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      12 June

      Bar-related COVID outbreak: 115 people infected, 6,158 quarantined in Beijing

      Beijing: At least 115 people were found infected with COVID-19 while 6,158 were quarantined after a bar-related outbreak occurred as China relaxed coronavirus measures a few days ago in Beijing. A Beijing health official on Saturday said that the outbreak that started at a bar in Beijing is at a rapidly spreading stage and the transmission risk remains high, Global Times reported. More cases are expected to be discovered among visitors to the bar and their close contacts, deputy director of Beijing disease control and prevention center Liu Xiaofeng said during a press conference yesterday. China’s capital Beijing is experiencing an “explosive” COVID-19 outbreak connected to a bar, a government spokesman said on Saturday. Among 115 cases, 107 are visitors to…

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    • 12 June

      COVID-19 cases rising again in Gulf region

      Jeddah: The UAE has recorded 1,179 new COVID-19 cases – marking the highest daily incidece of new infections since February, state news agency WAM reported on Saturday. It marks the second day running that cases have surpassed the 1,000 mark – a figure which has not been recorded in four months. It also reported 981 new recoveries, no new deaths have been reported. To date, the UAE has recorded 916,247 cases of COVID-19, 898,305 recoveries, and death toll remains at 2,305. A similar trend followed in neighbouring Saudi Arabia which reported 753 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total cases in the country to 758,821 since the start of the pandemic, according to the ministry of health. The officials also said that…

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    • 12 June

      COVID-19 cases rising again in Gulf region

      The UAE has recorded 1,179 new COVID-19 cases – marking the highest daily incidece of new infections since February, state news agency WAM reported on Saturday. It marks the second day running that cases have surpassed the 1,000 mark – a figure which has not been recorded in four months. It also reported 981 new recoveries, no new deaths have been reported. To date, the UAE has recorded 916,247 cases of COVID-19, 898,305 recoveries, and death toll remains at 2,305. A similar trend followed in neighbouring Saudi Arabia which reported 753 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total cases in the country to 758,821 since the start of the pandemic, according to the ministry of health. The officials also said that…

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    • 12 June

      Canada confirms 112 cases of monkeypox

       Chief Public Health Officer of Canada Theresa Tam confirmed a total of 112 cases of monkeypox in the country. Speaking at a health briefing, Tam said that these confirmed cases had been reported nationally, including one case in British Columbia, four in Alberta, nine in Ontario and 98 in Quebec, reports Xinhua news agency. “The National Microbiology Lab, or NML, is also performing confirmatory testing on a number of other suspected cases. Therefore, we are preparing for more confirmed cases in the coming days and weeks,” she said. The Officer said that among the cases for whom information is available, ages ranged from 20 to 63 and all cases to date are male, and this virus can “spread to anyone”…

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    • 11 June

      Indian diplomat Amandeep Singh Gill appointed as UN chief’s Envoy on Technology

      United Nations: Senior Indian diplomat Amandeep Singh Gill was on Friday appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as his Envoy on Technology, with the UN describing him as a “thought leader on digital technology” who has a solid understanding of how to leverage the digital transformation responsibly and inclusively for progress on the Sustainable Development Goals. Gill, who was India’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva from 2016-to 2018, is the Chief Executive Officer of the International Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence Research Collaborative (I-DAIR) project, based at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. “A thought leader on digital technology, he brings to the position a deep knowledge of digital technologies coupled…

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    • 11 June

      Unemployment rate reaches new record low in Canada

      Ottawa: The unemployment rate in Canada edged down 0.1 percentage point to 5.1 per cent in May, marking three consecutive months of decrease while this key labor market indicator has reached a new record low, Statistics Canada said. The tightening labor market in recent months has contributed to year-over-year decline in unemployment rates across the core-aged population, the national statistical agency added on Friday. The adjusted unemployment rate, which includes those who wanted a job but did not look for one, fell 0.2 percentage point to 7 per cent in May, the lowest rate on record since comparable data became available in 1976, Xinhua news agency reported. According to a related survey, the ratio of unemployed people to job vacancies reached…

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    • 11 June

      India announces donation of 5,000 tonnes of rice to Madagascar as humanitarian aid

       India’s Ambassador to Madagascar and Comoros, Abhay Kumar, called on the Prime Minister of Madagascar Christian Ntsay and announced the donation of 5,000 tonnes of rice to the island nation as humanitarian aid. The rice shipment from India to Madagascar is likely to reach the Malagasy port of Tomasina in July 2022. Abhay Kumar met Madagascar PM Ntsay on Thursday where they reviewed the progress made in bilateral ties between both the countries. Earlier, India had donated 1,000 metric tonnes of rice to Madagascar in March 2021 for the people affected by drought in the south of Madagascar and 600 tonnes of rice in March 2020 for the flood victims in the north of Madagascar. Recently, India also announced the…

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    • 11 June

      Russia’s version of McDonald’s unveils new logo after the fast-food giant quit the country over Ukraine

      McDonald’s left Russia over the Ukraine war, saying doing business there was “no longer tenable.”The company sold its restaurants to a local businessman. The Russian fast-food restaurant that has taken over McDonald’s outlets in the country has unveiled its logo, a stylized burger and fries in the shape of an “M.” McDonald’s announced in May that it was leaving Russia after 32 years in the country, citing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and saying that doing business in the country “is no longer tenable, nor is it consistent with McDonald’s values.” It said it sold all of its restaurants in Russia to local businessman Alexander Govor. Govor said he would continue paying all 62,000 employees as part of the agreement, and it was then announced…

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    • 11 June

      If Prophet was alive today…: Taslim Nasreen as protests flare

      Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen has waded into the ongoing row over remarks on Prophet Muhammad by the Bharatiya Janata Party’s now suspended spokesperson Nupur Sharma. Taking to Twitter, Taslima Nasreen denounced the violent protests that have erupted over the remarks on Prophet Muhammad. The Bangladeshi author tweeted, “Even if Prophet Muhammad was alive today, he would have been shocked to see the madness of the Muslim fanatics around the world.” Even if prophet Muhammad was alive today, he would have been shocked to see the madness of the Muslim fanatics around the world.— taslima nasreen (@taslimanasreen) June 10, 2022 Taslima Nasreen’s remark follows as protests erupted across several states in India, including Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Jharkhand, over Nupur…

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    • 10 June

      Zelensky imposes sanctions on Putin, other top Russian officials

      Kiev: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a decree imposing personal sanctions on his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, and a number of other high-ranking officials in Moscow. The decree signed on Thursday came in approval of a decision taken by the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, reports Ukrayinska Pravda. The sanctions list comprise a total of 35 Russian figures, and some of the important ones include Secretary of Russia’s Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Sanctions include bans on entry to Ukraine; revocation of visas and permits; revocation of state awards of Ukraine; revocation of all issued licences and permits; blocking of financial assets;…

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