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Germany adopts 9.6bn dollars climate protection program
The German government has adopted an emergency climate protection program worth eight billion euros ($9.6 billion) to help the country achieve its...
Delta variant now reported in 85 countries globally, expected to...
The Delta variant, the significantly more transmissible strain of COVID-19, is expected to become a “dominant lineage” if current trends continue, the...
Philippine democracy scion, ex-leader Benigno Aquino dies
Former Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, the son of pro-democracy icons who helped topple dictator Ferdinand Marcos and had troublesome ties...
Taiwan extends level-3 Covid alert to July 12
Taiwan will extend its level-3 Covid-19 alert by another two more weeks until July 12 in response to the continued risk posed by the local...
New York to end state of emergency for Covid
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that the state will end the statewide disaster emergency on Thursday thanks to substantial progress...
Israel's active Covid cases more than triple in 2 weeks
The number of active coronavirus cases in Israel has more than tripled in the past two weeks, the state's ministry of health said on Wednesday.
Chile vaccinates 80 pc of target population against Covid
Chile has vaccinated 80 per cent of its target population against Covid-19 with at least one dose, Health Minister Enrique Paris said on Wednesday.
Sri Lanka Minister blames marine life deaths on chemical leak from...
Sri Lanka's Minister of Wildlife and Forest Conservation, C.B. Rathnayake said that a chemical leak from the burnt MV X-Press Pearl container ship has...