26-12-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India will start administering COVID-19 booster shots as a precautionary measure to healthcare and other front-line workers from January 10, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said, as cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant rise across the country. In a TV address to the nation on …
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26-12-2021 PAROS/ ATHENS: Greek coast guards scoured for survivors in the Aegean Sea on Saturday after the latest in a series of migrant boat accidents that have killed at least 30 people in just days. Late Friday, the coastguard found 16 bodies, including those of three women and a baby, …
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26-12-2021 PARIS: COVID infections in France hit six figures Saturday, health officials recording 104,611 cases over the previous 24 hours, the third consecutive day the numbers have been record highs. The latest figures, from France´s public health agency, come ahead of a video-conference meeting Monday in which President Emmanuel Macron …
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25-12-2021 WASHINGTON/ NAIROBI: The $10bn James Webb telescope has left Earth on its mission to show the first stars to light up the Universe. The observatory was lifted skyward by an Ariane rocket from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana. Its flight to orbit lasted just under half an hour, …
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25-12-2021 WASHINGTON: A caller has pranked US President Joe Biden by dropping an anti-Biden taunt into their chat during a White House Christmas event. Biden and First Lady Jill Biden were hosting the festive call for families when a father told the president: “Let’s go, Brandon.” Apparently unaware of the …
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25-12-2021 VATICAN CITY: People across the world are celebrating Christmas, one of the holiest times in the Christian calendar. However, for the second year in a row, there are smaller crowds at church services and other events because of the continuing coronavirus outbreak. On the occasion of Christmas, Pope Francis’ …
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25-12-2021 LOS ANGELES: Los Angeles police have killed two people, including a 14-year-old girl trying on new outfits, after opening fire inside a clothing store. A stray bullet hit the teen as she was in a changing room with her mother trying on dresses for a birthday party. Police say …
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25-12-2021 Bureau Report NEW SWLHI: A water taxi service will be functional in Mumbai from January 2022 to provide hassle-free connectivity between South Mumbai and Navi Mumbai. According to NDTV, the load on the local train services will ease with the help of the water taxi, specifically the Harbour line. …
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25-12-2021 NEW YORK: More than 4,500 flights were cancelled around the world over Christmas weekend and thousands more were delayed as the highly infectious Omicron variant disrupted holiday travel. One route, however, was thankfully not affected: Santa was on track delivering presents to children across the globe, air defense officials …
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25-12-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies UNITED NATIONS/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The UN is seeking an aid package of eight billion dollars to tackle the humanitarian and economic crisis in Afghanistan in 2022, the Wall Street Journal reported, quoting UN officials. According to the UN officials, the latest plan would exceed the …
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