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She was murdered for catching an Indian priest and nun in a sex act. Three decades later, justice is served

The dead nun's slippers were scattered on the convent kitchen floor -- one near the entrance, the other by the fridge. [...]

Some Chinese miners trapped in gold mine rescued

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Brexit reality: Rotting fish, lost business and red tape

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Israel opens embassy in UAE: Foreign Ministry

Earlier today, the UAE approved establishing an embassy in Tel Aviv in Israel. [...]

Covid-19: Dental, cosmetic procedures to be stopped in UAE

The health facilities have also been asked to postpone surgeries that require general anesthesia. [...]

Covid-19: Dubai shuts 2 gyms, 1 department store for violations

The authority also fined 28 entities for violating precautionary measures. [...]

Bontoc vice mayor tests positive for COVID-19

(Eagle News) — The vice mayor of Bontoc, Mt. Province has tested positive for COVID-19. Eusebio Kabluyen made the announcement only days after Bontoc Mayor Franklin Odsey announced he had tested positive for the virus. Kabluyen said his COVID-19-positive results based on his RT-PCR test came out on Sunday. He urged those he came in contact with for the past 14 days to get in touch with the Bontoc Municipal Health Office at 0950-043-3003. On […] [...]

Biden to reinstate Covid travel bans: White House official

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) –President Joe Biden will re-impose a Covid-19 travel ban on most non-US citizens who have been in Britain, Brazil, Ireland and much of Europe, a White House official said Sunday, as the new administration ramps up its pandemic response. Biden will also on Monday extend the ban to travelers who have recently been to South Africa amid warnings that new, more transmissible coronavirus variants are already establishing themselves in the United […] [...]

480,000 killed by extreme weather this century: analysis

by Patrick GALEY Agence France Presse Almost half a million people have died in natural disasters linked to extreme weather events in the last 20 years, according to a new assessment of the direct threat posed to humanity by climate change. The mortality burden of climate-related catastrophes such as storms, flooding and heatwaves is overwhelmingly borne by developing countries. At the start of the Climate Adaptation Summit, held virtually this year due to the pandemic, […] [...]