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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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Israel hits Syria after missile sets off sirens near reactor
Egypt Independent 22 Apr 2021
JERUSALEM (AP) — A missile launched from Syria was fired into southern Israel early Thursday, setting off air raid sirens near the country’s top-secret nuclear reactor, the Israeli military said ... Syria’s state-run SANA news agency said four soldiers had been wounded in an Israeli strike near Damascus, which also caused some damage ... ___ ... ....
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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover extracts first oxygen from Red Planet
Hindustan Times 22 Apr 2021
NASA said that a toaster-size, experimental instrument aboard Perseverance called the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) accomplished the task. PUBLISHED ON APR 22, 2021 08.09 AM IST ... The test took place April 20, the 60th Martian day, or sol, since the mission landed on February 18 ... Oxygen isn't just the stuff we breathe ... ....
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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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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to run for re-election
Yahoo Daily News 22 Apr 2021
On Wednesday, Mohanad Nadim Shaaban and Mohammad Muwaffaq Sawwan announced their runs, reported DW News Agency ... They have to be backed by 35 members of parliament, which is dominated by Assad's Baath Party, reported DW News Agency ... The Kurdish majority in northern Syria is also excluded, reported DW News Agency ... Yahoo News ... Yahoo News·2-min read.
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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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Putin warns West of harsh response to unfriendly acts
China Daily 22 Apr 2021
Russia vowed on Wednesday to quickly respond to unfriendly acts by the West, spare no effort to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic and continue its weapons development, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during his 17th State of the Nation Address in Moscow ... Putin urged all Russians to get vaccinated and help develop "collective immunity" ... .
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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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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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The Postal Service is running a running a 'covert operations program' that monitors Americans' social media posts
Yahoo Daily News 21 Apr 2021
Postal Service has been quietly running a program that tracks and collects Americans’ social media posts, including those about planned protests, according to a document obtained by Yahoo News ... When contacted by Yahoo News, civil liberties experts expressed alarm at the post office’s surveillance program ... Read more from Yahoo News..
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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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I was a Boston police officer for 27 years. I know how Derek Chauvin became a murderer
The Independent 21 Apr 2021
Most police officers in the Unites States likely saw nothing amiss in the video depicting a police encounter in Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020, with then-police officer Derek Chauvin, in the company of three of his fellow officers, pressing his knee into the neck of the Black man lying on the ground, 46-year-old George Floyd ... .
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Taiwan begins to plan for zero emissions by 2050
Yahoo Daily News 22 Apr 2021
Taiwan has begun to assess how it can reach zero emissions by 2050, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Thursday, after green groups criticised the government for not doing enough to fight climate change ... China has also said it aims for a 2030 peak of carbon emissions, on the way to becoming carbon-neutral by 2060 ... Yahoo News ... Yahoo News·2-min read ... .
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UK aid cuts: ‘tragic blow’ as opaque numbers signal big reductions
The Guardian 22 Apr 2021
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Indonesia Is Searching for a Missing Submarine With 53 People Aboard
Time 22 Apr 2021
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s navy ships are intensely searching the waters where one of its submarines was last detected before it disappeared with 53 people on board, as neighboring countries are set to join the complex operation ... Officials said they had not yet been linked to the missing submarine ... .
