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Macron announces to postpone easing anti-Covid measures
"We are not done with the pandemic yet," he warned in his address to the nation on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency reported. Macron said that all barrier gestures that protect people both from Covid-19 and other contagious winter diseases should be given more attention. "We all relaxed a bit our efforts and it was normal. But we should step up again," he said. He added that the controls of health pass will be also strengthened in concerned establishments, including airports, ports and train stations.
Imran faces unrest in Pakistan over record inflation
Before coming to power, Khan had vowed to root out corruption and lift people out of poverty as he promised a new and prosperous Pakistan with the creation of 10 million jobs. Instead, after a visit to Saudi Arabia last month, he announced $3 billion in financial support from Riyadh. In an address to the nation last week, Khan had blamed the opposition for past mistakes and inflation in the international market for the miseries of the people in Pakistan
Imran Khan surrenders to terrorists, again
Such abject surrender to terrorists has rarely happened anywhere else but Pakistan. The so-called peace pacts with militant groups, first with TLP and now with TTP, exposes the grim reality of Pakistan's counter-terrorism policy, a fact which must be noted by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) at its next meeting.
US asks China to release journalist who reported Wuhan outbreak
She was given a four-year jail term over her reporting of the Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan when the pandemic began. Zhang has been on an intermittent hunger strike since she was detained in May last year, the report said. The US move comes after reports that she is perilously close to death.
China constructs mockups of US warships possibly for target pracice
Satellite images from China's northwest Xinjiang region appear to show a full-scale outline of a "Ford-class" aircraft carrier currently being constructed for the US Navy, and the shapes of at least two Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers at a new target range complex in the Taklamakan Desert.
White House moves forward with vaccine mandate despite being challenged in court
"We think people should not wait," White House Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters during the daily press briefing. "We say, do not wait to take actions that will keep your workplace safe. It is important and critical to do and waiting to get more people vaccinated will lead to more outbreaks and sickness.
Canada, US, UK announce funding to build climate resilience
This funding is allocated to launch a new phase of the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network, an initiative established at the 2014 COP20 through the collaboration of 11 developing and developed countries, including Germany, the UK, and the US. The NAP Global Network partners with developing countries to help accelerate national climate adaptation planning and implementation.
Most Americans say Biden not paying enough attention to important problems
The CNN poll showed that 58 per cent of the respondents said Biden has not paid enough attention to the most important problems, a result that's worse than three years ago when 56 per cent of those polled said so as they were asked the same question about then-President Donald Trump, reports Xinhua news agency.
Pandemic has widened economic inequities in US: Powell
"The pandemic widened deep-rooted inequities in our economy. Along racial, gender, and socioeconomic lines, those least able to bear it, unfortunately, were those who were most affected," Powell said in a speech for a conference on gender and the economy hosted by the central bank.
Pakistan CJ inaugurates rebuilt Hindu temple in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP)
In December last year, a mob led by a local cleric and others had attacked the temple and demolished it completely. Addressing the inaugural ceremony on Monday, Justice Gulzar said that the Supreme Court has always taken steps to protect the rights of minorities and it would continue to do so in the future, the report said. Speaking on the occasion, Patron-in-Chief of Pakistan Hindu Council and PTI leader Ramesh Kumar said he is grateful to the Chief Justice for taking timely notice of the Karak incident.
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