WHO chief said that the recent spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus is being fueled by “increased social mobility” and inconsistency in the use of proven public health and social measures The Covid-19 pandemic is now in the “early stages” of the third wave, warned World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday, even as he…
View More EARLY STAGES’ OF COVID-19 THIRD WAVE, AMID DELTA SURGE: WHO
US president Joe Biden called for calm in the Israel-Palestine conflict as the death toll soared in Gaza Strip, but said that the Jewish state had a right to defend itself. US president Joe Biden said, “Israel has a right to defend itself when you have thousands of rockets flying into your territory.” Meanwhile, violence escalated in the Hamas-ruled Gaza…
View More ‘ISRAEL HAS A RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF’, SAYS US PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AS GAZA VIOLENCE ESCALATES
Israel’s president warned of a civil war between the country’s Arabs and Jews on Wednesday as fury and fear over shelling exchanges with Palestinian militants in Gaza ignited violence in Israel’s streets.Appeals by religious and political leaders for calm, and police reinforcements and mass-arrests, appeared to do little to stem riots in several ethnically mixed towns. Israeli TV showed what…
View More Israel’s President Warns Of Civil War As Jews, Arabs Clash Over Gaza
Two French air force Rafale F3-R jets take off from the military airport of Andravida, southern Greece, April 19, 2021. (AFP Photo) With an aim of shoring up “national security,” Egypt ordered 30 Rafale jets from French defense firm Dassault Aviation, the North African country’s military confirmed in a statement late Monday. The order, which follows the 2015 purchase of…
View More France agrees to sell 30 Rafale fighters to Egypt
Finland should end its COVID-19 state of emergency as infection rates decline, Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Tuesday, adding that the issue would go before parliament. “We see that the conditions no longer call for the emergency powers legislation,” Marin said. On April 9, Marin had presented a plan to relax restrictions in the run-up to the summer. The state…
View More Finland to end state of emergency as COVID-19 cases drop & will finance post-Covid stimulus with debt
Sweden’s King Carl XVI celebrated his 75th birthday on Friday, but due to the pandemic celebrations were kept to a minimum, without the lavish flair of a royal anniversary. In contrast to the monarch’s 70th birthday when people lined the streets of Stockholm to fete him, the Swedish Royal Court said celebrations would be “limited” because of the pandemic. Instead…
View More Sweden’s King Carl XVI Celebrates 75th Birthday Without Pomp
The number of new COVID-19 cases in Sweden has decreased in the past week, but infections are still at a high level and it is too early to say whether the trend will continue, the Health Agency said on Tuesday. Swedenhas experienced a severe third wave of the pandemic and the number of patients treated at intensive care has been…
View More Third pandemic wave in Sweden slowing down,but cases still high
Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg has received her first dose of a vaccine against COVID-19, her office said on Monday. Four other cabinet ministers were also vaccinated, all receiving the vaccine produced by Moderna, the office said in a statement. “I hope everyone who is offered a vaccine will accept it. Vaccination will eventually allow us to reclaim the everyday…
View More Norway’s prime minister gets COVID-19 vaccine as it speeds up its vaccinations
Oslo follows a deliberate and destructive line towards aggravating tensions in the Euro-Arctic region, and destroying Russian-Norwegian relations, the spokeswomen for Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in her weekly press briefing. Maria Zakharova is known for her undiplomatic comments and few raise eyebrows as she lashes out against neighboring countries. The spokeswomen’s wordings at this week’s briefing, however, were especially strong. Zakharova said…
View More Russia’s spokesperson Maria Zakharova erupts in fury over Norway’s military deal with the United States
A stampede at a religious festival attended by tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews in northern Israel killed at least 45 people and injured about 150 early Friday, medical officials said. It was one of the country’s deadliest civilian disasters. The stampede began when large numbers of people thronged a narrow tunnel-like passage during the event, according to witnesses and…
View More 44 KILLED AND HUNDREDS HURT IN STAMPEDE DURING LAG BAOMER FESTIVAL AT MOUNT MERON IN ISRAEL