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‏The agreement, which was signed remotely by the UAE's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Lt. Gen. Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and Georgia's Minister of Internal Affairs Vakhtang Gomelauri, aims to strengthen cooperation between the two countries and develop bilateral relations in the security and policing fields, especially in enhancing traffic safety, combating crime in all its forms. — WAM photo
UAE, Georgia sign cooperation agreement to enhance security collaboration
ABU DHABI — The United Arab Emirates has signed an agreement with Georgia to step up cooperation between the two countries in the fields of security and combating crime, the UAE's official news agency WAM reported on Tuesday. ‏The agreement, which was signed remotely by the UAE's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Lt. Gen. Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and Georgia's Minister of Internal Affairs Vakhtang Gomelauri, aims to strengthen cooperation between the two countries and develop bilateral relations in the security and policing fields, especially in enhancing traffic safety, combating crime in all its forms.It also seeks to facilitate the exchange of experiences in utilizing modern technologies and artificial intelligence to enhance police work. — SG
July 06, 2021

UAE, Georgia sign cooperation agreement to enhance security collaboration

File photo of a Soviet-designed Antonov AN-26 plane, the type of plane of the Russian airliner that disappeared from radar on Tuesday on the Far Eastern peninsula of Kamchatka.
Russian airliner goes missing in country's far-east
MOSCOW — A Russian airliner carrying around 20 passengers and six crew members disappeared from radar on Tuesday on the Far Eastern peninsula of Kamchatka, local officials said.The plane, a Soviet-designed Antonov AN-26, was flying from the regional capital Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski to the small coastal town of Palana when it stopped transmitting, Valentina Glazova, a spokeswoman for the regional transport prosecutor's office, told AFP.She said the plane was carrying 23 passengers and six crew members, with Russian news agencies quoting local officials saying 28 people including six crew members were on board."Search and rescue efforts are under way," Glazova added. "All we know at the moment is that contact with the plane has been lost and it has not landed.Two...
July 06, 2021

Russian airliner goes missing in country's far-east

Lambda accounts for nearly 82% of the coronavirus case samples reported during May and June, according to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). It is especially widespread across South America, having first appeared in Peru in August last year.
Lambda — latest COVID variant flagged by the WHO
GENEVA — The latest variant to be highlighted by the World Health Organization, named Lambda, has now been found in at least 27 different countries.It is especially widespread across South America, having first appeared in Peru in August last year, and is accounting for more and more cases in these countries.Having found its way to Europe, where there is already an ongoing battle against the Delta variant, due to lack of study it is still unclear how major a cause of concern it might be.It is not yet listed as a ‘variant of concern’, rather a ‘variant of interest’ by the WHO, meaning it has been identified as causing transmission or detected in multiple countries.Lambda accounts for nearly 82% of the coronavirus case samples reported during May and June, according to the Pan...
July 06, 2021

Lambda — latest COVID variant flagged by the WHO

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the government could fully lift restrictions, including social distancing rules and mask requirements, by July 19 even as cases and hospitalizations rise in the country.
Johnson's plan to ease COVID restrictions is 'reckless', says Starmer
LONDON — UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the government could fully lift restrictions, including social distancing rules and mask requirements, by July 19 even as cases and hospitalizations rise in the country.Johnson said the government planned to let people decide for themselves how to deal with their social contacts and not reimpose restrictions even though the pandemic is "far from over"."If we can't reopen our society in the next few weeks...then we must ask ourselves when will we return to normal," Johnson said of those who recommended delaying reopening.If the easing of restrictions goes ahead, people in England may no longer be required by law to wear face masks in indoor public spaces and to keep at least one meter apart, he added.Although the...
July 06, 2021

Johnson's plan to ease COVID restrictions is 'reckless', says Starmer

Heinz-Christian Strache, the former leader of the extreme-right Austrian Freedom Party (FPO), was caught up in a sting in 2017 while on holiday in Ibiza in 2017.
Former Austrian vice-chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache faces corruption trial
VIENNA — A former vice-chancellor of Austria is facing the start of a corruption trial on Tuesday, two years after the news of the so-called Ibiza-gate scandal broke.Heinz-Christian Strache, the former leader of the extreme-right Austrian Freedom Party (FPO), was caught up in a sting in 2017 while on holiday in Ibiza in 2017.Ahead of parliamentary elections, he had a drunken meeting there with a woman presenting herself as the rich niece of a Russian oligarch wishing to invest in Austria.Strache offered to help finance his campaign in exchange for a promise to win public tenders if he were to enter the government.He also asked him to take a stake in the country's most widely read tabloid, Kronen Zeitung, in order to change its editorial line to his advantage — a practice he said...
July 06, 2021

Former Austrian vice-chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache faces corruption trial

Fearing that the surging contagion could strain health care services as stressed employees try to go on summer holidays, health officials in several parts of the country are also rushing to get COVID-19 vaccine shots to people under 30.
Spain restricts nightlife as virus surges among the young
MADRID — Faced with soaring numbers of new coronavirus infections among unvaccinated young people, some Spanish regions are reinstating curbs on nightlife only weeks after dropping them.Fearing that the surging contagion could strain health care services as stressed employees try to go on summer holidays, health officials in several parts of the country are also rushing to get COVID-19 vaccine shots to people under 30.Spain's strict vaccination rollout has so far focused on older, more vulnerable groups, leaving the vaccination of teenagers and people in their 20s for the summer.So far, 40% of Spain's 47 million people have been fully vaccinated, one of the highest levels in Europe, but that falls to one in ten vaccinated in the 20-29 age group and a meager 0.7% for those under...
July 06, 2021

Spain restricts nightlife as virus surges among the young

File photo shows protestors at the March of Peace and Independence in Minsk, Belarus. — courtesy Unsplash/Andrew Keymaster
‘Full-scale assault’ ongoing against civil society amid massive human rights violations in Belarus
MINSK — Belarus has witnessed an unprecedented human rights crisis over the past year, the independent expert appointed to monitor the country said on Monday, calling on authorities to immediately end their policy of repression and fully respect the legitimate aspirations of their people.Belarus has witnessed an unprecedented human rights crisis over the past year, the independent expert appointed to monitor the country said on Monday, calling on authorities to immediately end their policy of repression and fully respect the legitimate aspirations of their people.In her annual report to the Human Rights Council, Anaïs Marin said she had received reports of massive police violence used against protesters — since last August’s disputed presidential election brought millions onto the...
July 06, 2021

‘Full-scale assault’ ongoing against civil society amid massive human rights violations in Belarus

Women grow vegetables on a farm in India as part of a UNICEF-supported rural development program. —courtesy UNICEF/Vinay Panjwani
Turning crisis into opportunity: World leaders meet at UN to help drive pandemic recovery
GENEVA — Leading figures from government, business and civil society are preparing to take part in this year’s High Level Political Forum on sustainable development (HLPF), where they will discuss ways to recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and turn the deadly crisis into an opportunity for a major shift towards a more sustainable global economy.The hybrid (online and in-person) conference, which takes place between July 6-15, will focus on the lessons, successes, shortcomings and plans to emerge from the unprecedented health crisis, and advocate for achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as the best way to build more inclusive, resilient and healthier societies.“Countries will share and reflect the actions they have been taking to overcome the...
July 06, 2021

Turning crisis into opportunity: World leaders meet at UN to help drive pandemic recovery

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the government could fully lift COVID-19 restrictions, including social distancing rules and mask requirements, by July 19 even as cases and hospitalizations rise in the country. — Courtesy photo
Johnson says UK must live with virus as he unveils plan to ease restrictions
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the government could fully lift COVID-19 restrictions, including social distancing rules and mask requirements, by July 19 even as cases and hospitalizations rise in the country.The prime minister made clear that learning to live with the virus meant cases would continue to rise significantly, even if the success of the vaccination program meant hospitalizations and deaths will rise at a lower level than during previous peaks. He set out how cases could rise to 50,000 per day by July 19, with daily hospital admissions and deaths also rising although more slowly. Johnson said the government planned to let people decide for themselves how to deal with their social contacts and not reimpose restrictions.He said they would rely on...
July 05, 2021

Johnson says UK must live with virus as he unveils plan to ease restrictions

Austrians queuing up for a night club.
Europeans hit the clubs amid surge in Delta variant COVID-19 cases
GENEVA — Clinics in Moscow have begun offering booster vaccine shots against COVID-19 as Russian officials struggle to contain the highly contagious Delta variant.The Health Ministry on Wednesday recommended clinics begin administering booster doses to people vaccinated six months ago or more, making Russia one of the first countries to begin re-vaccination.Meanwhile, millions of Moscow residents now need to show proof of vaccination or recovery before being allowed in bars and restaurants.But as many parts of Europe relax tough restrictions, the World Health Organization has warned against complacency.The WHO Director General told reporters: "We are in a very dangerous period of this pandemic. In those countries with low vaccination coverage, terrible scenes of hospitals...
July 05, 2021

Europeans hit the clubs amid surge in Delta variant COVID-19 cases

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