Antarctica research station battling COVID outbreak
A research station in Antarctica is battling a coronavirus outbreak, with at least 16 of the 25 workers testing positive for the virus.
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January 1, 2022 Australia starts 2022 with record COVID cases
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia started 2022 with a record number of new COVID-19 cases as an outbreak centred in the eastern states grew, and New South Wales eased its isolation rules for healthcare workers as the number of people hospitalised with the virus rose.
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December 30, 2021 Kim Jong Un pictured looking noticeably slimmer, fanning rumours of health issues
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un looked noticeably slimmer in photos released by state media this week.
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December 29, 2021 Russian court orders closure of country’s oldest human rights group
Russia’s supreme court has ordered the closure of Memorial International, the country’s oldest human rights group, in a watershed moment in Vladimir Putin’s crackdown on independent thought.
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December 28, 2021 James Webb Space Telescope successfully deploys antenna
NASA’s new James Webb Space Telescope successfully deployed a critical antenna Sunday (Dec. 26) just one day after its Christmas launch into space.
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December 26, 2021 Russian gas flows east via Yamal-Europe pipeline for fifth day
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Yamal-Europe pipeline that usually sends Russian gas to Western Europe was operating in a reverse mode for a fifth day on Saturday, shipping fuel from Germany to Poland, data from German network operator Gascade showed.
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December 25, 2021 US president falls for anti-Biden insult from father during Santa tracker call
A White House Christmas event took an awkward turn on Friday when a caller dropped a vulgar anti-Biden slogan into a conversation with the US president.
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December 24, 2021 China locks down 13 million people after city records 211 COVID cases
China has put 13 million people in the city of Xi’ian into lockdown in a bid to control a spike in coronavirus cases.
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December 23, 2021 China’s Xian city on high alert, imposes travel curbs as COVID-19 cases climb
BEIJING (Reuters) – The northwestern Chinese city of Xian has imposed tight curbs on outbound travel as well as ordinary commuting within the city as a new COVID-19 outbreak sees community cases tick higher, but stopped short of full-scale lockdown as seen in Wuhan last year.
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December 22, 2021 Vladimir Putin warns of ‘military measures’ against West in major escalation of Ukraine crisis
Vladimir Putin warned Russia was prepared to take “military measures” in response to “aggressive” Western actions in Ukraine, hinting at potential conflict.
