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Published by Reuters By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) -Britain said on Monday that the Omicron coronavirus variant was spreading at a “phenomenal rate” and now accounted for about 40% of infections in London, so people should get a booster shot because the double-vaccinated are still vulnerable. Since the first Omicron cases were detected on Nov. […]

Staff Report A policeman deployed on the guard duty of a BJP worker and his associate have gone missing while a trooper ended life in Northern Kashmir  area of Kupwara.Officials said the Personal Security Officer of  a BJP activist and his “associate” are missing since last night in Kupwara. A manhunt was underway to trace

Published by Al-Araby Four people were killed and others were injured in a shooting on Sunday in the Palestinian refugee camp of Burj al-Shemali in Lebanon, two officials of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas told Reuters, and they blamed rival movement Fatah for the bloodshed. The shootings took place during the funeral of a Hamas

Published by DPA The 250-kilogram World War II bomb discovered in Berlin three weeks ago has been successfully defused, a police spokesperson confirmed early on Sunday evening. The bomb is now due to be removed from the site where it was discovered at Berlin’s Jewish Hospital, after which the 15,000 local residents who were asked

Published by Reuters By Cheney Orr MAYFIELD, Ky. (Reuters) -At least 100 people were feared dead in Kentucky after a swarm of tornadoes tore a 200-mile path through the U.S. Midwest and South, demolishing homes, levelling businesses and setting off a scramble to find survivors beneath the rubble, officials said Saturday. The powerful twisters, which

Published by Azer News By Trend Turkey reported its first cases of the newest COVID-19 variant omicron Saturday, Trend reports citing Daily Sabah. Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said that one of the cases was reported in Turkey’s biggest city Istanbul and five cases in the western province of Izmir. The reported cases did not need

Published by DPA The authorities in Berlin began evacuating people living within a 500-metre radius of a World War II bomb found during construction work ahead of an operation to defuse it later in the day. The evacuation began early in the morning – with the radius measured from the Jewish Hospital in the district

Published by Reuters (Reuters) – Dubai welcomed 4.88 million visitors in the period January- October 2021, its Department of Economy and Tourism (DET) said on Saturday, adding that international visitors in the month of October alone had exceeded one million. The figures reflect improving momentum and stability in a hospitality industry battered by the COVID-19

Published by Reuters (Reuters) – A top Iranian military official warned on Saturday of a “heavy price” for aggressors, state media said, after a report of U.S. and Israeli plans for possible military drills to prepare for strikes against Iran’s nuclear sites if diplomacy fails. “Providing conditions for military commanders to test Iranian missiles with

Published by Reuters By Rami Ayyub and Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) -Palestinians held municipal elections in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Saturday in a rare democratic exercise and amid rising anger with President Mahmoud Abbas after he cancelled planned legislative and presidential votes earlier this year. More than 400,000 Palestinians were eligible to