Singapore has suspended quarantine-free travel and Australia has renewed its vaccination push as surging cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant just days
December, 2021
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22 December
Long sentences to be urged in MH17 trial
Dutch prosecutors are expected to call for long sentences against three Russians and a Ukrainian charged with shooting down a passenger jet over Ukraine in 2014,
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22 December
Some Bosnian Serbs fear leader's separatist course could bring chaos
Some Bosnian Serbs voice disquiet over separatist moves by political leader Milorad Dodik, fearing a relapse into chaos and even conflict as they struggle just to make ends meet in a country still scarred by the 1990s war.
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22 December
Pakistan confirms 310 new COVID-19 cases, 10 more deaths
Pakistan on Tuesday confirmed 310 new COVID-19 cases and 10 more deaths, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Wednesday. The NCOC, a department leading the country's campaign against the pandemic,
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22 December
Kim Kardashian joins millions seeking clemency for immigrant truck driver sentenced to 110 years
Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos has been found guilty of 27 criminal counts over deadly 2019 car crash in Colorado that killed four people
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22 December
Libyan election called off amid disputes
Libya's parliament says the planned presidential election will not go ahead but has not named a new date, leaving the internationally backed peace process in chaos
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22 December
Omicron ‘storm’ forces new restrictions WORLDWIDE just days before Christmas
Singapore has suspended quarantine-free travel and Australia has renewed its vaccination push as surging cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant just days before Christmas forced authorities to impose new curbs and expedite booster shots.
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22 December
Sentencing demands expected in Dutch murder trial over flight MH17
Dutch prosecutors are on Wednesday expected to call for long sentences against three Russians and a Ukrainian charged with shooting down a passenger jet over Ukraine in 2014, killing 298 people. The suspects,
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22 December
Fauci says Fox News’ Jesse Watters should be fired on the spot after ‘ambush’ remarks
"The only thing that I have ever done throughout these two years is to encourage people to practice good public-health practices…" Fauci said.
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22 December
Exhausted frontline workers say ‘it’s like the movie “Groundhog Day”‘ as they face yet another COVID-19 surge
"I needed a break," one nurse said. "I think just from the everyday toll that work was putting on my mental wellbeing as well as my physical being."