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Michael Gove visits Israel to learn about its 'Green Pass' Covid passport scheme amid speculation ...
The Daily Mail 20 Apr 2021
Michael Gove is holding talks with Israeli ministers about introducing a UK version of the country's Covid passport scheme. The Cabinet Office minister arrived in Israel last night accompanied by deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van Tam for three days of talks ... Israel has hailed its scheme as a 'world class experiment' ... RELATED ARTICLES ... .
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Russia announces end to massive troop buildup near Ukraine
Yahoo Daily News 22 Apr 2021
Russia's defense minister said Thursday that massive military exercises near the border with Ukraine had been completed, and that he had ordered troops to return to their permanent bases by May 1, according to state media. Why it matters ... Between the lines ... and Europe ... would not fight a war over Ukraine. The European response was more muted still ... .
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Israel hits Syria after missile sets off sirens near reactor
Egypt Independent 22 Apr 2021
JERUSALEM (AP) — A missile launched from Syria was fired into southern Israel early Thursday, setting off air raid sirens near the country’s top-secret nuclear reactor, the Israeli military said. In response, it said it attacked the missile launcher and air-defense systems in neighboring Syria ... However, Iran did not retaliate then ... ___ ... ....
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South Korean president calls Trump failure who ‘beat around the bush’ on North Korea
The Independent 22 Apr 2021
South Korea’s president Moon Jae-in has criticised Donald Trump’s efforts to denuclearise the Korean Peninsula and said he “failed” in his diplomacy towards North Korea ... .
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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover extracts first oxygen from Red Planet
Hindustan Times 22 Apr 2021
NASA said that a toaster-size, experimental instrument aboard Perseverance called the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) accomplished the task. PUBLISHED ON APR 22, 2021 08.09 AM IST ... The test took place April 20, the 60th Martian day, or sol, since the mission landed on February 18 ... Oxygen isn't just the stuff we breathe ... ....
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Chinese air pollution data was altered, statistical analysis suggests
New Scientist 22 Apr 2021
A statistical analysis of air pollution data gathered in Chinese cities between 2015 and 2017 has shown that discrepancies between official data and readings taken at US embassies are probably due to data being altered ... .
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Putin warns West of harsh response to unfriendly acts
China Daily 22 Apr 2021
Russia vowed on Wednesday to quickly respond to unfriendly acts by the West, spare no effort to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic and continue its weapons development, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during his 17th State of the Nation Address in Moscow ... Putin urged all Russians to get vaccinated and help develop "collective immunity" ... .
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Israel retaliates after Syrian missile lands near nuclear reactor
The Star 22 Apr 2021
A Syrian surface-to-air missile exploded in southern Israel on Thursday, the Israeli military said, in an incident that triggered warning sirens in an area near the secretive Dimona nuclear reactor. Read full story ....
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Turkey alarmed over Biden’s intent to recognise Armenian ‘genocide’
The Arab Weekly 22 Apr 2021
WASHINGTON--US President Joe Biden is expected to honour a campaign pledge and become the first occupant of the White House to describe the wartime massacre of Ottoman Turkey’s Armenians as “genocide” ... President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is likely to furiously push back at Biden’s formal use of the word “genocide” ... Bi-partisan pressure ... .
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‘People are going hungry because we’re not signing cheques,’ in Syria, Raab told
The Independent 22 Apr 2021photo: AP / Matthias Schrader
Apple targeted in ransomware attack; asked to pay $50 million
Indian Express 22 Apr 2021
US tech giant Apple has been the target of a new ransomware attack after a trove of engineering and manufacturing schematics was stolen from Quanta, a Taiwan-based company that is responsible for manufacturing many Apple products including the MacBook laptops. The schematics included current and future products ... Top Tech News Now ... Tags ... Advertisement ... .
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Australia cancels China’s Belt and Road deals
Asiatimes 22 Apr 2021
China’s Belt and Road Initiative deals are “used for propaganda,” a top Australian official said Thursday as he defended Canberra’s decision to scrap a state government’s deals with Beijing ... Dutton said the government’s problem was not with the Chinese people but rather “the values or virtues or the outlook of the Chinese Communist Party.” ... – AFP.
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to run for re-election
Yahoo Daily News 22 Apr 2021
Read full article. ANI22 April 2021, 6.45 am·3-min read. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (File Photo). Damascus [Syria], April 22 (ANI) ... On Wednesday, Mohanad Nadim Shaaban and Mohammad Muwaffaq Sawwan announced their runs, reported DW News Agency. There was little doubt that Assad would run for a fourth term ... Back then, he had two opponents ... (ANI).
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Sudanese Analysts: Chad Military Takeover Will Likely Cause Instability in Darfur Region
Voa News 22 Apr 2021
A U.S.-based Sudanese analyst says Sudan's transitional government should remain neutral toward the political developments in neighboring Chad, noting the sudden death of Chadian President Idriss Deby is likely to increase instability in the entire Sahel region and could spill across the border into Sudan's Darfur region ... Fight against Bashir ... .
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Indonesia Is Searching for a Missing Submarine With 53 People Aboard
Time 22 Apr 2021
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s navy ships are intensely searching the waters where one of its submarines was last detected before it disappeared with 53 people on board, as neighboring countries are set to join the complex operation ... Officials said they had not yet been linked to the missing submarine ... .
