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Britain on Saturday alleged that it had information that Moscow was “looking to install a pro-Russian leader in Kyiv” as fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine grow. Tensions have soared in recent weeks as tens of thousands of Russian troops mass on Ukraine’s border, along with an arsenal of tanks, fighting vehicles, artillery and […]

Thousands of protesters demonstrated in Sweden’s two biggest cities on Saturday against the use of vaccine passes, in marches that unfolded calmly after police had warned of possible clashes. Around 9,000 people gathered in Stockholm’s Sergels Torg square to protest vaccine passes. Photo: Fredrik Persson/TT Security police Sapo had expressed concern that neo-Nazi groups and […]

The head of the German navy resigned late Saturday after coming under fire at home and abroad for comments he made on Ukraine and Russia, that were widely circulated online. Vice-admiral Kay-Achim Schönbach said during a visit to India on Friday that Ukraine would never regain the Crimean Peninsula, annexed by Russia in 2014. He […]

The Omicron COVID variant BA.2 accounts for half of all Omicron cases in Denmark.   –   Copyright  Canva  Just as governments across Europe have voiced their intentions to ease COVID-19-related restrictions, the spectre of another wave of the virus is sparking concern among the scientific community. Omicron subvariant BA.2, which is being dubbed with the moniker “Stealth Omicron,” appears […]

When Donald Trump was at the helm, America’s allies were deeply critical of his administration’s foreign policies. On the plus side, the freewheeling White House gave them wide-ranging access to top officials. After one year with President Joe Biden in charge, friendly nations say they’re much happier with U.S. foreign policy, but they’re frustrated by […]

 U.S. President Joe Biden threatened Wednesday to block Russian banks’ access to the U.S. dollar if Russia takes aggressive military action against Ukraine, potentially cutting the country off from the international financial sector.   Joe Biden said he feared Russian President Vladimir Putin could launch military operations against Ukraine imminently.Office of the President of the […]

Firefighters are continuing to battle a huge blaze that ripped through an industrial estate in West Yorkshire last night. The fire is affecting water supply in the area with many residents waking up to low pressure or no water at all. Yorkshire Water apologised to customers, saying the problems were because ‘the fire service is […]

Washington (AFP) – During America’s last surge of the coronavirus driven by the Delta variant, people who were unvaccinated but survived Covid were better protected than those who were vaccinated and not previously infected, a new study said Wednesday.  The finding is the latest to weigh in on a debate on the relative strengths of natural […]

As U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Ukraine, the Biden administration said Wednesday it is providing an additional $200 million in defensive military aid to the country amid soaring fears of a Russian invasion. A senior U.S. State Department official said the assistance was approved in late December as part of American efforts to help […]

The World Health Organization chief warned on Tuesday that the pandemic is “nowhere near over”, adding that new variants are likely to continue emerging after Omicron. MFILE – People wait in line outside a COVID-19 walk-in testing site, 5 December 2021, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US.   –   Copyright  Michael Dwyer/AP Photo, FILE  “This pandemic is nowhere near over and […]