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Russia issues decree to ban oil sales to nations from Feb adhering to price cap: Reports
"The supply of Russian oil and oil products to foreign legal entities and individuals is prohibited if the contracts for these supplies directly or indirectly are using a price cap," reports quoting the presidential decree said.
Washington-Moscow relationship at its lowest point: Russian FM
"Indeed, Russia-US relations are in an extremely poor state. They have become practically frozen through the fault of Washington. Its confrontational anti-Russia policy is becoming increasingly exacerbated and comprehensive. It is objectively impossible to maintain any kind of normal communication with the Biden administration...," Lavrov told TASS news agency in an interview.
South Africa President warns against racism following Free State resort incident
Cyril Ramaphosa made the remarks when commenting on an incident in which some white male adults beat two black teenage boys on Christmas Day in a swimming pool at the Maselspoort Resort and Conference Center outside Bloemfontein in Free State Province, Xinhua news agency reported.
'Special security plan' for Islamabad after suicide attack
While sharing the plan on Twitter, the law enforcement agency said that at least 25 temporary security check posts have been established at different locations in Islamabad. The authorities will be using safe city cameras to record Red Zone entrances while the metro bus service passengers' video will also be recorded.
China gives up reporting Covid figures as virus rips through population
"As of today, we will no longer release daily statistics on the pandemic, with any data released by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention for the purposes of reference and research," the health ministry said on its official website, RFA reported. The announcement came as China said on Monday that beginning January 8, it will put an end to a mandatory quarantine on arrival for overseas travelers that had been in place since March 2020.
Another scandal-hit Japanese Minister resigns
Kenya Akiba, who was effectively sacked by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, is the fourth minister to resign over similar funding and other scandals since October, as the approval rating for the cabinet approaches the critical 30 per cent level, reports Xinhua news agency. Kishida has decided to appoint former reconstruction minister Hiromichi Watanabe to take over Akiba's portfolio.
Death toll rises to 57 as big freeze grips United States
The winter storm and blizzard before and during the Christmas Holiday have caused the death of at least 27 people in Erie County in western New York State, said County Executive Mark Poloncarz in a briefing on Monday. "This is a horrible situation. The ferocity of this storm was worse than the blizzard of '77, and now it appears that we've had more deaths countywide," Poloncarz said, adding that blinding snow has limited rescue and response efforts.
China enters uncharted territory as Xi Jinping tightens his grip
Xi took his third term, but weeks later protests swept the country, featuring astonishingly brave acts of dissent and appearing to herald the abrupt end of the zero-Covid policy, the Guardian reported. Politically, 2022 was supposed to be a year of glory for the Chinese President, but instead it "gave Xi much more to worry about than to gloat over", says the veteran China expert Jerome Cohen.
China could bring down potential death toll to less than 2L: Study
The same study had predicted that if China abandons zero-Covid restrictions, as many as one and a half million people could die from Covid-19 over the next six months.
US city struggles to return pressure to water system
Officials in Jackson had issued a citywide "boil water" notice on Sunday following water line breaks due to frigid weather. This summer, torrential rain in the Jackson area caused floodwater to seep into a water treatment plant, leading to the failure of the backup pumps upon which the facility relied.
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