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July 23, 2021
Delta variant of COVID-19 now dominant in Europe, says WHO
July 23, 2021
New COVID-19 variant under investigation in UK
July 23, 2021
'Norway owes us,' says Hungary after Oslo suspends aid in NGO row
LONDON — Britain's government has amended self-isolation rules for workers in key sectors who have come into contact with a person who has COVID-19 after staff shortages disrupted the national food supply.
The measure applies to 16 sectors including energy, civil nuclear, food production and supply, waste, water, veterinary medicines, essential chemicals, essential transport, medicines, medical devices, clinical consumable supplies, emergency services, border control, essential defense outputs and local government.
Employers in these sectors can name a limited number of fully vaccinated workers whose absence could cause serious disruptions. These workers will then be able to continue working even if they are alerted by the National Health Service's Test and Trace app that they...
July 23, 2021
Self-isolation rules for critical workers relaxed as UK shops run out of food
July 23, 2021
Venice avoids being placed on UNESCO’s heritage danger list
LONDON — A British activist has been ordered to pay 100,000 pounds ($nearly 138,000) in damages to a Syrian refugee for libeling him on Facebook.
Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson, is the founder of the far-right English Defence League.
In October 2018 he responded online to a viral clip that showed Jamal Hijazi, then 15 years old, being attacked by fellow pupils at his school in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.
In two follow-up videos seen by at least 950,000 people and shared 25,000 times, Robinson falsely claimed the teenager had previously attacked "young English girls" at his school.
In a judgment issued on Thursday, the High Court threw out Robinson's defense of truth, finding he had "woefully" failed to prove the claims and "even...
July 23, 2021
Syrian teen wins libel case against British far-right activist
ROME — The head of the UN food relief agency called on the world’s richest nations on Thursday to invest more in sustainable living, to feed the world’s growing population.
In his appeal to G20 environment ministers, the Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Qu Dongyu, highlighted the challenge of having to produce more food while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
“Today, humanity faces a triple planetary crisis of biodiversity loss, climate crisis and the impact of the pandemic”, he said. “To have healthy food, we need a healthy environment”.Better water
The FAO chief spoke of the need to address water scarcity, which affects more than a billion people, by increasing efficiency and sustainable management.
Almost a billion hectares of...
July 23, 2021
UN food relief agency chief urges G20 to invest in a healthy planet for healthy food
July 22, 2021
More than half of EU adults now fully vaccinated against COVID, says Brussels
July 22, 2021
WHO: Coronavirus pandemic will leave long-term mark on mental health
July 22, 2021
Myanmar doctors hunted by junta as COVID-19 crisis rages
