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Michael Gove visits Israel to learn about its 'Green Pass' Covid passport scheme amid speculation ...
The Daily Mail 20 Apr 2021
Michael Gove is holding talks with Israeli ministers about introducing a UK version of the country's Covid passport scheme. The Cabinet Office minister arrived in Israel last night accompanied by deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van Tam for three days of talks ... Israel has hailed its scheme as a 'world class experiment' ... RELATED ARTICLES ... .
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Russia announces end to massive troop buildup near Ukraine
Yahoo Daily News 22 Apr 2021
Russia's defense minister said Thursday that massive military exercises near the border with Ukraine had been completed, and that he had ordered troops to return to their permanent bases by May 1, according to state media. Why it matters ... Between the lines ... and Europe ... would not fight a war over Ukraine. The European response was more muted still ... .
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Israel hits Syria after missile sets off sirens near reactor
Egypt Independent 22 Apr 2021
In response, it said it attacked the missile launcher and air-defense systems in neighboring Syria ... Explosions heard across Israel might have been the air-defense systems. The Israeli military initially described the weapon fired as a surface-to-air missile, which is usually used for air defense against warplanes or other missiles ... ___ ... ....
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South Korean president calls Trump failure who ‘beat around the bush’ on North Korea
The Independent 22 Apr 2021
South Korea’s president Moon Jae-in has criticised Donald Trump’s efforts to denuclearise the Korean Peninsula and said he “failed” in his diplomacy towards North Korea ... .
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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover extracts first oxygen from Red Planet
Hindustan Times 22 Apr 2021photo: AP / Matthias Schrader
Apple targeted in ransomware attack; asked to pay $50 million
Indian Express 22 Apr 2021
The schematics included current and future products. A report by The Record suggests that the leak was carried out by Russian hacking group Revil, also known as Sodinokibi. The group apparently demanded a sum of $50 million to not release the schematics ... Click here to join our channel (@indianexpress) and stay updated with the latest headlines ... Tags ... x.
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Chinese air pollution data was altered, statistical analysis suggests
New Scientist 22 Apr 2021
A statistical analysis of air pollution data gathered in Chinese cities between 2015 and 2017 has shown that discrepancies between official data and readings taken at US embassies are probably due to data being altered ... .
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Putin warns West of harsh response to unfriendly acts
China Daily 22 Apr 2021
He said "unfriendly acts" against Russia by Western countries are continuing without any reason ... Putin urged all Russians to get vaccinated and help develop "collective immunity" ... "In that period, including during our meetings with experts and conversations with the leaders of many states, I often heard the following description of the situation ... .
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Turkey alarmed over Biden’s intent to recognise Armenian ‘genocide’
The Arab Weekly 22 Apr 2021
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is likely to furiously push back at Biden’s formal use of the word “genocide” ... Biden is expected to use the word “genocide” as part of a statement on April 24 when annual commemorations for the victims are held around the world, three sources familiar with the matter said.
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Israel retaliates after Syrian missile lands near nuclear reactor
The Star 22 Apr 2021
A Syrian surface-to-air missile exploded in southern Israel on Thursday, the Israeli military said, in an incident that triggered warning sirens in an area near the secretive Dimona nuclear reactor. Read full story ....
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‘People are going hungry because we’re not signing cheques,’ in Syria, Raab told
The Independent 22 Apr 2021
“I don’t accept that. I don’t accept your headline view that we are not maintaining our proud legacy and tradition of being generous by global standards and no one is going hungry because we haven’t signed cheques.
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Arctic sizzled in 2020, the warmest year for Europe too
Deccan Herald 22 Apr 2021
Europe endured record heat and rainfall last year while temperatures in Arctic Siberia soared off the charts, the European Union's climate monitoring service reported Thursday. The continent in 2020 was nearly half a degree Celsius hotter than the next warmest year, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) ... Read ... Read ... Climate Change.
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Sudanese Analysts: Chad Military Takeover Will Likely Cause Instability in Darfur Region
Voa News 22 Apr 2021
A U.S.-based Sudanese analyst says Sudan's transitional government should remain neutral toward the political developments in neighboring Chad, noting the sudden death of Chadian President Idriss Deby is likely to increase instability in the entire Sahel region and could spill across the border into Sudan's Darfur region ... Fight against Bashir ... .
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Australia cancels China’s Belt and Road deals
Asiatimes 22 Apr 2021
China’s Belt and Road Initiative deals are “used for propaganda,” a top Australian official said Thursday as he defended Canberra’s decision to scrap a state government’s deals with Beijing ... “We can’t allow these sort of compacts to pop up because they’re used for propaganda ...
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to run for re-election
Yahoo Daily News 22 Apr 2021
Read full article. ANI22 April 2021, 6.45 am·3-min read. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (File Photo). Damascus [Syria], April 22 (ANI) ... On Wednesday, Mohanad Nadim Shaaban and Mohammad Muwaffaq Sawwan announced their runs, reported DW News Agency. There was little doubt that Assad would run for a fourth term ... Back then, he had two opponents ... (ANI).
