WORLD NEWS
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542China Evergrande Group suspends shares in Hong Kong amidst debt crisis
The property developer’s struggle to reduce its 2 trillion yuan ($310 billion) of debt to comply with tighter official curbs on borrowing...
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255Near-vertical rise in Covid in US: 5 things Fauci observes about Omicron surge
“The only difficulty is that if you have so many cases, even if the rate of hospitalization is lower with Omicron than...
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353Welcome 2022: Celebrations Remain Muted Across Nations As Omicron Raises Fear Of Abrupt Infection Surge
New Year’s Eve celebrations in most countries were largely muted or cancelled for the second consecutive year due to a surge in...
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584China Issues ‘Official’ Names For 15 Places Of Arunachal Pradesh In Its Map
This is the second time China has renamed the names of the places of Arunachal Pradesh. Way back in 2017, China had...
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756Italy sets new COVID-19 cases record, surpassing 100,000 for first time
Italy reported 126,888 new cases of coronavirus, the first time the country has recorded more than 100,000 cases in one day. Rome: Italy...
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946WHO Chief Warns of Omicron, Delta Forming Tsunami of COVID Cases
WHO said in its weekly epidemiological report that the overall risk related to omicron remains very high. It cited consistent evidence that...
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562Sri Lanka Finalising Talks To Re-Acquire Oil Tanks Leased To India: Minister
Sri Lanka’s Energy Minister Gammanpila had earlier this year made his intentions clear to reacquire the tanks leased to India. Colombo: Sri...
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396Overall risk related to Omicron ‘remains very high’, warns WHO as world fights new COVID-19 variant
The global health body stated that consistent evidence shows that Omicron has a ‘growth advantage over the Delta variant’ with a doubling...
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369Omicron outbreak: CDC recommends shorter Covid isolation for Americans, quarantine for all
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said the country is about to see a lot of omicron cases, adding “We want to make sure...
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398New York Sees Increase In Children Hospitalisation As Omicron Cases Rise
The New York State Department of Health warned “of an upward trend in pediatric hospitalizations associated with Covid-19,” in a statement Friday....
