Covid-19: WHO team ends quarantine, starts Wuhan probe under global glare

WUHAN (China), Jan 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A team of experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) left quarantine in Wuhan on Thursday (Jan 28) to begin a heavily scrutinised probe into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. The group started a two-week quarantine on arrival on Jan 14 in the central…

Covid-19: Record 18,000 daily toll worldwide

Relatives of a Covid-19 victim pray over a coffin at the General Cemetery in the central city of Huanuco, 370 kilometers northeast of Lima PARIS, Jan 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 18,000 people worldwide died of coronavirus over the past 24 hours, a new grim record amid the battle to…

Covid-19: Brazil’s response worst, New Zealand’s best – study

SYDNEY, Jan 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil’s handling of the coronaviruspandemic has been ranked the world’s worst, while New Zealand topped the class, according to research published by a leading Australian think tank on Thursday. Sydney’s Lowy Institute assessed almost 100 countries on six criteria,including confirmed cases, deaths and testing metrics.…

Asylum ‘under attack’ at Europe’s borders: UN

GENEVA, Jan 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN voiced alarm Thursday atincreasingly frequent pushbacks and expulsions of refugees at Europe’sborders, warning that the very idea of asylum itself was under attack on thecontinent. The United Nations refugee agency called on countries to createindependent monitoring mechanisms to ensure the right to seek…

Covid-19: Ten Rotterdam police officers injured in lockdown riots

At least 10 police officers were injured in the protests ROTTERDAM, Jan 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 10 police officers were injured in Rotterdam as protesters opposed to coronavirus lockdowns rioted in several Dutch cities.More than 50 rioters were arrested, Rotterdam police chief Fred Westerbeeke told Dutch radio.The port city…

International police dismantle world’s ‘most dangerous’ criminal hacking network

LONDON, Jan 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — International law enforcement agencies said they had dismantled a criminal hacking scheme used to steal billions of dollars from businesses and private citizens worldwide. Police in six European countries, Canada and the United States, completed a joint operation to take control of Internet servers used…

Cvid-19: UK to impose hotel quarantine for returning Britons

LONDON, Jan 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British citizens returning home from roughly 30 countries deemed at “high risk” from new coronavirus variants could soon have to quarantine in hotels, reports said. Beefed-up rules will require the travellers to stay in hotels near airports for 10 days. Non-UK arrivals from the targeted…

Europe calls on Venezuela for broad talks and new elections, warns of more sanctions

BRUSSELS, Jan 27 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The European Union called for broad political talks in Venezuela to set up new elections and warned that it stands ready to slap sanctions on more senior Venezuelan officials in the country if they undermine democracy or take part in human rights violations. EU foreign…

Russia resumes regular air service with Vietnam, India, Finland and Qatar

MOSCOW, Jan 27 (NNN-TASS) — Starting from Wednesday, Russia resumes regular air service with Vietnam, India, Finland and Qatar, suspended last year due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. The decision was made in mid-January by the novel coronavirus crisis center. The center authorized flights to Vietnam (Moscow-Hanoi, twice a week),…

Electoral commission: Portugal’s President Rebelo de Sousa re-elected

President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa LISBON, Jan 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has been re-elected for a second five-year term in Portugal’s presidential election in the first round, according to official results from the electoral commission.With 99 per cent of the votes counted, the 72-year-old conservative politician…
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