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Japan ex-PM Abe faces lawmakers on scandal
The indictment alleged the aide, Hiroyuki Haikawa, 61, failed to report that 11.6 million yen (111,600 USA dollars) in admission fees were collected from party guests and a 18.7 million (180,000 U.S. "Each individual came to Tokyo at their own expense and paid the hotel directly", he said. Abe held a press conference on Thursday for the first time since he resigned earlier this year over healt... [Full Article...]
France Says Third Lockdown Possible If Covid Cases Keep Rising
The man, who returned from London on December 19, "felt all right" and is self-isolating at home. The diagnosis came after he was tested in the hospital on December 21, the BBC reported. It will continue certain travel restrictions through at least January 6. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday that passengers from the United Kingdom will have to provide neg... [Full Article...]
Japan to halt new entry from around world amid new virus variant
Japan decided on Saturday to temporarily suspend the entry of foreign nationals, after it confirmed a total of seven cases of a new coronavirus variant identified in Britain, local media reported. The "UK variant" of coronavirus has is now being spread by non-Britons in Europe as it emerged that an Italian spy was not infected by her English partner. [Full Article...]
Ontario confirms two cases of U.K. COVID-19 variant
The Ministry of Health will continue coordinating with the Public Health Agency of Canada and other jurisdictions to monitor the developing situation. As of Saturday, Canada had recorded more than 534,000 cases of Covid-19 with more than 14,700 deaths. The province says it is "not unexpected" to have identified the new variant in Ontario due to inbound worldwide travel. [Full Article...]
Three Burundian peacekeepers killed in Central African Republic
In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Guterres reiterated that attacks against United Nations peacekeepers may constitute a war crime. In the week before voting day, incumbent President Faustin Archange Touadera accused his predecessor Francois Bozize of plotting a coup, a militia briefly seized the country's fourth biggest town, and Russian Federation and Rwanda sent military personnel to ... [Full Article...]
Millions of Americans risk losing jobless benefits
Tuesday in the middle of a pandemic. Trump had suggested he might reject the $900 billion stimulus package, which passed in both chambers of Congress earlier this week, unless it includes $2,000 stimulus checks for Americans. While the outgoing president's strategy for the bill remains unclear, his repeated expression of discontent over it dashed hopes that he would sign. Trump left Washingto... [Full Article...]
9 more United Kingdom fliers test positive for Covid, number reaches 29
The state government has announced that all the passengers coming from the United Kingdom will have to undergo Covid-19 RT-PCR tests within 72 hours. As per government's SOP data of all worldwide travellers who arrived after November 25 is being collected . The British government had recently announced that the newly-identified strain of the virus found in its population is up to 70 per cent ... [Full Article...]
Sydney firefighter diagnosed with coronavirus, with three stations closed for cleaning
Ms Berejiklian said number of the new positive COVID-19 cases were detected on day 10 or 11 of the isolation period, demonstrating how important it is to isolate for the full 14 days. Crow's Nest fire station in Sydney has a coronavirus case. People who attended a Santa photo set-up on level three of Sydney's QVB building between 10.15am and 11am on Wednesday should monitor for symptoms . [Full Article...]