New year, new variant. As 2022 gets under way, omicron, a fast-moving version of the virus that causes COVID-19, is well into its march across the world. As of January 11, a record-breaking total of 145,982 people were hospitalized in the United States with confirmed or suspected COVID-19. And hundreds of thousands of people are catching the coronavirus every day.
“There’s a lot of activity right now in the [United States], and we’re seeing that in terms of these astronomical
The Queen may be forced to further ‘scale back’ her public commitments after she had to miss the Cenotaph event yesterday.
The 95-year-old monarch was said to be ‘deeply disappointed’ at having to take the 11th hour decision not to lead the nation’s remembrance of its war dead because of a back sprain.
Buckingham Palace had long said it was her ‘firm intention’ to be there, despite her having to cancel a run of engagements due to ill health. And
China has issued a chilling warning to Australians declaring a ‘heavy attack’ would quickly follow if our forces came to the defence of Taiwan.
In explosive comments published in Chinese tabloid The Global Times on Saturday, editor-in-chief Hu Xijin was blunt in his analysis of Australia’s promise to come to Taiwan’s aid should US allied forces get involved in the conflict.
‘If Australian troops come to fight in the Taiwan Straits, it is unimaginable that China won’t carry out a
Die Flammen rissen durch die Küste von Evia, einer griechischen Insel, und veranlassten Einwohner und Touristen, mit der Fähre zu evakuieren, während Südeuropa mit einer der schlimmsten Hitzewellen seit Jahrzehnten zu kämpfen hat. .
Tausende von gefangenen äthiopischen Regierungssoldaten wurden am Freitag durch Mekelle ins Gefängnis marschiert, während die Menge höhnte und applaudierte. Tigray-Kämpfer haben diese Woche die Regierung in einem Bürgerkrieg, der fast zwei Millionen Menschen in der Region vertrieben hat, schnell besiegt. .
