Tag: Europe
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China COVID deaths accelerate to 9,000 a day – UK research firm Airfinity
BEIJING (Reuters) – About 9,000 people are dying from the new coronavirus every day in China, UK-based health data company Airfinity said on Thursday. country with a large population. COVID infections began spreading across China in November and picked up pace this month after Beijing scrapped its COVID-zero policy, which included regular PCR testing of…
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Romania detains ex-kickboxer Andrew Tate in human trafficking case
BUCHAREST, Dec 30 (Reuters) – Romanian prosecutors on Thursday detained former professional kickboxer Andrew Tate after an online controversy over suspicions of human trafficking, rape and forming an organized crime group. announced that it did. After raiding their property in Bucharest, the anti-organized crime unit prosecutor said in a statement that Tate had been banned…
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Twitter back online after global outage hits thousands
(Reuters) – Twitter Inc suffered a major outage on Wednesday, with tens of thousands of users around the world accessing the popular social media platform in the hours before the service was brought back online. or use its main functions. The incident marks the social media site’s first apparent widespread service outage since billionaire Elon…
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FTX customers file class action to lay claim to dwindling assets
Dec 27 (Reuters) – FTX customers filed a class action lawsuit Tuesday against the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange and its former chief executive, including Sam Bankman-Fried, alleging that the company’s digital assets I asked for a declaration that it belonged to the customer. The lawsuit is the latest legal effort to claim FTX’s dwindling assets, which…
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U.S. FDA weighs regulating cannabis compound CBD in food, supplements – WSJ
DECEMBER 27 (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will make recommendations on how to regulate the use of CBD, a popular cannabis compound, in foods and supplements, The Wall Street Journal says. reported on Tuesday, citing officials familiar with the matter. After reviewing evidence about the compound’s safety, the FDA will decide…
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Stocks advance, U.S. dollar retreats as China drops quarantine rule
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Stocks fell as the U.S. dollar weakened on Tuesday after China said it would further ease three-year border controls aimed at curbing the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The market has risen. Starting Jan. 8, China will stop requiring quarantine for incoming travelers, the National Health Commission said Monday. It also reduces…
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Six dead in Spain after bus plunges off bridge into river
Six people were killed and two injured when a passenger bus fell off a bridge and into a swollen river in northwestern Spain. The two survivors, a 63-year-old vehicle driver and a female passenger, were pulled from the river by ropes by firefighters and taken to a nearby hospital with varying degrees of injuries. A…
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Paris shooting suspect expressed ‘hatred of foreigners’, says prosecutor
PARIS (Reuters) – A suspect arrested in the murder of three Kurds in Paris told investigators about his “hatred of foreigners,” the Paris prosecutor said on Sunday. A 69-year-old man was arrested Friday after shooting dead two men and a woman at the Kurdish cultural center and a nearby Kurdish cafe in the 10th arrondissement…
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Taliban orders NGOs to ban female employees from coming to work
Taliban order NGOs to stop working female staff Following the suspension of college female students UN says order would violate humanitarian principles UN to meet with Taliban for clarification KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s Taliban government on Saturday will ban all female employees from working at all domestic and foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the latest…