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Global tally: Coronavirus cases exceed 10 million
The bad move comes six months after initial cases were first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan in mid-December, before continuing to spread around the globe. China on Monday reported a further decline in new confirmed cases of COVID-19, with a total of just 12, including seven cases of domestic transmission in Beijing, where almost 8.3 million people have now undergone testing in recent weeks. [Full Article...]
Fauci: Herd Immunity 'Unlikely' If Enough Refuse Vaccine
He reiterated Sunday that several companies say that by the beginning of 2021 and into next year, there will be hundreds of millions of doses available. "There is a general anti-science, anti-authority, anti-vaccine feeling among some people in this country, an alarmingly large percentage of people relatively speaking ", he said. [Full Article...]
Vice President Mike Pence to visit Phoenix Wednesday, meet with Gov. Ducey
But President Trump and many Republicans have declined to wear masks in public, and Pence has only done so sparingly. This recommendation by Pence is particularly meaningful at present with demonstrations against mask wearing now widespread across the United States, and making headlines worldwide, as Americans are subject to increasing calls on national and local media recommending against the p... [Full Article...]
Pakistan PM Imran Khan blames India for stock exchange attack in Karachi
Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility in a post on Twitter. Several projects linked to China's Belt and Road initiative are in Balochistan. "I then shot him in the head as he tried to pull out the grenade pin", said Mohammad Rafiq, a member of an elite rapid response team. Militants from the Baloch Liberation Army say they were behind the attack. [Full Article...]
Indian Government In Hot Water over Repatriation Flights
Since May, Air India is carrying out Vande Bharat Mission, which has recently come on the radar after the US, France and the UAE government raised objection to the monopolisation of worldwide air traffic being done by Air India, as no foreign airlines can enter India, though Air India is entering these foreign countries under the Vande Bharat Mission. [Full Article...]
Americans not welcome: European Union bars USA travelers over coronavirus
Americans are nearly certain to be excluded in the short term due to the number of USA coronavirus cases, alongside Russian Federation and Brazil. The BBC's Europe editor, Katya Adler, says the European Union written procedure to formalise the list, and criteria by which countries are judged safe or not, are to be finalised by midday on Tuesday. [Full Article...]
Coronavirus: EU to allow in visitors from 14 'safe' countries
European Union envoys to Brussels have launched a written procedure which would see the list endorsed Tuesday as long as no objections are raised by member countries. Attitudes to Russian Federation remained largely unchanged, other than in Italy, where almost a quarter of respondents said they perceived the country more positively as a result of the pandemic. [Full Article...]
China Muslim reports 'disturbing': Pompeo
China's foreign ministry said the allegations were "baseless" and showed "ulterior motives". The state is already facing widespread criticism for holding Uighurs in detention camps. "Does the Minister recognise that the CCP's [Chinese Communist Party] actions in Xinjiang reflect a wider pattern of behaviour of increasingly authoritarian policies at home and aggressive expansionism overseas, inc... [Full Article...]