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mRNA Covid-19 vaccines can increase serious adverse 21events, claims US researcher
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"We found the vaccine increases serious adverse events at a rate of one in 800. At the time of the publication, my co-authors and I did not believe our single study warranted the withdrawal of messenger RNA vaccines from the market. However, since its publication, multiple new pieces of evidence have come to light, and this has caused me to re-evaluate my position," said Fraiman in a video that surfaced online.
Workers making test kits clash with police at factory in China
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The protest started on Saturday after a sudden announcement of layoffs and disputes over wages in the south-western city of Chongqing, the BBC reported. Some videos were filmed at Zybio, a company specialising in in-vitro diagnostic reagents and equipment.
UK Royals ignore Prince Harry's diatribe
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His remark came in a potentially damaging 90-minute interview to Britain's Independent Television (ITV) on January 8 night. Harry's heatedly-debated, in some circles disparaged, book "Spare" will officially release on January 10. The Spanish edition of the book is already on sale.
Pakistan pushes narco-terror strategy in Kashmir Valley
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Replicating their Punjab plan, given Kashmir is fast on track of normalcy, particularly seen in huge reduction in acts of terror and violence incited, aided and abated from across the border, it appears that Pakistani agencies are using terror modules to supply drug and narcotics so as to derail the process.
Imran says military establishment still meddling with political engineering
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"I fear that unfortunately, our establishment has not learnt from the past. Today, we are seeing political engineering being carried out," Imran Khan said while addressing women workers in Karachi via video link. Khan linked the recent rumoured merger of Mutahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM) factions and the reports about members of Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) joining the Pakistan People Party (PPP).
Australian Prime Minister announces support for victims of record flooding
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Earlier in the day, Albanese toured communities affected by unprecedented flooding in the state's remote Kimberley region with WA Premier Mark McGowan,reports Xinhua news agency. Since December 30, 2022, parts of the region have received up to 500 mm of rain as former tropical cyclone Ellie made landfall, causing the Fitzroy River to break its banks.
Bolsonaro's supporters storm Brazil's SC, Congress, presidential palace
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Wearing shirts in the colours of Brazil's flag -- yellow and green -- the protesters on Sunday vandalised the buildings in capital Brasilia that house the South American nation's key democratic institutions, reports the BBC. The rioting came exactly a week after Lula, who was President between January 2003 and December 2010
Russian claim of killing 600 Ukrainian soldiers rejected by Kiev as 'propaganda'
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Russia claimed the toll without providing any evidence and said the "mass missile strike" in Kramatorsk was in retaliation for a Ukrainian attack at a college for conscripts in Makiivka (Donetsk region) that killed at least 89 Russian soldiers on New Year's Day.
More than 600 Ukrainian troops killed in Russia's retaliatory missile strike
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The bombardment on Sunday was a "retaliation operation" carried out in response to "a criminal attack" by Ukraine on a temporary housing area accommodating Russian servicemen in the city of Makeyevka in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) on New Year's night, the ministry said in a statement, RT reported.
Unruly passenger on board Air India flight handed over to London police in Sep: Reports
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The drunk passenger allegedly attempted to touch an eight-year-old girl inappropriately, according to a complaint by the girl's mother and 20-year-old brother travelling with her on the flight, AI-131, on September 5, 2022, reports said. According to report, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) officials said that this particular incident was not reported to them, unlike the urinating incident.
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