June 2021
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French President Emmanuel Macron described Tuesday’s slapping incident as an “isolated event.” “We must put this incident in perspective, this is an isolated event,” Macron told French local newspaper Le Dauphine Libere after he was slapped during a walkabout in southeastern France. “We must not let ultra-violent people take over the public debate, they do…
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has eased travel recommendations for more than 110 countries and territories, including Olympics host Japan, from its highest “Level 4” rating that had discouraged all travel to recommending travel for fully vaccinated individuals. The move has raised hopes that widespread vaccinations will bring a return to…
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More than 800 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered across China as of Tuesday, the National Health Commission (NHC) said Wednesday. The number has continued to rise at an ever-faster rate since China hit the landmark figure of 100 million on March 27. It only took six days for the number of COVID-19…
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Japan plans to finish vaccinating all citizens who have applied for shots by October-November, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said during a debate between party leaders on Wednesday. The debate was the first since June 2019, with Suga facing off against Yukio Edano, leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, as the latter…
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Summary The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide has surpassed 173 million, with more than 3.7 million deaths, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University. Here is the latest: The Chinese mainland reported eight domestically transmitted and eight imported COVID-19 cases on Tuesday. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has eased travel recommendations for more…
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London’s High Court has found that Britain’s government acted unlawfully when it gave a contract to a public relations firm which local media said was run by friends of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser, Dominic Cummings. The court agreed with a complaint that the awarding of the contract “gave rise to apparent bias…
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Germany warmed up for the European Championship with a 7-1 rout of Latvia on Monday in its last friendly game before the tournament. Kai Havertz was involved in three of Germany’s five first-half goals before making way for Chelsea teammate Timo Werner for the second half, and Thomas Müller also scored – his first since…
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A cabinet minister has encouraged people to holiday in Britain this year after Portugal was removed from the UK’s green travel list and caused chaos after hundreds of families were forced to rush home. Environment secretary George Eustice said he would be holidaying in Cornwall this year and advised families do the same, despite acknowledging…
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resident Joe Biden has invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a White House visit this summer. National security adviser Jake Sullivan said Biden extended the invitation during a phone call on Monday with Zelenskyy, who has publicly raised concerns about the U.S. president’s plan to meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and about a nearly…
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Megachurch pastor Rick Warren has announced his retirement after 42 years of leading Saddleback Church in Southern California. A search for his successor will be launched this week The well-known evangelical pastor and best-selling author told his congregation on Sunday that the search is not the end but the “beginning of the beginning,” The Orange…
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Thousands of young men each year in the UK are falling victim to a cruel scam, one that is also claiming lives.Sextortion is a cyber-entrapment crime which involves the threat of sharing images or footage – often ‘nudes’ – to extort money from people. The scammers use fake identities online to befriend vulnerable, often young,…
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Rebuking the unraveling of America under President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump struck back at media suggesting he is attempting to “undermine American democracy,” defiantly declaring: “I’m the one that’s trying to save it.” “They want to silence you; they want to silence your voice,” Trump told the North Carolina Republican Party Convention on…
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Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO of Facebook, Inc. is under heavy fire from former President Donald Trump, regarding most notably, $350 million donated by Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan to help local election offices in various jurisdictions. “Zuckerberg broke the law, spending millions of dollars — don’t you think he broke the law? — millions…
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Billionaires Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are teaming up to build a nuclear reactor on the site of a retiring coal plant in Wyoming, according to the NY Post. Gates’ nuclear reactor design company TerraPower, which was founded about 15 years ago, along with PacifiCorp power company, which is owned by Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, are partners on the Natrium nuclear…
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