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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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I was a Boston police officer for 27 years. I know how Derek Chauvin became a murderer
The Independent 21 Apr 2021
Most police officers in the Unites States likely saw nothing amiss in the video depicting a police encounter in Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020, with then-police officer Derek Chauvin, in the company of three of his fellow officers, pressing his knee into the neck of the Black man lying on the ground, 46-year-old George Floyd ... .
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Police Officer Shoots Dead Black 16-Year-Old Girl in Columbus, Ohio - Reports
Urdu Point 21 Apr 2021
The police were called to the scene of the incident on Tuesday evening due to order violations ... ....
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Seoul court delivers shock ‘comfort women’ verdict
Asiatimes 21 Apr 2021
SEOUL – In a surprise, if not shock, judgment that will infuriate locals but may placate neighboring Japanese, a South Korean court on Wednesday rejected a compensation suit filed by 20 former “comfort women” against Tokyo. The same court had earlier reached the opposite judgment in a near-identical case in January ... Surprise decision ... Photo ... Photo ... ....
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90-year-old woman conned out of $32 million by phone fraudsters
CBS News 21 Apr 2021
Hong Kong — A 90-year-old Hong Kong woman has been conned out of $32million by fraudsters posing as Chinese officials, police said, in the city's biggest recorded phone scam. Hong Kong's elderly are plagued by phone scammers who seek out vulnerable and wealthy victims willing to transfer money or make bogus investments ... .
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More than 180 reported arrested in Navalny demonstrations
Pittsburgh Tribune Review 21 Apr 2021
MOSCOW — Police across Russia have arrested more than 180 people in connection with demonstrations Wednesday in support of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny, a human rights group said. Many were seized before protests even began, including two top Navalny associates in Moscow ... and moved west across the sprawling country ... Petersburg ... AP.
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US-backed Afghan peace meeting postponed, as Taliban balk
The Independent 21 Apr 2021
Turkey announced early Wednesday that a conference Washington had hoped would move Afghanistan’s warring sides to a final peace agreement was postponed, as fresh violence rattled the Afghan capital ... The U.S ... 11, no matter what ... .
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EU employment rate down in 2020
Anadolu Agency 21 Apr 2021
The EU saw an annual decrease of 0.7 percentage points in employment between ages 20 and 64 in 2020, according to official figures released on Wednesday ... .
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USA: Justice Dept to investigate Minneapolis police says AG Garland after Chauvin verdict
Ruptly 21 Apr 2021
US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a Justice Department investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department, in Washington DC, on Wednesday ... He highlighted that this investigation is separate and independent from the federal criminal investigation into the death of George Floyd ... .
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China, Middle East dominate 2020 list of top executioners: Report
Al Jazeera 21 Apr 2021
While the year 2020 witnessed an overall decline in the number of global death penalties, some countries increased the number of executions they carried out ... But authorities in 18 countries continued executing last year ... Commenting on the findings, Agnes Callamard, the secretary-general of Amnesty International, said in a statement ... .
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SpaceX flight to ISS postponed by one day due to weather
Gulf News 21 Apr 2021
Kennedy Space Center, United States. A crewed SpaceX mission to the International Space Station has been postponed by a day due to weather concerns downrange of the launch site, NASA said on Wednesday ... NASA's immediate goal is to be able to reuse booster rockets at least five times for human space flights. Sleepover party ... Science goals ... .
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Europe clinches deal on wide-ranging climate law to speed emissions cuts
Gulf Daily News 21 Apr 2021
The European Union clinched a deal in the early hours of Wednesday on a landmark climate change law that puts new, tougher greenhouse gas emissions targets at the heart of all EU policymaking ... The European climate law will guide the bloc's regulations in the coming decades ... By 2019, EU emissions were already 24 per cent lower than in 1990 ... .
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Middle Eastern governments ‘ruthless and chilling’ on death penalty: Amnesty
The New Arab 21 Apr 2021
Four Middle Eastern countries performed 88 percent of known executions taking place worldwide last year. Governments in the Middle East and North Africa accounted for four of the top five most prolific users of the death penalty in 2020, according to a new report by Amnesty International ... Iraq killed 45 or more, and Saudi Arabia 27 ... Read more ... ....
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Nadal struggles past world number 111 Ivashka in Barcelona opener
The Times of India 21 Apr 2021
BARCELONA. had to fight back from a set down to defeat Belarus qualifier Ilya Ivashka on Wednesday as the Spaniard survived an early test in his bid to win the Barcelona title for the 12th time ... It was Nadal's 62nd win in the tournament against just four defeats ... Fiery Italian Fabio was defaulted from the event for verbally abusing a line judge ... .
