BERLIN (Reuters) – ChancellorAngela Merkel urged Germans on Thursday to stop complaining about the slow roll-out of a vaccine against COVID-19 and defended a decision to extend a lockdown as necessary to stem a more aggressive variant of the coronavirus ...PowerWomen with Victoria Schneps ... Subscribe. ... How can we even complain?” ... 14 ... ....
A gifted Senegalese student and novelist who was reported missing in France has said she was on "a little break to regain her senses" in a letter shared with a government minister. Diary Sow, 20, did not return to school in Paris after the Christmas holidays, causing concern in Senegal and France ... "I am not hiding ... Related Topics. ....
Melania Trump was filmed strutting away from her husband and waiting journalists the moment her official duties as First Lady ended (Picture. ABC News). Former First Lady Melania Trump was caught on camera strolling away from her husband Donald the moment her official duties ended ... Advertisement. Advertisement ... PA) ... ....
TOKYO (AP) — Japan is publicly adamant that it will stage its postponed Olympics this summer ...The country needs foreign-made vaccines because local development is only in its early stages ... Then about 3 million other medical workers will be added ahead of high-risk groups such as the elderly, those with underlying health conditions and caregivers ... ___....
Peace and Security. The first multilateral nuclear disarmament treaty in more than two decades, came into force just after midnight on Friday, hailed by the UN Secretary-General as “an important step towards a world free of nuclear weapons” ... ‘Tragic testimonies’ of survivors ... Entry into force is a tribute to their enduring advocacy”, he said. Mr ... ....
Canberra, Jan 22 (IANS) Australian Prime MinisterScott Morrison on Friday declared that the country has successfully has beaten a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic ...Following the meeting he told reporters that "we have beaten the third wave" that began with an infection clusters in Sydney ... "But that is not an indication that (it) will occur."....
LONDON (AP) — Japanese carmaker Nissan confirmed Friday that it will maintain its operations in Britain in the wake of the post-Brexit trade deal between the country and the European Union. The news was greeted by British Prime MinisterBoris Johnson as a “great vote of confidence.” ... However, after months of tortuous negotiations, the U.K....
It was supposed to be a banner year for Turkmenistan’s natural gas industry. There was a time when it was predicted that the Central Asia-China pipeline would be transporting 65 billion cubic meters of Turkmen gas annually by 2020. The project to build a trans-Afghan pipeline to India, TAPI, was also supposed to have come into dock by now ...Plan B ... ....
The Islamic State (IS) terrorist group on Friday claimed responsibility for the twin suicide bombings in Iraq's capital Baghdad that killed 32 people and wounded 116 others. The group identified the two suicide ......
Before he returned to Russia, opposition politician Alexei Navalny and his supporters had anticipated he would be arrested and planned to force the Kremlin to release him by staging repeated protests, a close ally has said ... Mr Putin has dismissed that, alleging Mr Navalny is part of a US-backed campaign to discredit him ... ....
Freshman GOPRep.MarjorieTaylor Greene has introduced articles of impeachment against PresidentJoe Biden. Greene, a staunch Trump supporter, accused Biden in the document of engaging in quid pro quo with Ukraine and engaging in "high crimes and misdemeanors" in order to benefit himself and his son Hunter... Read more. Rep ... ....
Dimon's total compensation will include the same annual base salary of $1.5 million and a performance-based incentive of $30 million, according to a regulatory filing ... ....