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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...]
3 people killed, 3 injured in random shooting at IL bowling alley
The Chief also noted explained that the State's Attorney's Office is now involved and that no officers fired their weapons during the arrest of the suspect. Don Carter lanes posted on Facebook at around 7:20 p.m. "My thoughts are with the families of those who lost loved ones". Rockford is about 90 miles northwest of Chicago, near the Illinois-Wisconsin border. [Full Article...]
Federal Appeals Court Refuses To Overturn Dismissal Of Trump Suit Over Election
A three-judge panel from 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Ludwig on Thursday afternoon, that the state lawfully chose its Electoral College delegates and Trump should have challenged the state's election laws before the election was held. [Full Article...]
5 killed in Arkansas in suspected homicide on Christmas Day
While they have not identified a suspect, they do not believe anyone is at large. He said the victims, two adults and three juveniles, ranged in age from 8 to 50, and some were killed by gunshots in what he described as a "domestic" incident. [Full Article...]