A World Health Organization (WHO) team due to investigate the origins of Covid-19 in the city of Wuhan has been denied entry to China. Two members had already set out on their journey – one has now turned back and the other is in transit in a third country. The WHO said the problem was...
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Australian green energy project could provide nearly all of Singapore’s electricity
Deep in northeast Australia’s outback, underneath grassy eucalypt woodlands and vast grazing lands scattered with cattle stations, lies one of the world’s largest known untapped coal reserves. Queensland’s Galilee Basin, an area roughly the size of Britain, is set to produce its first coal in 2021, to be moved by rail 300 kilometers to the...
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Nashville explosion: Camper van blast suspect named by police
Police investigating a camper van blast that injured three people in Nashville on Christmas Day have named a suspect after DNA was collected at the scene. Officials in the US state of Tennessee said the DNA matched that of Anthony Quinn Warner, 63. Investigators believe that the blast was likely a suicide bombing. On Sunday,...
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Australian expeditioner evacuated from Antarctica in five-day mission
An Australian expeditioner has been medically evacuated from Antarctica following a five-day mission involving ships, helicopters and planes. Australia, China and the US collaborated in efforts to bring the patient back home. The Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) hailed the “outstanding success” of an operation it described as “complex and challenging”. Details of the patient’s condition...
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Queen Elizabeth had a tough 2020 due to royal rifts, PR crises
2020 was a tumultuous year for most people, and that’s no less true for Queen Elizabeth II. Britain’s monarch has long occupied two roles — one as the head of the state and nation, the other as the head of her own family — and over the past 12 months she has been forced to...
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European Medicines Agency authorizes Pfizer vaccine for use in the EU
Europe’s medicines regulator on Monday authorized Pfizer and BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine for conditional use, opening the door to an inoculation program across the European Union. The news comes less than two weeks after the American and German-developed vaccine was approved for use in the U.S. Europe is on track to start vaccinations within a week,...
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Putin: If Russia wanted to kill Navalny, it would have ‘finished’ the job
Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed Thursday that opposition politician Alexey Navalny “is enjoying the support of the US special services,” adding that if Russian special services had wanted to kill him they would have “finished it.” Putin’s comments came in response to a question at his annual press conference following an investigation by the investigative...
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Several Nations Ban Travel From UK after Reports of New Covid-19 Variant
BY JM AGREDA Several countries have started to impose restrictions on travelers coming from the United Kingdom following reports of a new COVID-19 variant emanating from the country. Among the countries that have issued travel bans as early as the weekend are European countries that include France, Ireland, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Netherlands, Estonia, Latvia, and...
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Melbourne towers lockdown ‘breached human rights’
A rushed lockdown of nine tower blocks in Melbourne, Australia, due to an outbreak of coronavirus breached human rights laws, an ombudsman has found. About 3,000 people were confined – under police guard – to their public housing units from 4 July for up to two weeks, after a state government order. The residents were...
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European Union countries impose UK travel bans over new Covid variant
European nations have begun to impose travel bans on the UK after it reported a more-infectious and “out of control” coronavirus variant. Ireland, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium are all halting flights. The measures vary and are initially short-term but the French rules also affect Channel freight. An EU meeting on Monday morning...