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‘Omicron as severe as previous COVID variants’

07-05-2022 NEW YORK: The Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV2 virus is intrinsically as severe as previous variants, unlike assumptions made in previous studies that it was more transmissible but less severe, a large study in the United States has found. “We found that the risks of hospitalization and mortality were …

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Amnesty accuses Russia of war crimes

07-05-2022 LONDON: Amnesty International says it has documented war crimes in Ukraine, including the “wilful killings of civilians” by Russian forces when they occupied an area northeast of Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, in February and March. Civilians have also suffered abuse such as “reckless shootings and torture” at the hands of …

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Anti-government protest strike grips Sri Lanka

07-05-2022 COLOMBO: Thousands of shops, schools and businesses closed on Friday as public and private sector workers in Sri Lanka went on strike, demanding the president and his government step down for their mishandling of the island’s worst financial crisis in decades. Hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic and rising …

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Iran urges global action against Islamophobia

06-05-2022 UNITED NATIONS/ TEHRAN: The ambassador of Iran to the United Nations called on the international community to take the necessary measures to combat Islamophobia and violation of basic human rights of Muslims. In a statement at the 43rd session of the UN General Assembly’s Committee on Information, held in …

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Donations to abortion rights groups surge

06-05-2022 WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK: Donations have flooded into abortion clinics and abortion-rights advocacy groups since the leak of a U.S. Supreme Court draft ruling that showed the justices apparently poised to overturn the 1973 landmark Roe v. Wade decision. The draft ruling, which was published by Politico on Monday evening, …

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India releases 4,75,000 more COVID mortality in 2020

05-05-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India registered about 475,000 more total deaths in 2020 than the previous year, government data released months ahead of schedule on Tuesday showed, as the World Health Organization (WHO) readies its estimates of excess COVID-19 deaths whose methodology New Delhi has opposed. Some experts estimate …

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