UK Covid rules warning as NHS nurses demand action be taken

UK Covid rules warning as NHS nurses demand action be taken (Image: PA) Birmingham Mail By James Rodger Bosses at the Royal College of Nursing have written to health officials across the UK demanding that they fall in line with World Health Organisation rules and make everyone ‘mask up’. They have written to nursing officers

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Oil prices flat as market factor in supply uncertainties

By Anadolu Agency Crude oil prices stayed in a narrow range on Tuesday’s light trade over the Christmas holiday as markets weighed the prospect of supply disruptions in Red Sea trading routes. The international benchmark crude Brent traded at $78.99 per barrel at 0659 GMT, a 0.24% increase from the closing price of $78.80 a

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276 Indians stuck in a French airport for days for a human trafficking probe have left for India

Men board the plane grounded by police at the Vatry airport , Monday, Dec. 25, 2023 in Vatry, eastern France. A charter plane grounded in France for a human trafficking investigation is scheduled to leave Monday for India, after an exceptional holiday ordeal that left some 300 Indians en route for Central America blocked inside

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Niger suspends cooperation with international Francophone body

Soldiers of the last French troops in Niger board in a military plane as they prepare to leave Niamey, Niger December 22, 2023. Photographer Mahamadou Hamidou By Reuters Niger has suspended all cooperation with the international organisation of Francophone nations (OIF), its military leaders said, as it progressively severs ties with former colonial ruler France.

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Somalia’s political crisis in Puntland has brought an end to Mohamoud Saleban’s community holding power

File Photo/Somali Times The structure of Puntland which was agreed upon 25 years ago Mohamoud Saleban’s community holding power The SSC-Khatumo clan leaders held a critical meeting in the city of Las Anod, the capital of Sool region. The statement Khatumo state said that they will not participate in the elections in Puntland, saying that

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IMF relieves EA’s indebted states with $1.9b financing deals

The head of the International Monetary Fund Kristalina Georgieva. Photo Nicholas Kamm/AFP By The East African The International Monetary Fund (IMF) board has approved the payment of $620.65 million in budgetary support for Rwanda, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as part of the $1.92 billion financing commitments which the Washington-based institution agreed

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Somalia’s political turmoil in Puntland led to the withdrawal of SSC-Khatumo state

The SSC-Khatumo clan leaders held a critical meeting yesterday in the city of Las Anod, the capital of Sool region. The statement said that they will not participate in the elections in Puntland, saying that they will not select the 17 MPs they already had. “We have decided that the 17 MPs will not be

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About 300 Indian travelers are stuck in a French airport in a human trafficking probe

Gendarmes patrol at the Vatry airport, eastern France, Saturday, Dec. 23, 2023 in Vatry, eastern France. About 300 Indian citizens heading to Central America were sequestered in a French airport for a third day Saturday because of an investigation into suspected human trafficking, authorities said. The 15 crew members of the Legend Airlines charter flight

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Russia suspends part of payments to global chemical weapons watchdog

By Anadolu Agency Russia on Saturday announced that it would withhold a part of its payments to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), claiming that the money would be used to fund the “illegitimate” Investigation and Identification Group set up by the US and its satellites to promote “illegal activities in the

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UK recession might be under way after economy shrinks in Q3

File Photo: People walk over London Bridge looking at a view of Tower Bridge in the City of London financial district in London, Britain, October 25, 2023. Photographer Susannah Ireland/File Photo By Reuters Britain’s economy might be in a recession, according to data that showed it shrank between July and September, shortly after finance minister

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