tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510785757397577712024-03-13T20:11:31.213-07:00Farrukh ShahI'm Farrukh ShahFarrukh Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715499223400090614noreply@blogger.comBlogger183125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951078575739757771.post-39897804240336019102021-01-04T06:58:00.000-08:002021-01-07T10:26:52.279-08:00Egypt authorizes use of Chinese sinopharm vaccine<p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-9ca928f9-7fff-0fd1-0b3e-1474fb2706ee" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Coronavirus: Egypt authorizes use of Chinese sinopharm vaccine</span></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg998V_P81eDgWW6U1yvGjyg2q0cd0NUiHtmBm4K0IVQYGSm0HjI62gKF0wGShefYh5izSr80Fjv3rda977p9cjOwgQs6gw_hbK6rMXlpsKacpaQjbFYSw9Xm6DH7xSJQRxJfHzfUt9oAY3/s960/960x614_vaccin-developpe-sinopharm-autorise-egypte.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="960" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg998V_P81eDgWW6U1yvGjyg2q0cd0NUiHtmBm4K0IVQYGSm0HjI62gKF0wGShefYh5izSr80Fjv3rda977p9cjOwgQs6gw_hbK6rMXlpsKacpaQjbFYSw9Xm6DH7xSJQRxJfHzfUt9oAY3/w640-h410/960x614_vaccin-developpe-sinopharm-autorise-egypte.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Sinopharm laboratory has announced that its vaccine, to be distributed in China and developing countries, is 79% effective</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Egypt has authorized the use of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by The Chinese laboratory Sinopharm, Egyptian Health and Population Minister Hala Zayed announced saturday. After a first batch of vaccines, comprising 50,000 doses and delivered in December, Egypt must receive a second batch of the same amount "the second or third week of January". "And as soon as he arrives we will start vaccination," the minister said on MBC Masr.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 1--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="2154094315" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The ministry had announced that the first beneficiaries would be members of the medical teams. In total, according to Hala Zayed, Egypt plans to buy 40 million doses of sinopharm vaccine.</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A 79% effective vaccine</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">China's Sinopharm laboratory announced on Wednesday that its vaccine, to be distributed in China and developing countries, is 79% effective. This figure is lower than the US-German Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine (95%) and that of the American biotechnology company Moderna (94.1%). The UK's AstraZeneca, a partner at the University of Oxford, claimed a 70% efficacy rate, but that could be as high as 100% with two doses.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hala Zayed also announced that a first batch of AstraZeneca vaccines was to arrive "in the third or fourth week of January" and that a contract with the British firm is "in the process of being finalized". In addition, "negotiations are underway with Pfizer," she added.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Source:- Flash News and News Agencies</span></span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>Farrukh Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715499223400090614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951078575739757771.post-30258469258948105562021-01-04T06:49:00.000-08:002021-01-07T10:26:52.315-08:00UK begins injecting AstraZeneca and Oxford vaccine<p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-f8fc0240-7fff-8a2e-5c58-c2f46fcf364b" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Coronavirus: UK begins injecting AstraZeneca and Oxford vaccine</span></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilDiHATWluaz60ixGxhg0NZ4oIHTG2_tD7pNl3lsjWqfnYu0oHNysJA_n9m7QYylistNMB5mMkfUUh6uFeJguVK5m0-qpTy491-v2UHcn9uhSl2awdMWhyphenhyphenQXlk-c8FOV5dNavBgEnoYZ5u/s960/960x614_nouveau-vaccin-bonne-voie.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="960" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilDiHATWluaz60ixGxhg0NZ4oIHTG2_tD7pNl3lsjWqfnYu0oHNysJA_n9m7QYylistNMB5mMkfUUh6uFeJguVK5m0-qpTy491-v2UHcn9uhSl2awdMWhyphenhyphenQXlk-c8FOV5dNavBgEnoYZ5u/w640-h408/960x614_nouveau-vaccin-bonne-voie.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">British authorities have ordered 100 million doses of AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine, of which 520,000 are ready on Monday</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has already been injected into more than one million Britons since the launch of the vaccination campaign in early December. On Monday, the UK becomes the first to give its population the vaccine from the British laboratory AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford against Covid-19, while considering a new severe round of screws to curb the worsening of the pandemic.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">AstraZeneca-Oxford's vaccine is less expensive, easier to store and therefore more suitable for a large-scale immunization campaign than those of its competitors Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech, already approved and distributed in several countries, including the United States.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">British authorities have ordered 100 million doses of AstraZeneca-Oxford's vaccine, of which 520,000 are ready on Monday, according to the Department of Health. In England, hundreds of new vaccination centres are due to open this week, in addition to the 730 already in place.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"I am delighted today to launch the Oxford vaccine, inherited from British science," Health Minister Matt Hancock said in a statement on Monday. "This is a turning point in our fight against this horrible virus and I hope it will give everyone hope that the end of this pandemic is in sight."</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine was also approved by Argentina as well as India on Sunday, which will allow the country of 1.3 billion people to start one of the world's most massive immunization campaigns. India,where the Covid-19 has claimed more than 150,000 lives, wants to immunize up to 300 million people by mid-2021.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 1--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="2154094315" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Temperature issue</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine has the advantage of being inexpensive (about 2.50 euros per dose). It can also be stored at the temperature of a refrigerator, unlike Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, which can only be stored at very low temperatures in the long term (-20 degrees Celsius for the first, -70 degrees Celsius for the latter).</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">However, its authorisation within the European Union is not expected to take place in January, according to the European Medicines Agency (EMA). The United States,for its part, does not plan to approve it until April.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With more than 75,000 deaths, the UK is one of the most bereaved countries in Europe by coronavirus. Nearly 55,000 more people tested positive for the virus in 24 hours, exceeding the 50,000 threshold for the sixth day in a row, according to the latest official data released on Sunday. The rapid expansion of the epidemic, attributed to a new variant of the virus, has led British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to consider stricter restrictions.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"We may have to do things in the coming weeks that will be more difficult in many parts of the country," Boris Johnson told the BBC on Sunday. He added that the closure of schools, a measure taken at the end of March during the first wave of the pandemic, "is one of those things."</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Egypt chooses Chinese vaccine</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Egypt, the Arab world's most populous country with some 100 million people, has announced that it has approved the vaccine developed by China's Sinopharm. Mexico, meanwhile, reported that more than 20% of the country's health care workers, or about 28,000 people out of 150,000, had already received a first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">According to figures published by their manufacturers, Sinopharm's vaccine is 79% effective, Pfizer-BioNTech's 95% and Moderna's 94.1% effective. AstraZeneca-Oxford, for its part, claimed an efficacy rate of 70%, but that could reach 100% with two doses. While the arrival of vaccines gives hope of an improvement at the beginning of the year, the production and supply rates are still far from satisfactory.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The vaccination campaign in the United States is ramping up and could reach one million injections a day, officials said Sunday in the face of criticism of its initial delay, in a country that has just passed the 350,000-dead mark.</span></p><br /><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Inadequate production</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The European Union on Saturday acknowledged a "global shortfall" in vaccine production capacity, saying it was "ready to help" to increase vaccine production capacity. For Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, however, it is the pace of the EU's acquisition of vaccines that is at issue. Products "were available earlier in Canada, the United Kingdom and Israel," he said on Sunday.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In France, Professor Mehdi Mejdoubi, from the hospital in Valenciennes (north), does not understand "why there is such a gap with Germany: Germany vaccinates 20,000 people a day, we are 50 people vaccinated per day". Since last Sunday, more than 238,000 people (238,809) have been vaccinated in Germany, according to the Robert Koch Institute for Health Watch.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">South Africa, also hard hit by the second wave of the pandemic, hopes to get its first vaccines in February but the timing will depend on the outcome of ongoing negotiations with several pharmaceutical companies, the health minister announced on Sunday.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In recent weeks, the South African government has come under fire, including from health experts in the country, for delaying the process of acquiring vaccines against Covid-19. The pandemic has killed at least 1,835,824 people worldwide and more than 84,508,990 cases of infection, according to a report by AFP from official sources on Sunday.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Source:- Flash News and News Agencies</span></span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 1--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="2154094315" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>Farrukh Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715499223400090614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951078575739757771.post-33064564145081765912021-01-04T00:47:00.000-08:002021-01-07T10:26:52.340-08:00 Democrat Nancy Pelosi retains head of House of Representatives<p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-c0a8189d-7fff-ace2-e550-45337fd63147" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">USA: Democrat Nancy Pelosi hardly re-elected Speaker of the House of Representatives</span></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLuFWVUcAjcQntM8gJAw5gEQ_A3NjuOpWKKMoWJzXZTZNkcMDpWeGCGXzSSQVwLEKevFXNf7xvrv9Csn1dEXLQ_pwNshNAbT9CpfGUXyc0_wgI4cKq2V1R1WG2jdcRwcZXylqDTa9OS7cy/s960/960x614_nancy-pelosi-ouvrant-le-117e-congres-a-washington-le-3-janvier-2021.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="960" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLuFWVUcAjcQntM8gJAw5gEQ_A3NjuOpWKKMoWJzXZTZNkcMDpWeGCGXzSSQVwLEKevFXNf7xvrv9Csn1dEXLQ_pwNshNAbT9CpfGUXyc0_wgI4cKq2V1R1WG2jdcRwcZXylqDTa9OS7cy/w640-h410/960x614_nancy-pelosi-ouvrant-le-117e-congres-a-washington-le-3-janvier-2021.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Donald Trump's main opponent has been reappointed as speaker, despite reluctance in her own party</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the end, his re-election was not merely a formality. Democrat Nancy Pelosi was narrowly re-elected Sunday as Speaker of the House of Representatives in the first working session of the 117th U.S. Congress, which has deep divisions.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The 80-year-old tactician, who was the main opponent of President Donald Trump during the second part of his term, has been reappointed as speaker for the next two years, despite the reluctance of some to the left of her party.</span></p><br /><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The California elected official won 216 votes to 209 for her Republican rival Kevin McCarthy. All the Republican elected officials present voted for the latter, while five elected Democrats did not give their vote to Nancy Pelosi. She will lead behind a narrow majority in the House after the November elections. The 435 seats of the lower house, including 222 Democrats and 211 Republicans, were renewed at the same time as the presidential election.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The third character of the United States</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This will be Nancy Pelosi's fourth term at the perch, which she held between 2007 and 2010, when she was the first woman in American history to hold this crucial position. She then took over the house in January 2019, after the midterm elections. The Speaker of the House of Representatives is the third person in the United States after the President and Vice President.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Democrats have control of the House of Representatives, but the situation in the upper house is much more uncertain. The majority in the Senate remains suspended for the time being in two by-elections in Georgia, which will decide the balance of power in Washington for the beginning of Joe Biden's term. The Democrat will take office on January 20.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Source:- Flash News and News Agencies</span></span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 1--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="2154094315" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>Farrukh Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715499223400090614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951078575739757771.post-23777895870407482922021-01-02T10:03:00.000-08:002021-01-07T10:26:52.363-08:00Kazakhstan abolishes death penalty<p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-7b90a998-7fff-0d6c-8c8c-cdce64eb7265" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Kazakhstan abolishes death penalty</b></span></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSO7NtMauztk1DMF0imKWl4wzrMagEgUarLZCiJ_UAow-DK4qqu9sraR55Sxiho6dD1fco_E3_99tFl6pLqo3ICE_q8M1FaK7j1TtaGIAVYknRgygkkBiQpjXEngODAMlb9yR7TqFZwT6g/s960/960x614_le-president-du-kazakhstan-kassym-jomart-tokaiev-a-signe-l-abolition-de-la-peine-de-mort.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="960" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSO7NtMauztk1DMF0imKWl4wzrMagEgUarLZCiJ_UAow-DK4qqu9sraR55Sxiho6dD1fco_E3_99tFl6pLqo3ICE_q8M1FaK7j1TtaGIAVYknRgygkkBiQpjXEngODAMlb9yR7TqFZwT6g/w640-h410/960x614_le-president-du-kazakhstan-kassym-jomart-tokaiev-a-signe-l-abolition-de-la-peine-de-mort.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A moratorium on capital punishment had been in place since the beginning of the new century</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kazakhstan has abolished the death penalty after a moratorium on executions in the authoritarian Central Asian country for nearly 20 years, the presidency said on Saturday. According to a notice published on his official website, Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has signed the ratification of the second Optional Protocol relating to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The text, ratified last year by the Kazakh Parliament, obliges its signatories to abolish the death penalty within their borders.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Executions have been suspended in Kazakhstan since 2003. Nevertheless, courts continued to sentence defendants to death for exceptional crimes, including those found to be terrorism-related. A man who killed eight police officers and two civilians in a carnage in the country's largest city, Almaty, in 2016 was sentenced to death. This sentence is now converted to life imprisonment.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As large as four times France, Kazakhstan, a former Soviet republic, has 18 million inhabitants. In the former USSR, only Belarus continues to apply the death penalty on a regular basis. Russia abolished it de facto, without explicitly banning it.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Source:- Flash News and News Agencies</span></span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 1--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="2154094315" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>Farrukh Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715499223400090614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951078575739757771.post-83374083454334429352021-01-02T09:55:00.000-08:002021-01-07T10:26:52.385-08:00Scotland hopes to join EU as an independent nation<h1 _msthash="461721" _msttexthash="2175043" class="teaser-title" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4d4e; font-family: "Open Sans WebFont", Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3125rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-5030fd79-7fff-d5f3-868b-dfcf9cc4b4b1" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 20pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brexit: Scotland hopes to 'join' EU as an independent nation</span></p></h1><h1 _msthash="461721" _msttexthash="2175043" class="teaser-title" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4d4e; font-family: "Open Sans WebFont", Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3125rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></h1><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFbmrTV_idpEBIE1yao4EGVRglnMVOpW161zPvh3TFqgglboC6Lv5qf7MjzH5qYfoQCQ-HgvzMsyp0Z54vFYwcq5Ja0-Iffbi3RfQWHG9hCK3R-7CQ3J3U1lI4TvyQQYIP9Rps5C2at8M3/s960/960x614_la-premiere-ministre-ecossaise-nicola-sturgeon-reclame-un-nouveau-referendum-d-independance-pour.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="960" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFbmrTV_idpEBIE1yao4EGVRglnMVOpW161zPvh3TFqgglboC6Lv5qf7MjzH5qYfoQCQ-HgvzMsyp0Z54vFYwcq5Ja0-Iffbi3RfQWHG9hCK3R-7CQ3J3U1lI4TvyQQYIP9Rps5C2at8M3/w640-h410/960x614_la-premiere-ministre-ecossaise-nicola-sturgeon-reclame-un-nouveau-referendum-d-independance-pour.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><h1 _msthash="461721" _msttexthash="2175043" class="teaser-title" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4d4e; font-family: "Open Sans WebFont", Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3125rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></h1><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Majority of Scots are in favour of independence, according to latest poll</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Saturday she hoped Scotland would gain independence and "join" the European Union,stressing that Brexit had been against the will of the Scots, who had overwhelmingly opposed it in the 2016 referendum. "We are now suffering a hard Brexit against our will, at the worst possible time, in the midst of a pandemic and an economic recession," Nicola Sturgeon lamented on the website of her pro-independence SNP party, two days after the UK left the single market and customs union.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 1--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="2154094315" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She reiterated her determination to hold another referendum on Scottish independence, after the one lost by her camp in 2014, when 55% of Scots said "no" to independence. But the decision to hold such a referendum rests with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson,who strongly refuses. However, a broad SNP victory in next May's local elections would increase pressure on London to accept a new consultation. According to the latest survey conducted by the Savanta ComRes Institute for The Scotsmannewspaper in mid-December, 58% of Scots now support a break with the UK, unprecedented.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"We didn't want to leave"</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"As an independent member of the European Union, Scotland would be a partner and could build bridges - not just a bridge to building a stronger economy and a fairer society, but also a bridge to facilitate EU-UK relations," Nicola Sturgeon said. While the British as a whole voted 51.9% for Brexit in 2016, the Scots had opposed 62% of leaving the European Union.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With Brexit, "our citizens will be less safe and their right to work, study and live elsewhere in Europe will be restricted," she lamented, pointing out that 2,000 Scots had participated last year in the Erasmus university exchange programme, which the UK government has given up and replaced it with its own international programme. "We didn't want to leave and we hope to join you soon as an equal partner," Sturgeon said.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Source:- Flash News and News Agencies</span></span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 1--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="2154094315" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>Farrukh Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715499223400090614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951078575739757771.post-34666372131976363832021-01-02T09:49:00.000-08:002021-01-07T10:26:52.411-08:00Revolutionary Guard leader vows retaliation for US 'any act'<p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-8de2e22a-7fff-612c-f9ba-5a8b4c14dda5" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Iran: Revolutionary Guard leader vows retaliation for US 'any act'</span></p><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-8de2e22a-7fff-612c-f9ba-5a8b4c14dda5" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9N4gB1xSBTM7bnQGNrY4RNx4_8Uvs3Rc6GHtPCTrpXjnaeXlmU4Zn5wGGYWCoxG1Uf4H0EXcswzGqObtXfgeYtn_Ux8X-yPJjFTARLYJUb6FiIWepvvJQLXsJHggIVPJ-owzbhbYh9jVl/s959/960x614_sur-cette-photo-fournie-par-les-autorites-iraniennes-le-general-hossein-salami-a-droite-repond-a-des.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="959" height="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9N4gB1xSBTM7bnQGNrY4RNx4_8Uvs3Rc6GHtPCTrpXjnaeXlmU4Zn5wGGYWCoxG1Uf4H0EXcswzGqObtXfgeYtn_Ux8X-yPJjFTARLYJUb6FiIWepvvJQLXsJHggIVPJ-owzbhbYh9jVl/w640-h0/960x614_sur-cette-photo-fournie-par-les-autorites-iraniennes-le-general-hossein-salami-a-droite-repond-a-des.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Iran has told the International Atomic Energy Agency of its desire to produce 20% enriched uranium</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Iran will retaliate against "any action by the enemy," the head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Iran's ideological army, warned on Saturday, referring to rising tensions with the United States,during an inspection of troops stationed on a key island in the Gulf. "We are here today to ensure our naval power against the enemies that are swaggering and threatening us," said Major General Hossein Salami on Abu Musa Island, according to Sepahnews, the official website of the Revolutionary Guards. "We will respond with the same force. . . . to any action of the enemy against us," he said.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 1--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="2154094315" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tensions between the United States and Iran have increased in the run-up to the anniversary of the assassination of powerful Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, head of the Guardians' external operations, who was killed by a U.S. strike in Baghdad on January 3, 2020. Iran then retaliated by firing missiles at Iraqi bases housing American soldiers.</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">An excuse to start a war</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In late November, the US aircraft carrier USS Nimitz was deployed to the Gulf, and two US B-52 bombers flew over the region on 10 December in a show of force. According to the New York Times, U.S. Defense Secretary Christopher Miller has since ordered the Nimitz's return. A "de-escalation" signal sent to Tehran to avoid a conflict writes the American daily, citing an official.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On Thursday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump of seeking to fabricate "a pretext" to launch "a war" before he leaves the White House on January 20, after a term in which he waged a "maximum pressure" campaign against Tehran.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In addition, Iran has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency of its willingness to produce 20% enriched uranium, well above the threshold set by the 2015 Vienna Agreement, the UN agency said on Friday. "Iran has informed the Agency of its intention to enrich uranium at a rate of up to 20% at the Fordo underground plant, in order to comply with a law recently passed by the Iranian Parliament," a spokesman told AFP. The letter, dated December 31, "did not specify when this enrichment activity would be implemented."</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Source:- Flash News and News Agencies</span></span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 1--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="2154094315" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>Farrukh Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715499223400090614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951078575739757771.post-10185975510425372602021-01-02T09:42:00.000-08:002021-01-07T10:26:52.433-08:00This team has fantastic potential, Pochettino's first words on his arrival<p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-13075eb6-7fff-b6a1-2d40-d1f0f44777db" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">PSG: "This team has fantastic potential", Pochettino's first words on his arrival</span></p><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-13075eb6-7fff-b6a1-2d40-d1f0f44777db" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOXaV68QXPr9YQ3rnXivMgir-fMBjFN-Cdj6RO0T5TmNcYja319n0KuXJxZiIimUmgAc663G5XsXp-kWdVGB2BuzOOPh3X40-vzwbSoHnuwtquE1W0zn3YYtHB8uK2W2uSBTUzmRxtWbes/s960/960x614_mauricio-pochettino-va-tenter-gagner-c1-psg.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="960" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOXaV68QXPr9YQ3rnXivMgir-fMBjFN-Cdj6RO0T5TmNcYja319n0KuXJxZiIimUmgAc663G5XsXp-kWdVGB2BuzOOPh3X40-vzwbSoHnuwtquE1W0zn3YYtHB8uK2W2uSBTUzmRxtWbes/w640-h410/960x614_mauricio-pochettino-va-tenter-gagner-c1-psg.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Argentinian is officially the new coach of the Parisian club, and will remain so until June 2022</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">PSG on Saturday, as widely awaited, formalised the appointment of Argentine coach Mauricio Pochettino, who succeeds Germany's Thomas Tuchel, whose departure was confirmed earlier this week. "The Argentine coach has signed a contract until June 30, 2022, plus an optional year," the reigning French champion said on his website.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"This club has always kept a special place in my heart" Pochettino, who has been free since being sacked from Tottenham in November 2019, is due to take charge of his first training session on Sunday, for the resumption after less than two weeks of truce. "I am extremely happy and honoured to become the new coach of Paris Saint-Germain," he said, as quoted in the statement of his new club.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"As you know, this club has always kept a special place in my heart. I have wonderful memories of it, especially the unique atmosphere of the Parc des Princes. I come back to the club today with a lot of ambition and humility, while also looking forward to working with some of the most talented players in the world," continued the Argentinian, a former player of the club from 2001 to 2003.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 1--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="2154094315" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="fr">Le Paris Saint-Germain est heureux d’annoncer la nomination de Mauricio Pochettino au poste d’entraîneur. L’entraîneur argentin a signé un contrat jusqu’au 30 juin 2022, plus une année en option.</p>— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_inside) <a href="https://twitter.com/PSG_inside/status/1345388552440471556?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 2, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">First training on Sunday before challenging Saint-Etienne on Wednesday</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"This team has fantastic potential and I will do everything with my staff to optimize the results of Paris Saint-Germain in all competitions. We will also do our utmost to give our team that combative and offensive game identity that Parisian fans have always loved," he said. He will rediscover Ligue 1 on January 6, for a trip to Saint-Étienne counting for the 18th day.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Source:- Flash News and News Agencies</span></span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 1--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="2154094315" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>Farrukh Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715499223400090614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951078575739757771.post-88288607763343293542020-12-31T09:53:00.000-08:002021-01-07T10:26:52.457-08:00Trump surpasses Obama as most admired personality<p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-a71f1cdd-7fff-de8f-caab-11a67bd6fc3e" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">USA: Trump surpasses Obama as most admired personality</span></p><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-a71f1cdd-7fff-de8f-caab-11a67bd6fc3e" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOqZ9PnsEaup09LH2e5OV75MMo6pdfHWL630MxcKc_lbJs6XVGQIykVGHc1pfCCVLErb9UrALayWtDXd1jUbsNzgUhI4Br1XNmfAXZnHN8EbRVOFsmG0P61XmIs4aF_5tER39gJwcCUb7x/s960/960x614_le-president-americain-donald-trump.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="960" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOqZ9PnsEaup09LH2e5OV75MMo6pdfHWL630MxcKc_lbJs6XVGQIykVGHc1pfCCVLErb9UrALayWtDXd1jUbsNzgUhI4Br1XNmfAXZnHN8EbRVOFsmG0P61XmIs4aF_5tER39gJwcCUb7x/w640-h408/960x614_le-president-americain-donald-trump.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For the 60th time since the inception of this poll, the President of the United States in Office occupies the first place</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Donald Trump is the man Americans have most admired in 2020, according to a Gallup poll conducted between December 1 and 17, reports the Huffington Post. The President of the United States was quoted by 18% of respondents, according to the results released on Tuesday. He is ahead of Barack Obama, mentioned by 15% of the participants. Joe Biden rounded out the podium with a 6% result.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"What a man who lives anywhere in the world and whom you have heard of. . . . Do you admire it the most? "was the question asked. The 2019 edition of the same poll had placed Barack Obama and his successor in the White House tied for first place. Gallup asked the same question about famous women. Respondents voted for Michelle Obama for the third year in a row.</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">New personalities</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With a score of 10%, the former First Lady of the United States is followed by Kamala Harris and Melania Trump. Since this annual survey was published, first place has gone to a current Or non-first lady 57 times out of 71. The current presidents of the United States, meanwhile, dominated the ranking 60 times. Several personalities have made their appearance in the top ten of the list this year.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 1--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="2154094315" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is the case for the women of future Vice President Kamala Harris, Democratic Elected Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Corey Barrett. The newcomers to the men's rankings are Anthony Fauci, the government's Covid-19 advisor, and basketball star LeBron James. Other celebrities cited by pollsters include Angela Merkel, Greta Thunberg, Queen Elizabeth II, Hillary Clinton, Bill Gates, Pope Francis, Elon Musk and the Dalai Lama.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Source:- Flash News and News Agencies</span></span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>Farrukh Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715499223400090614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951078575739757771.post-10141112837299759842020-12-30T21:18:00.000-08:002021-01-07T10:26:52.480-08:00What exactly does the "Covid Vaccine" file provide, which worries the Web?<p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-267cd3b5-7fff-26d2-59a8-75457609a49e" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What exactly does the "Covid Vaccine" file provide, which worries the Web?</span></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivqTz-qgBtKad7Ysc5mbhCEKdhuQFbIObEVdMad9Ue_bndeBKa5Q-eexJ-HipS-QgSMohYOaPpxf0G3Br8izcIiOTusDL4sSqZoJ8siEnHYzw1OPKOIKddgJ17_Ima9V9tMfkjlcuq_ws3/s960/960x614_preparation-des-doses-de-vaccin-contre-le-covid-19-lors-du-lancement-de-la-campagne-vaccinale-a.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="960" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivqTz-qgBtKad7Ysc5mbhCEKdhuQFbIObEVdMad9Ue_bndeBKa5Q-eexJ-HipS-QgSMohYOaPpxf0G3Br8izcIiOTusDL4sSqZoJ8siEnHYzw1OPKOIKddgJ17_Ima9V9tMfkjlcuq_ws3/w640-h410/960x614_preparation-des-doses-de-vaccin-contre-le-covid-19-lors-du-lancement-de-la-campagne-vaccinale-a.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Initiated by the government to monitor the vaccine campaign against coronavirus, the "Covid Vaccine" file raises concerns on social networks. Medical secrecy, personal data.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It will compile the personal data of all persons vaccinated against Covid-19. The "Covid Vaccine" file,under the responsibility of the Ministry of Solidarity and Health and the National Health Insurance Fund (Cnam), was created by decree on 25 December. It is intended to enable "the implementation, monitoring and piloting of the vaccine campaigns against Covid-19," which began on Sunday (December 27th) in France.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This large file, given that it should eventually compile the data of "a large part of the French population", as pointed out by the National Commission for Information Technology and Freedoms (Cnil), raises many concerns on social networks. In a viral post on Twitter, one user denounced the "systematic and non-consensual registration" of patients. According to him, the "Covid Vaccine" file would even violate medical secrecy.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">FAKE OFF</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Covid Vaccine" has several concrete aims, set out in the decree of 25 December 2020: to enable the identification of those eligible for vaccination, the sending of vaccination vouchers, the recording of information relating to the pre-vaccination consultation and the organisation of vaccination of these people. The file will also be used to supply the site with vaccines and will allow the patient to be contacted again in the event of a "new risk. This is called "pharmacovigilance." "This treatment is not intended to be extended to other vaccinations than the one against coronavirus," stresses Cnil.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Health workers are thus responsible for registering a set of personal data on the vaccinated persons: identification data (name, first names, date and place of birth...), a plan of affiliation with Medicare, the date and place of vaccination, but also the patient's state of health. The database will also be powered by other existing health files.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 1--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="2154094315" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Cnil issued an opinion on the draft decree establishing the "Covid Vaccine" file on 10 December. The body, which is responsible for ensuring the protection of personal data contained in computer files and processings, found that the purposes of the file "appear determined, explained and legitimate."</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some data will be subject to pseudonymization</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Contacted by 20 Minutes,the Directorate General of Health (DGS) assures him: "Data processed under the "Covid Vaccine" information system is protected by medical secrecy." For example, processing your personal data does not mean that all health professionals will have access to it. "Only the data needed to carry out the missions at any given time will be accessible to those responsible for carrying out a particular task," Adèle Lutun, a lawyer in the health department at Cnil.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"For example, if you go to a nurse after receiving your vaccination voucher, the nurse will not know what, in your state of health, justifies you getting vaccinated first," the lawyer says. For the exercise of their missions, some professionals will receive data that has been the subject of so-called "pseudonymization" measures, allowing the confidentiality of the identity of individuals. This will be particularly the case for public health france or LRAs.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Will your data be collected without your consent?</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Through the connection with other health files, some data will actually be collected in the file from Medicare without the consent of the people. It is this information that will enable the creation and sending of your vaccination voucher when you are among the eligible people. "In practical terms, a person who has received a voucher to be vaccinated and who does not wish to be vaccinated or be included in the information system can ask to be deleted," the DGS said.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"In exceptional circumstances, an exceptional measure, you will not be able to request the erasure of your post-vaccination data," Alain Bensoussan, a lawyer specializing in the right to data protection, told 20 Minutes. This data, which monitors the vaccination campaign and allows for a very high reactivity in the event of the appearance of potentially problematic side effects, are framed by a public interest reason: the protection of the population," he adds. Nevertheless, the DGS stresses that you may object to "the transmission of [your] data for research purposes to the health data platform "Health Data Hub" and the National Health Insurance Fund."</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A balance between necessity and proportionality</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For Alain Bensoussan, this decree is a balance between "protecting the person and defending his privacy". While he is not concerned about the "Covid Vaccine" file, two points of attention remain, the lawyer points out. First, the need to carefully monitor subcontracting companies that may be required to work with the Ministry of Health and Cnam and which have not yet been detailed by the ministry, despite the recommendation of the Cnil.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Finally, he points out the importance of strengthening the criminal response to illicit data collection: "Today, collecting personal data by fraudulent, unfair or illegal means is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros. Given the importance of the file and the sensitivity of its data, it would be smart to double that penalty."</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Source:- Flash News and News Agencies</span></span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 1--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="2154094315" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>Farrukh Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715499223400090614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951078575739757771.post-90910008985106944492020-12-30T07:01:00.000-08:002021-01-07T10:26:52.502-08:00What will change on 1 January for European citizens<p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-683759a7-7fff-a00f-32f9-9d3a9812a575" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brexit: Passport, permit, phone... What will change on 1 January for European citizens</span></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9lFnFpWkskfLmqZQqKuG_tQx7vuzrF1uCdSdiI0bWg5T2mGMrYrKGaTEZ142kpHhxBl_zO_-EUIKQEa09Bre5Zm5Jfd-3_hk-2sBjH6LD8E8Z11fzngi_0CHbo-TBa1Ll98n9y0bUsh3b/s960/960x614_illustration-brexit.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9lFnFpWkskfLmqZQqKuG_tQx7vuzrF1uCdSdiI0bWg5T2mGMrYrKGaTEZ142kpHhxBl_zO_-EUIKQEa09Bre5Zm5Jfd-3_hk-2sBjH6LD8E8Z11fzngi_0CHbo-TBa1Ll98n9y0bUsh3b/s320/960x614_illustration-brexit.webp" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We explain the main changes that come into effect this Friday</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On 24 December, the UK and the European Union reached a post-Brexit deal, narrowly avoiding a "no deal" with dramatic consequences.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">From 1 January 2021, on Friday, the UK will exit the common market, leading to many changes, notably in trade relations.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And for us European citizens, what does that change? "20 Minutes" takes stock of the practical questions you're asking yourself.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The time has finally arrived. More than four years after the British referendum and after months of negotiations, the European Union and the United Kingdom reached an agreement, in extremis,last week. The new rules governing the post-Brexit relationship between London and Brussels are due to come into force on 1 January.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 1--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="2154094315" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If we have heard a lot about fishing,trade or how to deal with future conflicts, Brexit will bring about a series of concrete changes for the French and the British. Will you be able to go to the UK with your passport? What about expats? Will you need an international driver's license? 20 Minutes takes stock of what will change concretely from Friday for you, European citizens.</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What document do I need to submit to cross the Franco-British border?</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">No more IDs when you board the Eurostar in a few months. Until 1 October 2021, you will be able to continue to travel with the same national identity card or your valid passport, but after that date, the French will have to present a passport to cross the border, the government explains on the portal dedicated to Brexit.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For visas, as a French citizen, you will not need them for a visit to the UK, if it does not last more than six months. This will also be the case for professional visits, training, conferences, seminars and short-term workshops. Conversely, if you are travelling to the UK to work or for a stay of more than six months, a residence permit will be required.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The British will have to carry a valid passport, as well as a health insurance certificate proving that all medical expenses are covered during the stay.</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Could I drive in the UK with my French licence?</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There is still some uncertainty on this issue. According to the government's website, the French licence is expected to continue to be recognised in the UK after 1 January. As this point is "still under negotiation", the authorities recommend that an international driver's licence be issued from 1 January 2021.</span></p><div><br /></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>As a French expat, can I stay in the UK?</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you are French or European and have moved to the UK before 31 December 2020, a special scheme has been put in place to help you obtain your resident status. From 1 January, a points system based on several criteria will decide whether you can stay or not: age, English language level, level of education... To obtain a visa valid for five years, you will need to have a job offer from a company authorised by the UK Home Office with a salary of more than 26,500 pounds (22,930 euros) per year.</span></p><br /><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 1--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="2154094315" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am a European student, can I go to the UK?</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yes, but under certain conditions. With Brexit, the UK has decided to leave the Erasmus university exchange programme. This is bad news for the 32,000 European students who will study on the other side of the Channel each year. For students who have already started their course in a British institution, you will be able to continue to take your courses by obtaining a special status, called "pre-settled" or "settlement scheme for EU citizens".</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For those who want to start their exchange in the UK after 1 January, it is complicated. You will need to obtain a student visa (at 390 euros for a period of more than 6 months, 557 euros to benefit from the public health service) under certain conditions: to be accepted in an institution, to speak, read and understand English, and to be able to finance his stay.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Will my phone plan work in the UK?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since 2017, EU nationals can use their mobile and internet plans in another EU country without being overcharged. But what about Brexit? "Orange and Bouygues Telecom have informed Le Figaro that they will maintain their current commercial rates. On its website, Free has kept Britain in the list of countries at no extra cost," explain our colleagues at Le Figaro. Regarding SFR, the mobile operator has not yet communicated its new pricing policy.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On the other side of the Channel, the post-Brexit agreement allows UK operators to charge roaming charges if they wish. But according to the BBC,the four main operators in the UK have no intention of reintroducing roaming charges. Before going abroad, you can only be advised to contact your operator to avoid unpleasant surprises on return.</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Am I allowed to take my pet across the Channel?</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you want to take your pet to Britain, no change in the immediate future. As is currently the case, he must be dictated, vaccinated against rabies and carry a pet passport. Please note that for dogs entering Ireland or the United Kingdom, they must be at least 3 months old and have received, between 24 and 120 hours before arrival, treatment for parasitic worms (Echinococcus) recorded on the passport by the veterinarian who administered it.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For British animals bound for the EU, it's more complicated. They will now have to be accompanied by a health certificate to enter the European Union. This certificate of good health is valid for four months with a veterinarian, and must be completed no earlier than ten days before the trip. Animals will only be able to enter the EU through one of the designated entry points to allow document control. Like European animals, they will need to be equipped with a microchip, vaccinated against rabies and, in order to enter certain countries, to be treated against worms.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Source:- Flash News and News Agencies</span></span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 1--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="2154094315" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>Farrukh Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715499223400090614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951078575739757771.post-69816929773523265682020-12-29T22:46:00.000-08:002021-01-07T10:26:52.524-08:00Donald Trump fires red balls at his own camp<p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-873edabf-7fff-99ec-0216-1a4e4989541b" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">USA: Donald Trump fires red balls at his own camp</span></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTZ1GyEQjjJ_0EI-CCJ4u8b58ApCZVzWmcoP5FDSwIJBTewfHvgcP82mzi1rZ8vf8UdgsWH9yda4-TYAYt_YL1XS_Oim7LOgahpRSWVgVa6lwwGnuk5778DOmNlmZCpOAl5vAurg-stcE0/s960/960x614_le-president-americain-donald-trump.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="960" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTZ1GyEQjjJ_0EI-CCJ4u8b58ApCZVzWmcoP5FDSwIJBTewfHvgcP82mzi1rZ8vf8UdgsWH9yda4-TYAYt_YL1XS_Oim7LOgahpRSWVgVa6lwwGnuk5778DOmNlmZCpOAl5vAurg-stcE0/w640-h410/960x614_le-president-americain-donald-trump.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On Twitter, the US president called Republican leaders "pathetic"</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Donald Trump has changed his pain. And the most amazing thing is that he is now mainly attacking his own camp. The U.S. president on Tuesday redoubled his virulence against the tenors of the Republicans,described as "pathetic," sowing a little more trouble in his party in the run-up to two crucial Senate elections.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">From his club in Mar-a-Lago, Florida,and just before starting another day of golf, Donald Trump expressed his frustration in a series of particularly virulent tweets. The object of his wrath: the increasingly strong prospect of Congress rejecting its veto of the defense budget, which would be a first since his arrival in the White House.</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Senate Republican leader not impressed</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"The weak and tired Republican "leadership" will allow the bad defense law to pass," the outgoing president said on Twitter. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell soon made it clear that he would not be impressed by presidential tweets, calling in a message of no confidence to Donald Trump to reject his veto.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 20px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 1--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="2154094315" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></span></span></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 20px; white-space: pre-wrap;">“A group of Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania say 200,000 more votes were counted in the 2020 Election than voters (100% went to Biden). State Representative Frank Ryan said they found troubling discrepancies after an analysis of Election Day data.” <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FoxNews</a> This is far....</span></span></p><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 20px; white-space: pre-wrap;">— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1343919651336712199?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 29, 2020</a></span></span></blockquote><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 20px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></span></span><p></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Crossing the line on several fronts, Donald Trump has also once again advanced conspiracy theories to deny his defeat to Joe Biden. And once again his targets are in his camp: "The leadership of the Republican Party chooses the path of minimal resistance. Our leaders (not me, of course!) are pathetic. The only thing they know how to do is lose!. The outgoing president, still popular among Republican voters, matched his tweets with a thinly veiled threat to his party's lawmakers." P.S. I have elected many senators and members of the House of Representatives. I think they've forgotten!.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The balance of power at stake</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler will surely hear it. The two Republican senators are playing their seats on January 5 in two by-elections in Georgia, which captivate the political world. Because with them, the whole balance of power under Joe Biden is at stake. If the two Democratic candidates - Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff - win, Democrats will regain control of the Senate, and hold all the levers of power in Washington.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On paper, Republicans are off to a good start, but Donald Trump's angry recent weeks in the White House have worried the Grand Old Party. His tirades against the electoral system could, among other things, undermine the mobilization of their constituents in Georgia. Finally, the president's unexpected reversals on the plan to help the U.S. economy embarrass Republican senators. With less than a month to go before he leaves office, the conservative camp is increasingly concerned about the scorched earth strategy of the 45th president of the United States.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Source:- Flash News and News Agencies</span></span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 1--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="2154094315" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>Farrukh Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715499223400090614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951078575739757771.post-70358774361358527842020-12-29T12:51:00.000-08:002021-01-07T10:26:52.547-08:00Future U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris vaccinated in public<p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-1a3abcdf-7fff-26fd-6f73-7193c6d9e438" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Coronavirus in the United States: Future U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris vaccinated in public</span></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYv_VqiONaK3kEeZQdR0cLW7VcskJYWA9MQvefnoVpaWy1Nhj0RG-o4DUq2CfDgAapUp6JBTADI2c4lxhb4AfuGwm2PbpcInls3NPVfg9p2U7ZjFwmQjKWs7AGxsJWWCZE_g41SYnXPRHv/s960/960x614_kamala-harris-recu-mardi-washington-premiere-deux-doses-vaccin-moderna-contre-covid-19.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="960" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYv_VqiONaK3kEeZQdR0cLW7VcskJYWA9MQvefnoVpaWy1Nhj0RG-o4DUq2CfDgAapUp6JBTADI2c4lxhb4AfuGwm2PbpcInls3NPVfg9p2U7ZjFwmQjKWs7AGxsJWWCZE_g41SYnXPRHv/w640-h410/960x614_kamala-harris-recu-mardi-washington-premiere-deux-doses-vaccin-moderna-contre-covid-19.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The United States launched the largest vaccination campaign in its history in mid-December</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kamala Harris received the first of two doses of Moderna's Covid-19vaccine in Washington on Tuesday, calling on all Americans to get vaccinated equally. "I want to encourage everyone to get vaccinated. It's relatively painless. It's going very fast. That's for sure," the future U.S. vice president told the cameras after receiving the injection.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"I barely felt it," added the vice-president-elect behind her green mask at the time of the sting. Kamala Harris was vaccinated at a medical center in a neighborhood with a large African-American population. Proportionately, the latter is particularly affected by the disease,and also very reluctant to vaccinate.</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It's about saving your life, the lives of your family members.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"I trust scientists. And it was the scientists who created and approved this vaccine, said the one that has made the fight against the pandemic one of its priorities. So I encourage everyone: when it's your turn, get vaccinated. It's about saving your life, the lives of your family members.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In mid-December, the United States launched the largest vaccination campaign in its history. Democratic President-elect Joe Bidenand Republican Vice President Mike Pence were also vaccinated in public to encourage people to trust the two remedies already approved in the country, the Pfizer/BioNTech alliance and Moderna's.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">More than 2.1 million people received an initial injection of one of two licensed vaccines,according to figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday. That number is a far cry from the Trump administration's stated goal of promising 20 million people vaccinated by the end of the year.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Source:- Flash News and News Agencies</span></span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 1--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="2154094315" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>Farrukh Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715499223400090614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951078575739757771.post-92204621131206128072020-12-29T07:01:00.000-08:002021-01-07T10:26:52.601-08:00Croatia hit by 6.4-magnitude earthquake that killed at least one<p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-2cc0e4fe-7fff-c1b7-4d1c-8b44a0de8bf8" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Croatia hit by 6.4-magnitude earthquake that killed at least one</span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfER1fJeImXdLglTD3-vgwj8Fy6uIk9aFViDklRyR9iz24eawNmeK9e6OR7r6sWRzd8oZm5suOocajuH6p5X8qT133oJh_NQL0D6EmQ5OnsYjy0Ab_LHTmt7RbCfh55W4VpxvTS3Ba_U79/s960/960x614_ville-sisak-croatie-apres-seisme-28-decembre-2020.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="960" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfER1fJeImXdLglTD3-vgwj8Fy6uIk9aFViDklRyR9iz24eawNmeK9e6OR7r6sWRzd8oZm5suOocajuH6p5X8qT133oJh_NQL0D6EmQ5OnsYjy0Ab_LHTmt7RbCfh55W4VpxvTS3Ba_U79/w640-h410/960x614_ville-sisak-croatie-apres-seisme-28-decembre-2020.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The earthquake caused buildings to collapse in the city of Petrinja and a Slovenian nuclear power plant was shut down "as a precaution"</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The earth shook in Croatia. A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck the country on Tuesday, causing buildings to collapse in the central city of Petrinja, the US Geological Survey (USGS) announced.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The epicenter of the quake, which took place at about 11:30 GMT, was located about 50 kilometres southeast of Zagreb, where panicked residents rushed to the streets and house tiles fell to the ground, AFP reported. "We have been informed that a girl has died ... we have no information on any other victims," Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic told local media on Tuesday, visiting the scene of the disaster.</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It's the general panic</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"We are currently removing people from the rubble, we still do not know if there are any dead or injured," Petrinja Mayor Darinko Dumbovic told a local television station. "It's general panic, everyone is trying to find out the fate of their loved ones," he added.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 1--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="2154094315" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rescue efforts quickly arrived in the city, where the army was also deployed. Rescuers and military were searching for possible victims trapped under the rubble. Electricity was cut off in the city centre. Images of Petrinja, which has a population of nearly 20,000, showed collapsed roofs and streets littered with bricks and other debris. "I'm afraid, I can't reach anyone at home, the phones don't work anymore," a visibly worried resident told Croatian media.</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Slovenian power plant shut down 'as a precaution'</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The quake was felt in neighbouring Slovenia, including the capital Ljubljana, as well as in other countries in the region, Hungary and Austria, witnesses and media reported. Slovenia's Krsko nuclear power plant has been shut down "as a precaution."</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">An area of high seismic activity</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On Monday, the day before, a smaller earthquake struck the same area, causing only minor property damage. In March, the capital Zagreb was hit by a 5.3-magnitude earthquake, which caused extensive property damage.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Balkans are an area of high seismic activity and earthquakes are frequent.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Source:- Flash News and News Agencies</span></span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 1--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="2154094315" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>Farrukh Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715499223400090614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951078575739757771.post-10742109342644621662020-12-29T06:01:00.000-08:002021-01-07T10:26:52.626-08:00Activist sentenced to four months in prison for insulting Chinese flag<p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-1ccc22fe-7fff-b9b5-bc74-d87493c80a01" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hong Kong: Activist sentenced to four months in prison for insulting Chinese flag</span></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmqVT6zJtNRDCCHlfFZmpEDcpG4rUjsmTqoOC9AS_H6uGuUwvHjfYlB2TnsWNVkjlCFMiBjywIwF8eaXI1FdRwCbq03SjNkq9pjqnhmxJp_RKClrFrk7dIinnL0fiURIuKz3nfJIc0kSSK/s960/960x614_manifestation-hong-kong-1er-juillet-2020.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="960" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmqVT6zJtNRDCCHlfFZmpEDcpG4rUjsmTqoOC9AS_H6uGuUwvHjfYlB2TnsWNVkjlCFMiBjywIwF8eaXI1FdRwCbq03SjNkq9pjqnhmxJp_RKClrFrk7dIinnL0fiURIuKz3nfJIc0kSSK/w640-h410/960x614_manifestation-hong-kong-1er-juillet-2020.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He is accused of throwing a Chinese flag during clashes in May 2019 in front of the local parliament</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Prosecutions against figures of the pro-democracy movement are on the rise in Hong Kong. A young Hong Kong activist was sentenced to four months in prison on Tuesday for insulting the Chinese flag and illegally gathering.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tony Chung, the leader of a now-disbanded group calling for Hong Kong independence, was found guilty in early December of throwing a Chinese flag during clashes in May 2019 in front of the local parliament (Legco).</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Money laundering and conspiracy</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tony Chung, 19, will await another trial for "secession" while in custody, punishable by life imprisonment under the national security law imposed by Beijing on the semi-autonomous territory atthe end of June. He is the first political figure to be prosecuted for violating new legislation designed to restore "order and stability" after seven months of monster, and often violent, protests in 2019. On Wednesday, he was sentenced to three months in prison for each of the two acts for which he had been convicted: contempt of the national flag and unlawful assembly. He will have to serve four months in detention.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He is also charged with money laundering and conspiracy to publish seditious content. The young man was arrested in late October by plainclothes police officers a few metres from the US consulate and has been in pre-trial detention ever since. According to a group calling himself "Friends of Hong Kong", the young activist was arrested by the police that day because he wanted to seek asylum at the US consulate in Hong Kong.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Extraditions to China</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Many pro-democracy activists have left the city to seek refuge abroad since Beijing stepped up a crackdown on movements that denounce China's takeover of the country. Under the controversial law, which gives way to broad interpretation, activists who express their opinions can be accused of "subversion" and "collusion with foreign forces".</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It also put an end to the legal safeguard that had previously separated Hong Kong's theoretically independent and widely recognized judicial system from that of mainland China, which is highly opaque and controlled by the Chinese Communist Party. The change paved the way for the extradition of suspects to China. On Sunday, China's CGTN television station reported that Hong Kong police have placed 30 people, who are not currently in the city, on a list of people wanted for violating the national security law.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Source:- Flash News and News Agencies</span></span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 1--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="2154094315" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>Farrukh Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715499223400090614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951078575739757771.post-73190186075557314992020-12-29T00:52:00.000-08:002021-01-07T10:26:52.648-08:00Spain to keep record of people refusing to be vaccinated<p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-02f4dfab-7fff-74b7-47cd-0f58c9e307f5" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Spain to keep record of people refusing to be vaccinated</span></p><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkgSX-5DW-G_EQijYJRj7p5dbkGuOiBNprITJ2VjNlY_mdkE6yAdAYi9-dIb1f0rTKLBrXJXDFxqMqrDNU9S_NHCV8_yW4zzQqYB46aI1m0vsfjKycoPrMtWsvBtw9KHLbJVAs-NVESgam/s960/960x614_infirmiere-vaccinee-contre-covid-19-vaccin-moderna-21-decembre-hartford-etats-unis.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="960" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkgSX-5DW-G_EQijYJRj7p5dbkGuOiBNprITJ2VjNlY_mdkE6yAdAYi9-dIb1f0rTKLBrXJXDFxqMqrDNU9S_NHCV8_yW4zzQqYB46aI1m0vsfjKycoPrMtWsvBtw9KHLbJVAs-NVESgam/w640-h408/960x614_infirmiere-vaccinee-contre-covid-19-vaccin-moderna-21-decembre-hartford-etats-unis.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The number of people wishing to get vaccinated is on the rise in Spain</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Spanish authorities will keep a register of people refusing to be vaccinated against Covid-19, which will be shared with other European countries but will not be made public, Spain's health minister said on Monday.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In an interview with the television channel La Sexta, Salvador Illa reiterated that vaccination against coronavirus, which began on Sunday in Spain as in many other EU countries, would not be mandatory.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 1--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="2154094315" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lists will be made public</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As for those who do not want to be vaccinated, "what we are going to do is a register that will also be shared with other European countries," he continued, adding that he was referring to "the people to whom he has been offered (to be vaccinated) and who will simply refuse it." "This is not a document that will be made public," he said, adding that the file would be developed "with the utmost respect for data protection."</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">According to the latest study published last Monday by the Centre for Sociological Investigation (CIS), a government-owned polling institute, the proportion of Spaniards who do not want to be vaccinated has dropped dramatically, from 47% in November to 28% in December.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Target 2.5 million Spaniards vaccinated by the end of February</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">During the same period, the percentage of Spaniards who said they were ready to receive the vaccine increased from 36.8% to 40.5%. Like many European countries, Spain began on Sunday the vaccine vaccination campaign against coronavirus with the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The government led by the socialist Pedro Sanchez aims to have 2.5 million people -- those in priority or the most vulnerable groups -- vaccinated by the end of February and a total of 15 to 20 million by the summer. With nearly 50,000 deaths and more than 1.8 million cases, according to official figures, Spain is one of the European countries that have been hardest hit by the pandemic.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Source:- Flash News and News Agencies</span></span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 1--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="2154094315" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>Farrukh Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715499223400090614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951078575739757771.post-78971752773868997552020-12-28T17:52:00.000-08:002021-01-07T10:26:52.666-08:00Domino's Pizza tests a button to get its favourite pizza delivered after Christmas<p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-9a4cf591-7fff-ae4e-e9cc-1903853ccc06" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Domino's Pizza tests a button to get its favourite pizza delivered after Christmas</span></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiedKRcvSIgGmLQHHupx3JLs2O8skVHcoctQyFouSNNJ5h8BQGizyyRMKF1jdwFYL0bM4tNY3VGbNSGvjOl9WJjzHnQwpvbFMQ8Slh3j8XW0zUF8qsrhXNNjVOvCi9rqeauGH9CI-kuTqWB/s960/960x614_domino-pizza-offert-naming-ligue-2.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="960" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiedKRcvSIgGmLQHHupx3JLs2O8skVHcoctQyFouSNNJ5h8BQGizyyRMKF1jdwFYL0bM4tNY3VGbNSGvjOl9WJjzHnQwpvbFMQ8Slh3j8XW0zUF8qsrhXNNjVOvCi9rqeauGH9CI-kuTqWB/w640-h410/960x614_domino-pizza-offert-naming-ligue-2.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Testers of this button will be able to have their favourite pizza delivered for free once a day until January 1</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Order your favorite pizza at the touch of a button? Some people's dreams have just come true. In the UK,Domino's Pizza has been testing a specific order button since Monday, reports The Independent relayed by Capital.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">According to the fast-food chain, 57% of the British population is already fed up with leftover Christmas meals, reports The Telegraph and Argus. Domino's is dedicated to coming to their rescue. "With everything 2020 has brought us, the last thing we need is another plate of dry turkey," says a spokeswoman.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One free pizza per day</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">That's why the channel created the "Turkey Panic Button". This Sunday, all the volunteers to test the famous button could make themselves known on social networks. Selected individuals were contacted by Domino's on Monday to indicate what their favorite pizza was and receive the button.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Until January 1st, by simply pressing the button, the lucky testers will be able to have their favorite pizza delivered once a day. Delivery will be free. If the test is successful, the chain plans to market the button across the country for Christmas 2021.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Fed up of turkey sandwiches? Turkey curry? Turkey pie? Has festive food fatigue set in yet? We’ve discovered that at 3pm today the majority of the country is absolutely sick of turkey. Introducing the Turkey Panic Button. Check the <a href="https://twitter.com/Dominos_UK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Dominos_UK</a> Instagram channel to find out more <a href="https://t.co/xLfqkIwhfT">pic.twitter.com/xLfqkIwhfT</a></p>— Domino's UK & Ireland News (@dominosukinews) <a href="https://twitter.com/dominosukinews/status/1343140446680330241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 27, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If 2020 was a bad year for the restaurant world, Domino's Pizza was able to pull off the best during the coronaviruscrisis. The pizza chain even said last August that it would hire an additional 20,000 people in its various stores.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Source:- Flash News and News Agencies</span></span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 1--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="2154094315" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>Farrukh Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715499223400090614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951078575739757771.post-81669064438579471422020-12-28T08:10:00.000-08:002021-01-07T10:26:52.686-08:00Neymar's New Year's Eve party limited to 150 guests<p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-57247326-7fff-e689-8141-39d956838e5e" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Neymar's New Year's Eve party limited to 150 guests</span></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8t9dIG1z79hbTkaLlqGO9B1eurfHGWnmRbepoOO0pVovCSmn4nBvG3dqTLaWjcrhmKhBtDGHfRyR50ke41an-QS8Qsbf92MOrTGVGCK4BZM6FMC6YVp-bTxkmu1zlUX8jWUSbaUXkQVSp/s960/960x614_neymar-carnaval-rio-2019.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="960" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8t9dIG1z79hbTkaLlqGO9B1eurfHGWnmRbepoOO0pVovCSmn4nBvG3dqTLaWjcrhmKhBtDGHfRyR50ke41an-QS8Qsbf92MOrTGVGCK4BZM6FMC6YVp-bTxkmu1zlUX8jWUSbaUXkQVSp/w640-h410/960x614_neymar-carnaval-rio-2019.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Neymar prepares New Year's Eve party with 150 guests 'in compliance with health standards'</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The agency that organizes a New Year's Eve party for the Brazilian was keen to minimize the agapes in view of the controversy</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">150 guests instead of 250, all while strictly respecting the health rules imposed by the Brazilian state, which, it is a good thing, are almost non-existent. The Agência Fobrica, in charge of organising a New Year's Eve party for Neymar with great fanfare at his home in Rio, wanted to take the lead after the controversy generated by the first confidences of the Brazilian press on the nuba in preparation.</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fewer guests than advertised in the Brazilian media?</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"The event is held in accordance with all health standards determined by public bodies. The company also specifies that the private event,with exclusive access for guests, takes place with all the permissions of the relevant bodies necessary to hold it."</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">That doesn't mean much in a country where the sitting president still compares the Covid-19 to a flu, but it may put out the fire, when nearly 200,000 people have died this year from infection in Brazil. According to Brazilian media, mobile phones should be banned to prevent indecent images from leaking during a party that is expected to last several days. Neymar even had the idea of having a soundproofed nightclub in an annex of his villa in Mangaratiba, to keep a low profile. Last I heard, Mauricio Pochettino is not on the guest list.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Source:- Flash News and News Agencies</span></span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 1--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="2154094315" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>Farrukh Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715499223400090614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951078575739757771.post-79190857020952110602020-12-27T17:38:00.000-08:002021-01-07T10:26:52.709-08:00Turkey threatens to respond to any attack on its forces in Libya<p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-5ba586a1-7fff-1421-c1e7-4d5b7e7abc60" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Turkey threatens to respond to any attack on its forces in Libya</span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx13QS6xQFnkfvo0gQimbhUmV-XAnMeJ6huoDlFTlFkvEeMnBvukJEWwiPk_Tn5Koo-zmVz5KSG38ZE2QP9aJmpGVZ3VOY4BAkH1ELv5_knz1rFYCOYp3QNbRVeZ3HNAhHcVVpBiAdiXH6/s960/960x614_ministre-defense-turc-tripoli.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="960" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx13QS6xQFnkfvo0gQimbhUmV-XAnMeJ6huoDlFTlFkvEeMnBvukJEWwiPk_Tn5Koo-zmVz5KSG38ZE2QP9aJmpGVZ3VOY4BAkH1ELv5_knz1rFYCOYp3QNbRVeZ3HNAhHcVVpBiAdiXH6/w640-h410/960x614_ministre-defense-turc-tripoli.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On Thursday, Khalifa Haftar called for the Turkish occupier to be "driven out" of Libya</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Turkey will respond to any attack by the forces of eastern Libya,Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, against his forces in the war-fighting country, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said during a visit to Tripoli.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"The war criminal, the murderer Haftar and his forces must know that they will be considered legitimate targets in the event of an attack on Turkish forces" that support the Government of National Unity (GNA) in the conflict in Libya, the minister said late on Saturday, two days after the marshal's bellicose statements against Ankara.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 1--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="2154094315" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Big Arm Contest</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"If they take this step, they won't be able to find any place to flee everyone should come to their senses," he said at a press conference. Turkish military support allowed pro-GNA forces to repel and defeat a pro-Haftar offensive launched in April 2019 to seize the Libyan capital Tripoli in June 2020. The GNA, based in Tripoli and recognized by the UN,controls from all the north-west of the country.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On Thursday, Khalifa Haftar called for the Turkish occupier to be "hunted down." There will be "no peace in the presence of a colonizer on our land," said the Libyan marshal supported him by Russia and the United Arab Emirates. On the same day, on the 69th anniversary of the country's independence, GNA leader Fayez al-Sarraj called on his countrymen to "turn the page on disagreements to achieve stability."</span></p><br /><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In search of a political solution more than warlike</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Despite the multitude of rounds of inter-Libya talks to get the country out of the crisis, made possible by a ceasefire signed in October under the aegis of the United Nations and generally respected, belligerent declarations are multiplying. On the first day of his visit to Tripoli on Saturday, the Turkish minister discussed with Libyan officials how to respond to a possible new Haftar offensive, according to a statement from the pro-GNA High Council of State (HCE).</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"What matters is that everyone contributes to a political solution. Any other action can only be bad," he said on Saturday night. Turkey's parliament on Tuesday passed a motion extending by 18 months the authorization to deploy "military personnel" to Libya, a country plunged into chaos since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi's regime in 2011.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Source:- Flash News and News Agencies</span></span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>Farrukh Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715499223400090614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951078575739757771.post-48605666266690435852020-12-27T03:51:00.000-08:002021-01-07T10:26:52.733-08:00AstraZeneca says it has 'winning formula' for vaccine ahead of UK decision<p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-320d871d-7fff-d631-849d-48d9369af7d5" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">AstraZeneca says it has 'winning formula' for vaccine ahead of UK decision</span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD3WQOR77lgZnbx5MA08NpQmNNEtGGyUCFztSgDGt9wfNJObp6_r6DmM_wbSpHMyrBmthIU-tNH-sBdVuoVvtCYcWv3H5B_z8SnetX7w6m1XVdNTGmb31XEfDBuEjJMdW3CCBRJqnGtyC_/s960/960x614_nouveau-vaccin-bonne-voie.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="960" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD3WQOR77lgZnbx5MA08NpQmNNEtGGyUCFztSgDGt9wfNJObp6_r6DmM_wbSpHMyrBmthIU-tNH-sBdVuoVvtCYcWv3H5B_z8SnetX7w6m1XVdNTGmb31XEfDBuEjJMdW3CCBRJqnGtyC_/w640-h410/960x614_nouveau-vaccin-bonne-voie.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">British pharmaceutical group AstraZeneca said it had found "the winning formula" for its Covid-19 vaccine developed with Oxford University, which the UK regulator is due to rule on in the coming days.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"We think we have found the winning formula and how to achieve efficacy, which, with two doses, is high like that of others," chief executive Pascal Soriot told the Sunday Times,assuring that his vaccine provided "100 percent protection" against severe forms of Covid-19.</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Contrasting efficiency</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the interim results of large-scale clinical trials in the United Kingdom and Brazil, the British laboratory announced in November that its vaccine was on average 70% effective compared to more than 90% for Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Behind this result on average are large differences between two different protocols: the effectiveness is 90% for volunteers who first received half a dose, then a full dose a month later, but only 62% for another group vaccinated with two complete doses.</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A vaccine simpler than Pfizer</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">These results were criticized because the injection of half a dose was due to an error and a relatively small group followed this protocol. The company said at the time that its vaccine required "additional study."</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is highly anticipated because it is relatively inexpensive and does not need to be kept at a temperature as cold as Pfizer/BioNTech, for example, kept at -70 degrees. This makes it easier to vaccinate on a large scale as well as in nursing homes.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 1--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="2154094315" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vaccinate more with several different vaccines</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The first Western country to start injecting Pfizer/BioNTech doses in early December, the UK is counting on this second vaccine to ramp up and stop the surge in cases attributed on its soil to a new variant of coronavirus.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Against this mutation, "we believe for the moment that the vaccine should remain effective," said Pascal Soriot. "But we can't be sure so we're going to test it out." He assured that new versions were being prepared in case, while hoping not to need them: "You have to be prepared."</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The UK government announced on Wednesday that it had submitted the full data for the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine to the UK regulator, MHRA. According to the British press, the latter is due to vote in the next few days for injection from 4 January.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Source:- Flash News and News Agencies</span></span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>Farrukh Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715499223400090614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951078575739757771.post-22634230036184693002020-12-26T23:20:00.000-08:002021-01-07T10:26:52.757-08:00Woman who stabbed her nephew to death on Christmas Eve suffers from depression<p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-40b3f37a-7fff-1a05-4f87-357342624104" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Woman who stabbed her nephew to death on Christmas Eve suffers from post-natal depression</span></p><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBR02nIhcET3q0GCU6hWehXvb8sM5s__32GQoaMdDEEyDKUHF7VKIsEy7lQ_bLyVrnLRR3BOdATp_bfc0QutESek-Jr1eVw8fSvUDqkpkA-FrcT7sNjt3Qkkg8gQA9_hUj_J3tWjXE3UMB/s960/960x614_limay-yvelines-terrain-jeux-enfants-nuit-25-decembre-femme-31-ans-poignarde-mort-neveu-10-ans-grievement-blesse-niece-4-ans.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBR02nIhcET3q0GCU6hWehXvb8sM5s__32GQoaMdDEEyDKUHF7VKIsEy7lQ_bLyVrnLRR3BOdATp_bfc0QutESek-Jr1eVw8fSvUDqkpkA-FrcT7sNjt3Qkkg8gQA9_hUj_J3tWjXE3UMB/s320/960x614_limay-yvelines-terrain-jeux-enfants-nuit-25-decembre-femme-31-ans-poignarde-mort-neveu-10-ans-grievement-blesse-niece-4-ans.webp" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The 31-year-old woman, who also seriously injured her niece and her own infant, is due to appear in court on Saturday for ment.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The woman who stabbed her nephew to death and tried to kill her niece and infant in Limay (Yvelines) on Christmas night, admitted the facts and explained suffering from post-natal depression,the Versailles prosecutor's office said on Saturday.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While in police custody, "she explained herself very precisely on the facts, which she acknowledged, explaining that she had a very severe postpartum depression after the birth of her baby" last November, the prosecutor's office said. The 31-year-old woman, from Mantes-La-Jolie,a town bordering Limay, is due to appear in court on Saturday for ment.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 1--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="2154094315" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A gentle and attentive woman</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"That evening, she explains that she completely lost her footing" with no "triggers" identified during the Christmas meal. "He is someone described by his relatives as particularly gentle and attentive to children," who used to spoil his nephew and niece.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She has been working in a kindergarten for ten years. Since giving birth, she has been "very tired of her loved ones."</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A nocturnal drama</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On Thursday evening, for Christmas, she was having dinner with her sister and brothers, as well as her husband, at her parents' house, in a public housing building near the train station in the small town of Limay, on the western outskirts of Paris. Three children were also present: his 10-year-old nephew, 4-year-old niece and baby.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At the end of dinner, her husband returns home alone. "Married for more than a year, they had a life plan: a child, a new home... the prosecutor's office said. One of his brothers also returned, leaving his two children to sleep there.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But in the night, the woman took her nephew and niece to the playground behind the building, "armed with a knife and a cutter," repeatedly injuring them. Some wounds show "great violence, a form of doggedness." Then she went to pick up her infant from the apartment, which she "stung with the tip of a knife".</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The autopsy will take place on Monday</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"She did not completely commit her irreparable act towards her, but that was her intention," according to the prosecutor's office, which is investigating for voluntary homicide of a minor under the age of 15 and double attempted homicide of minors.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The alert was given around 3:15 a.m. by neighbors and then by the grandmother. Despite the intervention of the emergency services, the boy died at the scene. His autopsy will take place on Monday.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The girl, who was seriously injured, is still in hospital. His prognosis is not life-threatening. The infant was also taken into care.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Source:- Flash News and News Agencies</span></span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 1--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="2154094315" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>Farrukh Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715499223400090614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951078575739757771.post-40831637172693280922020-12-26T22:12:00.000-08:002021-01-07T10:26:52.779-08:00Japan closes borders to non-resident foreigners<p> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">Japan closes borders to non-resident foreigners</span></p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivupgtm0IcpymztzHS5w7V4Y8lAIgAz0vXT5epE7sqwPcmtom08U9slpu7ybwYyt4T_QD5_1MdvxhbLhlNOToK8A1UrCtnxrM-tz4tIBoT2zSDg65cbBGZRiTT4J-8wv6SR0c1zsNYC0C7/s960/960x614_aeroport-international-haneda-tokyo-japon-13-decembre-2020.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="960" height="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivupgtm0IcpymztzHS5w7V4Y8lAIgAz0vXT5epE7sqwPcmtom08U9slpu7ybwYyt4T_QD5_1MdvxhbLhlNOToK8A1UrCtnxrM-tz4tIBoT2zSDg65cbBGZRiTT4J-8wv6SR0c1zsNYC0C7/w640-h0/960x614_aeroport-international-haneda-tokyo-japon-13-decembre-2020.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The measure takes effect on Monday and will last until the end of January</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Japan will halt all new arrivals of non-resident foreigners on its territory from Monday until the end of January, authorities announced Saturday as the country reported its first cases of contamination with the new strain of coronavirus.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Japan currently restricts the entry of foreigners from most countries for fear of the virus, requiring all visitors to submit to quarantine upon arrival. Tokyo now plans to strengthen these requirements: Japanese travellers and foreign residents from countries where the new strain of the virus has been reported will have to be tested within 72 hours of their departure and again upon arrival at Japanese airports.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The country will also strengthen quarantine requirements for all travellers returning to Japan.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fear of the virus variant</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Citing the government, Jiji Press and Kyodo said the measure was part of efforts to prevent the spread of a new variant of coronavirus, which is up to 70% more infectious.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Foreign visitors with visas will be allowed to enter, Kyodo said, with the exception of those who have visited the UK or South Africa - two of the countries where the strain has been detected - within two weeks of applying for an entry permit.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Japan's health ministry said on Friday that five people, all from Britain, had been infected with the new strain.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On Saturday, Tokyo reported a record 949 new infections in 24 hours, while the country recently passed the 3,000 daily case mark.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Source:- Flash News and News Agencies</span></span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 1--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="2154094315" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>Farrukh Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715499223400090614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951078575739757771.post-3216091344457206302020-12-26T09:09:00.000-08:002021-01-07T10:26:52.805-08:00China, the world's largest economy by 2028<p> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">China, the world's largest economy by 2028</span></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ0QjXNyDN-El_-vUmu677riUxJG3ArVPRvhJpOgJugwryGNXKFAtp1kK-bwK8x4RZKUO_dBz-nxxmecechykIalt7Iccn6wzDpM9v637RyoYcXajTZnLGDs9fX9Fqxslmc4aE210L-Ktp/s600/1584067987-5e6af593e1e6c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ0QjXNyDN-El_-vUmu677riUxJG3ArVPRvhJpOgJugwryGNXKFAtp1kK-bwK8x4RZKUO_dBz-nxxmecechykIalt7Iccn6wzDpM9v637RyoYcXajTZnLGDs9fX9Fqxslmc4aE210L-Ktp/w640-h426/1584067987-5e6af593e1e6c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">According to a British think tank, the United States will be dethroned five years earlier than previous forecasts. In these times of recession, the Chinese economy has rebounded more rapidly.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">That is not his habit. But by the end of 2020, the Centre for Economics and Business Research(CEBR)in London is not listing the strongest growth. It merely highlights the savings that have best limited the damage. And in this competition, China is the one that fares best, according to the annual ranking that the British think tank publishes this Saturday, December 26 and which The Guardian reports on its website. To the point, he announces, that the Asian economy will dethrone its American rival before the end of the decade, in 2028 precisely.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"China has rebounded rapidly after the first effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and will grow by 2% in 2020," reports The Guardian. "While the U.S. economy will contract by 5%, China will close the gap with its great rival." Global growth is expected to decline by 4.4%, the worst contraction since world War II.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In Asia, China is no exception. According to Douglas McWilliams, vice-president of CEBR, "Other Asian economies are also climbing the rankings. Western political leaders, whose results during the pandemic are rather bad, should learn from it and be more attentive to what is happening in Asia rather than just watching each other."</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Source:- Flash News and News Agencies</span></span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>Farrukh Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715499223400090614noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951078575739757771.post-40166621945740364412020-12-26T02:03:00.000-08:002021-01-07T10:26:52.829-08:00The variant of the new coronavirus detected in France and Japan<p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-b6870d0b-7fff-e15a-90ce-e8273acf255f" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The variant of the new coronavirus detected in France and Japan</span></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIL6FGgtwMWcW549DlI2-jDQNhCwJhn8w6qd8aftjJ06FcB7Nqt_lil2H0lHsMNOkvmEuz9aE46eAyaFsbrNpiO0rm2455zWV1Fwc81yfRRxuNn-lFAsaE7YG5pH2iQRv2rzVZXhJkyrv2/s960/960x614_infirmiere-vaccinee-contre-covid-19-vaccin-moderna-21-decembre-hartford-etats-unis.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="960" height="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIL6FGgtwMWcW549DlI2-jDQNhCwJhn8w6qd8aftjJ06FcB7Nqt_lil2H0lHsMNOkvmEuz9aE46eAyaFsbrNpiO0rm2455zWV1Fwc81yfRRxuNn-lFAsaE7YG5pH2iQRv2rzVZXhJkyrv2/w640-h0/960x614_infirmiere-vaccinee-contre-covid-19-vaccin-moderna-21-decembre-hartford-etats-unis.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The variant of the virus responsible for Covid-19, which appeared in the UK and is thought to be more contagious than the original strain, has been detected for the first time in France and Japan. The United States, in turn, has imposed restrictions on travellers from the United Kingdom.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The first French case of contamination with the variant of the new coronavirus was reported in Tours, in a man "returned from London on 19 December", reports The Guardian.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"The screening carried out on the patient at the hospital on 21 December showed that he had contracted the variant of the virus, known as VOC 2020 12/01, the British daily adds. "The French Minister of Health has made it clear that he is asymptomatic and that he is currently in quarantine."</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In Japan, health authorities announced late Friday that "five people from the UK tested positive for the new coronavirus variant" during screenings at two airports in the country, according to NHK.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Patients range in age from "under 10 to over 60" and four of them are asymptomatic, while the fifth suffers from fatigue, according to japan's public broadcaster.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 1--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="2154094315" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The director general of Japan's National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Wakita Takaji, said the new strain "probably did not spread to the country because it was detected during quarantine checks at airports," NHK added.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Several cases around the world</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Independent is not as optimistic and recalls that the variant is already linked to several cases in "many countries around the world, such as Denmark, Singapore, Australia, Italy and Iceland".</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Source:- Flash News and News Agencies</span></span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>Farrukh Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715499223400090614noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951078575739757771.post-2257747786466220902020-12-25T13:43:00.000-08:002021-01-07T10:26:52.853-08:00Alibaba under investigation by competition authorities<p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-8b63b966-7fff-929b-d286-60c1a88fe86a" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Alibaba under investigation by competition authorities</span></p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiorYuJ6wxHzQogFRp2gPnOhIPjJGACtvNRjqYP6vG9339FN9HpWc7BdNJsMg2VYccu_wLRBlg4_qHCAGVgLJqxeRKEYphKDmpxvMiuCQlVDgw_2qBlP4mfykzlGenDxAX6MVs5_DCFSPsY/s960/960x614_l-application-alibaba-sur-un-smartphone.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="960" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiorYuJ6wxHzQogFRp2gPnOhIPjJGACtvNRjqYP6vG9339FN9HpWc7BdNJsMg2VYccu_wLRBlg4_qHCAGVgLJqxeRKEYphKDmpxvMiuCQlVDgw_2qBlP4mfykzlGenDxAX6MVs5_DCFSPsY/w640-h410/960x614_l-application-alibaba-sur-un-smartphone.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Beijing worries about the power of technology groups and their forays into the online lending sector</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Alibaba is in Beijing'scrosshairs. Chinese competition authorities announced on Thursday that it was opening an investigation against the e-commerce giant on "suspicion of monopolistic practices." The State Administration for Market Regulation also announced that it had contacted Ant Group, the world's leading online payment company, for "supervision" issues, less than two months after Beijing cancelled at the last minute the IPO of thisAlibabasubsidiary.</span></p><br /><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stock falls in Hong Kong</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The announcements caused Alibaba shares to fall sharply on the Hong KongStock Exchange, with the stock falling more than 3 percent at the opening on Thursday. It must be said that this investigation is a thunderbolt in the Chinese business world, where Alibaba and its charismatic boss Jack Ma are symbols of the technological success of the Middle Kingdom.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The suspension in extremis of Ant Group's IPO at the beginning of November had already caused amazement. It came days after a speech in Shanghai by Jack Ma, in which the multi-billionaire criticised the actions of financial regulators. They are concerned about the power of technology groups and in particular their forays into the online lending sector, where they are breaking the prudential rules imposed on state-owned banks.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strengthening anti-monopoly supervision</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chinese media have relayed these concerns by warning of the risks of financial turbulence. The investigation against Alibaba "is an important step for our country to strengthen anti-monopoly supervision in the Internet sector and promote a healthy long-term development of the digital economy," the People's Daily,an organ of the ruling Communist Party, wrote on Thursday. In a sign of the government's impatience with Alibaba, the group was fined 500,000 yuan (62,000 euros) last week for failing to report an acquisition.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Source:- Flash News and News Agencies</span></span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 1--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="2154094315" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>Farrukh Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715499223400090614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951078575739757771.post-46021189923978914182020-12-24T23:32:00.000-08:002021-01-07T10:26:52.881-08:00More than 100 people shot dead by gunmen in Ethiopia<p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-990b344d-7fff-3852-ecb1-174e6f98807b" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">More than 100 people shot dead by gunmen in Ethiopia</span></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFlewyZpWuVRIHBwGheKIH84VLY3HJU7BBjZ3Ij66nBclZEWP9B8nxY-b-_vMc12kue8D1GuouX7vFD9suIyz4qX7hIQ7Dq4Z05w2e0Q1hnVZjdPb-gEibC0JPCn1_KG1SiCkcBVcd0wGf/s960/960x614_premier-ministre-ethiopien-abiy-ahmed-ali-recu-prix-nobel-paix-11-octobre-2019.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="960" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFlewyZpWuVRIHBwGheKIH84VLY3HJU7BBjZ3Ij66nBclZEWP9B8nxY-b-_vMc12kue8D1GuouX7vFD9suIyz4qX7hIQ7Dq4Z05w2e0Q1hnVZjdPb-gEibC0JPCn1_KG1SiCkcBVcd0wGf/w640-h410/960x614_premier-ministre-ethiopien-abiy-ahmed-ali-recu-prix-nobel-paix-11-octobre-2019.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The attack was reportedly carried out at dawn, while the victims were sleeping</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gunmen killed more than 100 people in an attack in westernEthiopiaon Wednesday (December 23rd), the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said. The independent governmentagency said in a statement that "more than 100 people were killed by gunfire" in the Benishangul-Gumuz region. The Commission said it had received "disturbing photographic evidence" from survivors of the pre-dawn attack on "sleeping residents" in the Metekel area, which continued until Wednesday afternoon.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At least 36 other people were treated for injuries, including gunshot wounds, at a hospital in Bulen, about 90 km from the site of the attack, the Commission said. "In addition to the damage done to people's lives and their bodies, crops have been burned. One victim told us that he saw 18 fires," the agency said. There were "no police or security forces" stationed in the area at the time. Armed forces had been sent to the area on Tuesday to calm tensions, but they left soon after. Some of the victims of the attack said they knew the attackers, the commission added, adding that humanitarian aid would be sent to the area to help displaced and injured people.</span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ethnic attacks</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The area is home to people from the Shinasha, Oromo and Amhara ethnic groups, according to the Commission. The Amhara ethnic group is the second largest in the country. The attack is the latest in a bloody series in recent months. In October, 12 civilians were killed in the same area. And the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission had already reported the deaths of 15 civilians in the metekel area on 25 September, calling the violence "targeted killings".</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in October attributed the recent violence in the west to fighters trained in Sudan, and called on Khartoum to stabilize Sudan's border region of Blue Nile, where he said the fighters are trained and armed. Until now, the authorities in Addis Ababa had spoken little about the drivers of violence in Benishangul-Gumuz state, which opposition leaders attributed to ethnic factors.</span></p><br /><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 1--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="2154094315" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Violence across the country</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Opposition politicians, mostly from the Amahra community, have been sounding the alarm for weeks about what they describe as a targeted campaign by ethnic gumuz militias against the Amhara and Agew living in the Metekel area. According to them, more than 150 civilians were killed in the attacks, figures that could not be independently confirmed. The violence shows that prime minister Abiy Ahmed's openness has unleashed local territorial ambitions and former inter-communal disputes, which have led to deadly violence in many parts of the country.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Prime Minister, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019, also launched a military offensive in the breakaway region of Tigre inearly November. No precise death toll from the conflict in Tigre is available, but fighting has pushed more than 50,000 people to seek refuge in neighbouring Sudan and displaced more than 63,000 within the region, according to the UN.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Source:- Flash News and News Agencies</span></span></p><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!--unit 2--> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4884452084159861" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9042936291" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>Farrukh Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715499223400090614noreply@blogger.com0