Belgium Rocked By Riots Against COVID Measures

Belgian police tried to disperse thousands of people marching through Brussels amid mounting anger across Europe against government-imposed coronavirus restrictions.

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CNN Fires Top Anchor Cuomo Over Brother’s Sexual Harassment Case

The Cable News Network (CNN) fired its top anchor after an investigation found “additional information” about him defending his brother, then-New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, facing sexual harassment allegations.

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Nepal Jails Pastor For Evangelism

An evangelical pastor in Nepal received a two-year prison sentence for evangelism activities that violated the former Hindu kingdom’s anti-conversion laws, trial observers said Thursday.

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After outcry, government scraps Shin Bet phone tracking of Omicron carriers

The government will not move to extend a controversial surveillance program tracking the phones of people who contracted the Omicron coronavirus variant, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz announced Thursday.

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COVID-19: Most Omicron cases are ‘mild’ and there’s no evidence to suggest vaccines may be less effective against the variant, says WHO official

Early indications suggest most Omicron coronavirus cases are “mild”, an official at the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.

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Israel’s coronavirus czar: We need to consider making vaccines mandatory

Coronavirus czar Salman Zarka said Wednesday that Israel should weigh introducing a national vaccine mandate compelling all citizens to get themselves inoculated against the coronavirus, a notion that mirrors legislation under consideration in several …

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