German researchers have identified a new variant - A.30 - that might be able to escape the immune system. However, only five cases were found in the world, none in the past five months.
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Full Article: New vaccine resistant COVID variant found: Here’s why it is not worrisome
How daily COVID-19 testing will work for groups under new travel outline
According to the plan, up to 2,000 travelers approved by the Tourism Ministry can enter the country every day.
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Full Article: How daily COVID-19 testing will work for groups under new travel outline
COP26: Climate Conference is Bennett's chance to be a statesman – analysis
Will Prime Minister Naftali Bennett come back from Glasgow as a statesman, having elevated Israel on the world stage?
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Full Article: COP26: Climate Conference is Bennett's chance to be a statesman - analysis
US State Dept confirms: Israel would have to authorize Palestinian consulate in Jerusalem
The US closed its consulate to the Palestinians in 2018, when it openly recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and moved its embassy there.
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Full Article: US State Dept confirms: Israel would have to authorize Palestinian consulate in Jerusalem
States across the Americas are failing to provide protection for Haitians on the move
They must end all deportations to Haiti and provide Haitians with unrestricted access to international protection..
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Full Article: States across the Americas are failing to provide protection for Haitians on the move
Abdul Qadeer Khan obituary
Physicist hailed as the father of Pakistan’s atomic weapons industry who confessed to smuggling nuclear secrets..
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Bennett meeting Johnson, Macron in Glasgow after G20 meeting on Iran
The world leaders that Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is expected to meet include UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron.
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Full Article: Bennett meeting Johnson, Macron in Glasgow after G20 meeting on Iran
The UAE records 82 new COVID-19 cases, one death in 24 hours
The United Arab Emirates has recorded 82 new COVID-19 cases and one virus-related death in the last 24 hours, according to the country’s Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP).It is the lowest recorded figure of new daily COVID-19 cases in 2021.For more coronavirus news, visit our dedicated page.A total of 2,136 people have died from complications relating to COVID-19 in the UAE, while there have been 739,190 recorded cases.Meanwhile, 121 people recovered from the virus, bringing the total number of recoveries to 733,903.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Health officials in the UAE on Tuesday praised members of the public for following safety protocols and helping get new daily COVID-19 cases under 100 – but said variants of the disease are still a cause for concern.During the UAE’s weekly COVID-19 briefing, the National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA) said this means safety measures – including wearing face masks – must continue to limit the threat of infections.Read more:The UAE records 88 new COVID-19 cases, no deaths in 24 hoursUAE officials laud public for low COVID-19 cases, continues to monitor new strainsUAE continues to be world leader for COVID-19 vaccination rates: Officials
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: The UAE records 82 new COVID-19 cases, one death in 24 hours
Sudanese coup leader says he is trying to persuade ousted premier to return
Sudan’s military coup leader, facing pressure at home and abroad to restore power to civilians, said a technocratic prime minister could be announced in a week, and he is still trying to persuade the man he ousted to return and form a new government.For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Western countries have cut off hundreds of millions of dollars in desperately needed aid to Sudan since General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan dissolved a power-sharing government led by Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Monday.The power-sharing government was meant to steer Sudan to elections in 2023 after long-serving ruler Omar al-Bashir was toppled two years ago.Opponents of this week’s coup have called for mass demonstrations on Saturday. At least 11 protesters have been killed in clashes with security forces so far this week.The US and United Nations dialed up the pressure on Burhan on Thursday, when the Security Council called for the restoration of the civilian-led government and President Joe Biden said his nation like others stood with the demonstrators.In comments to the Russian news agency Sputnik published on Friday, Burhan said the new government would be led by a technocrat. “We will not interfere in the choice of the ministers,” he said.The cabinet would be chosen the prime minister who would be “agreed upon by different sections of the Sudanese people”, he said.He also said new members would be appointed to the Sovereign Council, a civilian-military body which he dissolved along with the cabinet.On Thursday night, Burhan left open the possibility of Hamdok becoming prime minister again, saying the army was negotiating with him to form the new government.In a speech to groups who helped remove Omar al-Bashir in 2019, he said consultations were underway to select the prime minister.“Until this night, we were sending him people and telling (Hamdok) ... complete the path with us. Until this meeting with you, we were sending him people to negotiate with him and we are still having hope,” Burhan said in the speech.“We told him that we cleaned the stage for you ... he is free to form the government, we will not intervene in the government formation, anyone he will bring, we will not intervene at all”.Hamdok, an economist and former senior UN official, was initially held at Burhan’s residence when soldiers rounded up the government on Monday. He was allowed to return home under guard on Tuesday.Hamdok’s allies say he has refused requests by the coup leaders to cooperate, and has demanded civilian power-sharing be restored and arrested ministers freed.The office of the UN representative to Sudan said on Thursday he had offered to facilitate a political settlement towards restoring the transition during a meeting Burhan.“March of millions”With authorities restricting internet and phone signals, protesters have been handing out fliers calling for a “march of millions” on Saturday under the slogan “Leave!”Security forces fired at protesters on Thursday night in Bahri, across the river from the capital Khartoum, using live and rubber bullets, witnesses said. A doctors committee said one person was killed in those clashes while two others were wounded and in critical condition.Burhan’s move reasserted the army’s dominant role in Sudan since independence in 1956, after weeks of friction between the military and civilians over issues including whether to hand Bashir and others to The Hague to face charges of war crimes.Burhan, who had been due to hand leadership of the power-sharing Sovereign Council to a civilian soon, has said he acted to prevent civil war, and has promised elections in July 2023.The coup has led donors to freeze assistance badly needed in a country where more than half the population is in poverty and hardship has fuelled instability and civil wars. After decades of pariah status under Bashir, Sudan had finally won Western aid, which has only recently begun to stabilize its economy.The US has frozen $700 million in assistance, and the World Bank, which granted Sudan access to $2 billion in financing in March, has halted its disbursements.The IMF, which approved $2.5 billion in funding for Sudan in June, said on Thursday it was premature to comment on the implications of the takeover.Read more: Sudan army chief Burhan relieves six ambassadors, including US, EU, France, QatarSudan’s army chief Burhan meets Saudi Arabia’s ambassador in KhartoumSudan PM Hamdok moved to unknown location after refusing to support coup: Ministry
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Sudanese coup leader says he is trying to persuade ousted premier to return
Sudan: Halt unnecessary force against protesters and investigate deadly shootings
Sudanese authorities must stop security forces from using unnecessary, including lethal, force against protesters opposed to the military takeover, withdraw the military from law-enforcement operations, and respect the right to freedom of peaceful assembly, said Amnesty International after it confirmed the killing of at least six protesters on 25 October. Further protests are expected on ..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Sudan: Halt unnecessary force against protesters and investigate deadly shootings