arabia, an official said ... .
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India rattled by US Afghanistan withdrawal, experts say
The National 21 Apr 2021
The official announcement of the upcoming withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan has put India on edge, raising fears that a power vacuum could destabilise the region ... Read More. India hospital oxygen leak kills 22 Covid-19 patients. How India's second wave risks causing global scramble for vaccines ... “I don’t think the Taliban mindset has changed ... .
