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Patients receive treatment in the COVID-19 care center at the Commonwealth Games Village (CWG) in New Delhi, India. — Courtesy file photos
Delta variant, a warning COVID-19 virus is getting ‘fitter and faster’
GENEVA — Cases and deaths resulting from COVID-19 continue to climb worldwide, mostly fueled by the highly transmissible Delta variant, which has spread to 132 countries, said the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday. Almost 4 million cases worldwide were reported last week to WHO and the agency expects the total number of cases to pass 200 million, in the next two weeks. “And we know this is an underestimate”, underscored Director-General Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus during his regular COVID-19 briefing. Infections have increased in every region of the world, with some even reaching 80 percent more in the past month. In Africa, deaths have increased by 80 percent over the same period, the official warned. Overwhelmed Tedros blamed the rise of cases on increased...
July 30, 2021

Delta variant, a warning COVID-19 virus is getting ‘fitter and faster’

Britain has defended its decision to maintain quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated travelers from France after Paris slammed it as
UK defends France quarantine decision as Paris slams 'discriminatory' rule
BRUSSELS — Britain has defended its decision to maintain quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated travelers from France after Paris slammed it as "discriminatory" and "incomprehensible." "The big concern is that we don't allow a variant in which somehow is able to escape the vaccine program that we have got," UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps told Sky News. British authorities waived on Wednesday their 10-day self-isolation requirement for travelers from amber countries — which include the US and European Union member states — as long as they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with jabs authorized by the EU and US regulators. But the measure, which comes into force on Aug. 2, does not include France, which the UK has classed as...
July 30, 2021

UK defends France quarantine decision as Paris slams 'discriminatory' rule

A Russian module knocked the International Space Station out of position briefly on Thursday, after it accidentally fired its thrusters. — Courtesy photo
Russian module knocks International Space Station out of position
BRUSSELS — A Russian module knocked the International Space Station out of position briefly on Thursday, after it accidentally fired its thrusters. For 47 minutes, the space station lost control of its orientation when the firing occurred a few hours after docking, pushing the orbiting complex from its normal configuration. The station's position is key for getting power from solar panels and or communications. Communications with ground controllers also blipped out twice for a few minutes. Flight controllers regained control using thrusters on other Russian components at the station to right the ship, and it is now stable and safe, NASA said. “We haven’t noticed any damage,” space station program manager Joel Montalbano said in a late afternoon press conference.“There...
July 30, 2021

Russian module knocks International Space Station out of position

The incident occurred in the Arabian Sea on Thursday night, involving the Liberian-flagged ship Mercer Street, a tanker linked to an Israeli billionaire. — Courtesy file photo
Two Europeans killed in incident on board oil tanker off Oman coast
BRUSSELS — Two European nationals have been killed after an oil tanker reportedly came under attack off the coast of Oman. The incident occurred in the Arabian Sea on Thursday night, involving the Liberian-flagged ship Mercer Street, a tanker linked to an Israeli billionaire. "With profound sadness, we understand the incident onboard the M/T Mercer Street on 29 July has resulted in the deaths of two crew members on board: a Romanian national and a UK national," the ship's London-based owner, Zodiac Maritime, said on Friday. "We are not aware of the harm to any other personnel. Our primary concern remains the safety and wellbeing of everyone on board and all those affected by the situation," they added. "Details of the incident are still being established...
July 30, 2021

Two Europeans killed in incident on board oil tanker off Oman coast

Catalonia's former leader Carles Puigdemont has been defeated in a bid to stop the loss of his European parliamentary immunity. — Courtesy file photo
Catalan ex-president Puigdemont loses appeal against loss of European parliament immunity
BRUSSELS — Catalonia's former leader Carles Puigdemont has been defeated in a bid to stop the loss of his European parliamentary immunity. MEP Puigdemont was in March stripped of the protection, which had prevented attempts in Spain to put him on trial over a Catalan independence referendum that Madrid considered illegal and unconstitutional. Puigdemont went to the European Court of Justice in an attempt to have the lifting of his immunity suspended. But his request — and that of two other MEPs — has now been rejected, with the court saying there was no reason the three could not face trial in Spain. "There is nothing to suggest that the Belgian judicial authorities or the authorities of another member state could execute the European arrest warrants issued against the...
July 30, 2021

Catalan ex-president Puigdemont loses appeal against loss of European parliament immunity

The huge container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March has finally reached its intended port in Europe. — Courtesy file photo
Ever Given, the ship that blocked Suez Canal, makes it to port
BRUSSELS — The huge container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March has finally reached its intended port in Europe. The Ever Given sailed into the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands on Thursday to begin unloading its cargo, months later than originally planned. The Panama-flagged vessel was heading for the Dutch port before it became wedged in the single-lane canal near Egypt in March. Traffic in the busy shipping lane was halted for nearly a week after the 400-meter ship plowed into the sandy bank of the canal about 6 kilometers north of the southern entrance. A massive salvage effort freed the skyscraper-sized vessel six days later, allowing a traffic jam of hundreds of waiting for ships to pass through the canal.Earlier this month, the Ever Given left the canal’s Great...
July 30, 2021

Ever Given, the ship that blocked Suez Canal, makes it to port

French President Emmanuel Macron is suing a billboard owner who depicted him as Adolf Hitler to protest COVID-19 restrictions. — Courtesy file photo
French President Macron sues billboard owner for depicting him as Hitler
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron is suing a billboard owner who depicted him as Adolf Hitler to protest COVID-19 restrictions. Michel-Ange Flori, who owns about 400 billboards in the southern département of the Var, wrote on Twitter on Wednesday: "I have just learned that I will be heard at the Toulon police station tomorrow following a complaint by the president of the Republic." "So in Macronia you can make fun of the prophet's ass, that's satire, but to make the president look like a dictator is blasphemy," he added. The offending poster portrays Macron in the uniform of Nazi leader Hitler, with a small mustache, a lock on his forehead and the acronym of the presidential movement LREM turned into a swastika. A message reads: "Obey, get...
July 30, 2021

French President Macron sues billboard owner for depicting him as Hitler

For the 148,000 British expatriates living in France, the UK's decision to lift its quarantine requirement for fully vaccinated travelers from all EU countries except France was hard to take.
'Infuriating': British expats in France slam UK's quarantine decision
BRUSSELS — For the 148,000 British expatriates living in France, the UK's decision to lift its quarantine requirement for fully vaccinated travelers from all EU countries except France was hard to take. The 10-day mandatory self-isolation makes it almost impossible for them to visit their families in the UK, especially for those who have a job in France and little holiday time. Dorcas Vance, an entrepreneur and English teacher who moved to France 20 years ago, told Euronews she hadn't been able to see her England-based family in two years, including her elderly father who recently had a heart attack. "I went there two years ago for my dad's 80th and then he had a heart attack on his 81st birthday. So I haven't seen my parents for two years and you know,...
July 30, 2021

'Infuriating': British expats in France slam UK's quarantine decision

Malta's government must
Malta's govt must bear responsibility for journalist's assassination, inquiry finds
VALLETTA — Malta's government must "bear responsibility" for the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, an independent inquiry has found. The probe said that Maltese authorities had created a "culture of impunity" that led to her killing. Caruana Galizia died in a car bombing in October 2017 as she was allegedly investigating corruption in a business linked to a wealthy businessman, Yorgen Fenech. Fenech — who had close ties to the government — is the alleged mastermind behind the assassination and has been charged with complicity in her murder. He denies any responsibility. On Thursday, a public inquiry committee said that although Malta's government did not play a direct role, it had failed to protect Caruana Galizia from threats to her...
July 29, 2021

Malta's govt must bear responsibility for journalist's assassination, inquiry finds

French minister livid over 'discriminatory' UK quarantine decision
BRUSSELS — Britain's decision to lift its quarantine requirement for fully vaccinated travelers from the US and EU except France is "discriminatory" and "incomprehensible", Paris said on Thursday. "This is scientifically unfounded. It is a discriminatory decision, I think, towards the French, because all Europeans, even from countries with more difficult health situations than ours — because of the Delta variant or else — are not concerned, or no longer concerned, by the quarantine," France's Europe Minister Clement Beaune told French broadcaster LCI on Thursday morning. "It is excessive and frankly incomprehensible from a health point of view." "If I understood correctly, it is in the name of the Beta variant, the infamous...
July 29, 2021

French minister livid over 'discriminatory' UK quarantine decision

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