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France reports 363 Covid-19 deaths in one day, new lockdown feared
The country has registered over 2.56 million cases and 63,109 deaths since the start of the pandemic, according to official data. The number of new cases dropped to 2,960 on Monday, but that is due to the closure of many scanning places during the weekend. A total of 24,678 patients are currently hospitalized for Covid-19 infection, up by 25 compared to Sunday. Meanwhile, 2,703 remain in intensive care units, up by 44.
Republicans sue Mike Pence in bid to overturn election results
The lawsuit, which was joined by Arizona Republican Party chair Kelli Ward and others on Monday, focused on Pence's official capacity as vice president, who the 1887 Electoral Count Act dictates should preside over the largely ceremonial January 6 meeting of Congress to count the Electoral votes and finalize Biden's win over incumbent President Donald Trump.
Saudi Arabia sentences Nobel prize-nominated women’s rights activist to jail
Ms. Al -Hathoul is one of the Saudi women activists who raised their voice for the women's right to drive in Saudi before it was granted in 2018. She has also championed the cause of removing the male guardianship that restricted women's movement and ability to travel abroad for a very long time.
Hundreds of UK tourists sneak out of Swiss resort after being forced to quarantine
Around 200 of the total 420 tourists fled or so affected British tourists fled the luxury Alpine ski station under the cover of darkness, the SonntagsZeitung newspaper reported. Following the discovery of the new variant in the UK, the Swiss government decided to take strict actions by ruling a 10-day retroactive for anyone with a travel history to Britain since December 14.
Chinese regulators ask Jack Ma’s Ant Group to 'rectify’ plans
People’s Bank of China summoned Ant Group executives and told them ‘rectify’ their lending, insurance and wealth management services. The central bank in a statement on Sunday also stressed on the necessity of fixing the Ant Group as it needs to “understand the necessity of overhauling its business” and come up with a timetable as soon as possible.
17 missing after Russian fishing boat sinks in Arctic
The fishing boat, Onega, sank near the Novoya Zemlya archipelago with 19 people on board, Xinhua news agency quoted the local media reports citing the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations as saying.
Despotic Erdogan regime curbs free speech, talks reforms in Turkey
The channel's executive editor Suleyman Sarilar, who was joined in on the news set by dozens of staffers during his farewell speech, said the network's joint-owner Cavit Caglar, a former state minister, was "under great pressure by the government" as the President Recep Tayyip Erdogan-led regime was disturbed by the pro-Kurdish coverage.
‘Incompetent’ Imran Khan ‘imposed’ on Pakistan: Maryam Nawaz
Beginning her speech in Sindhi, she said, "In 2008, when there was talk of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government being toppled, Nawaz Sharif quashed such thinking and said that the coming and going of governments is a decision for the people to make, not political parties."
Vladimir Putin set to receive the Sputnik V vaccine, Kremlin announces
Putin had stated earlier that the Russian vaccine was effective and safe and he saw no reason not to be vaccinated while also adding that he was waiting for the vaccine to be made available.
2000 year old snacks shop with traces of food discovered in Pompeii
A UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most popular travellers destinations in Italy, the ruins of Pompeii were not discovered until the 16th century and organised excavations began about 1750.
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