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'If we end inequity, we end Covid-19 pandemic': WHO chief

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As the world enters its third year of the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was confident that the pandemic will end in 2022 "if we end inequity" together. "The longer inequity continues, the higher the risks of this virus evolving in ways we can't prevent or predict. If we end inequity, we end the pandemic," Tedros said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3zdEQVg via

Pakistan: 1 dead, 17 injured in celebratory gunfire on New Year's Eve

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Taiwan leader urges China to curb 'military adventurism'

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N Korea's Kim vows to boost military, maintain virus curbs

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un vowed to further bolster his military capability, maintain draconian anti-virus measures and push hard to improve the economy during a speech at a key political conference this week, state media reported Saturday. Kim ordered the production of powerful, modern weapons systems to improve his military forces. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3JxcwBX via

Chinese cities on Covid alert as New Year holiday looms

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Stricken boat with over 100 Rohingya allowed to dock in Indonesia

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Pak cabinet OKs supplementary budget to win funds from IMF

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Nicaragua seizes Taiwan embassy to give it to China; Taipei vows action

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Bangladesh scraps women-only beach zone after outcry

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Hundreds of homes feared lost in Colorado wildfires

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At least 1,600 acres have burned in Boulder County, much of it suburban, with warnings that deaths and injuries were likely as the blaze engulfes hotels and shopping centers. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3JyIxJV via

Is China targeting Uyghurs living abroad?

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Tears, vindication and relief: Maxwell accusers react to verdict

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More than two years after the death of Jeffrey Epstein, his victims -- many of whom say they were children when they were abused by the disgraced financier -- have finally won through the conviction of his ex-girlfriend and accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/31dEQIs via

US covid deaths are falling even as Omicron cases jump

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Covid cases jumped 60% from the prior week, in large part due to the Omicron variant, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky said during a briefing on Wednesday. In the same period, deaths fell 7% to a 7-day average of about 1,100 per day. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3mDoDUr via

US at risk of paying 'unbearable price' over Taiwan: Senior Chinese diplomat

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Australia relaxes testing rules amid Omicron surge

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Aleppo bathhouse boom as Syria crisis turns showers cold

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With their marble steam rooms, hexagonal fountains and distinctive domes, Aleppo's bathhouses have for centuries served as a social hub where men come together to wash, listen to music and even eat. But shortages of water, fuel and electricity across war-torn Syria have also turned them into a refuge for those looking for a long, warm bath during the cold winter. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3qy35tl via

Greek divers discover Italian World War II submarine wreck

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Japan braces for Omicron spread as New Year's travelers fan across country

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Hong Kong police raid online news outlet, arrest 6

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Imran Khan's hybrid regime in Pakistan crumbling

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'Erasing history': Russia closes top rights group, capping year of crackdowns

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Russia's Supreme Court ordered the country's oldest human rights group to disband on Tuesday for breaking a law requiring it to act as "a foreign agent", capping a year of crackdowns on Kremlin critics unseen since the Soviet era. The legal assault on Memorial, which documents and keeps alive the memory of Josef Stalin's 1937-38 "Great Terror" among other episodes, is an attempt to whitewash Soviet Russia's darkest chapters, critics say. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3etki1H via

4.3 magnitude earthquake hits Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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Pakistan rolls out its first national security policy

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NYC to limit classroom closures, prioritise ramped-up testing for schools

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Spain records highest-ever 14-day incidence of Covid-19

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Zuckerberg buys more Hawaii land, including deadly dam site

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UAE issues first civil marriage license for non-Muslim couple

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China playing western states against each other: Trudeau

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US, Russia to hold arms control, Ukraine talks Jan 10: White House

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US: CDC recommends shorter Covid isolation, quarantine for all

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Judge sets hearing to reconsider trucker's 110-year sentence

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Snow blasts California and freezes Pacific Northwest

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Death toll from Brazil flooding rises to 20 in Bahia's 'worst disaster' ever

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Fauci: US should consider vaccine mandate for domestic air travel

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3 dead, 1 critically hurt in shooting at Texas gas station

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Covid vaccination mandatory in Singapore from February 2022

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Singapore has made Covid vaccination a mandatory condition for the approval of new applications for work passes, long-term passes and permanent residence in Singapore from February 1 next year. The new order will not apply to children aged below 12. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3eoRmrB via

S Korea authorises emergency use of Pfizer's oral Covid treatment

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Brazil flooding death toll mounts, thousands more displaced

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Australia's most populous state reports 1st Omicron death

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Putin says he would mull options if West refuses guarantees on Ukraine

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No long-distance road trips for Afghan women without male escort: Taliban

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Afghanistan's Taliban authorities said Sunday that women seeking to travel long distances should not be offered road transport unless they are accompanied by a close male relative. The guidance also called on vehicle owners to refuse rides to women not wearing headscarves, has drawn condemnation from rights activists. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3qqdabU via

US should not interfere in Afghan affairs, says Taliban leader

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French virus infections spike over holidays

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Former Greek president Karolos Papoulias dies at 92

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More than 100 Japan flights cancelled due to heavy snow

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ANA Holdings has halted 77 flights, affecting about 5,100 passengers, said Yutaka Kitahara, the company's operations director. "As the weather situation in northeastern Japan remains unstable, there could be more cancellations to come," Kitahara said. Japan Airlines Co cancelled 35 flights, affecting 1,810 passengers, a representative with the airline's operations division said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3emyvNJ via

China reports sudden spike in Covid cases ahead of Winter Olympics

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Over 6,000 flights scrapped as Omicron hits Christmas weekend travel

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More than 6,000 flights have been canceled worldwide over the long Christmas weekend and thousands more were delayed, a tracking website reported Sunday, as the highly infectious Omicron variant brings holiday hurt to millions. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/32yQyhc via

Taliban commander warns Pak against firing at Afg

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China's local Covid case count driven to 21-month high

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The city of 13 million, which entered its fourth day of lockdown, detected 155 domestically transmitted cases with confirmed symptoms for Saturday, up from 75 a day earlier, official data showed on Sunday.That drove the national daily count to 158, the highest since China managed to contain a nationwide outbreak in early 2020. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3qrxhpX via

How Afghanistan's asset freeze hurts everyone

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