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New Year’s eve muted by Omicron; many hoping for better 2022
Good riddance to 2021. Let 2022 bring fresh hope. That was a common sentiment as people around the world began…
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Parents selling kids shows desperation of Afghanistan
Saturday, 01 January 2022, SHEDAI CAMP, Afghanistan (NNB/AP)- In a sprawling settlement of mud brick huts in western Afghanistan housing…
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Six big digital trends to watch in 2022
According to recent McKinsey research, 2021 was a year of transformation: people, corporations and society began to look ahead to…
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COVID-19 woes: Woman quarantines in airplane’s bathroom during Iceland-bound flight
Marisa Fotieo, a woman onboard a flight to Iceland, tested COVID-19 positive mid-flight and had to quarantine the remaining hours…
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‘Journalism is not sedition’ says US after Hong Kong journalists charged
Two senior editors of Hong Kong media outlet Stand News have been charged with conspiracy to publish seditious material following a raid…
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Tutu’s body lies in state for second day in S.Africa
The body of Archbishop Desmond Tutu lay in state on Friday for a second day, giving South Africans a final…
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World to ring in New Year under Covid cloud
The world prepared on Friday to usher in 2022, after another tumultuous and pandemic-ridden year capped by new restrictions, soaring case numbers,…
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Tesla recalls half a million vehicles due to rear camera defect
SAN FRANCISCO: Tesla is recalling more than 475,000 of its Model 3 and Model S electric cars to address rear…
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S.Korea to extend tightened social-distancing rules for 2 weeks
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (NNB/Xinhua) — South Korea decided Friday to extend the tightened social-distancing rules for two more weeks in…
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Abbas to Putin: West Bank poised for ‘explosion’
Israeli policies risk triggering an “explosion” in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas said Thursday in a telephone conversation with…
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