UK government, hit by Hancock scandal, to probe leak of footage

British Secretary of State for Health, Matt Hancock speaks at a memorial tree planting ceremony at Oxford Botanic Gardens, following a G7 health ministers meeting, ahead of the G7 leaders’ summit, at Mansfield College, Oxford University in Oxford, Britain June 4, 2021. Steve Parsons/PA Wire/Pool via REUTERS By Elizabeth Piper Government launches investigation into footage

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Qatar’s support to Somalia

File Photo/Somali Times The relations between the State of Qatar and the Federal Republic of Somalia have evolved stronger year after year enjoying full support of the leaders and their keenness to strengthening of bilateral co-operation in the trade, investment, culture, diplomatic cooperation and other fields. Qatar has spared no efforts to support Somalia in

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£17bn of UK arms sold to rights’ abusers

A Challenger tank for sale at the DSEI Arms Fair in London, 2019. Photograph: Amer Ghazzal/REX/Shutterstock By Mark Townsend Two-thirds of countries classified as “not free” because of their dire record on human rights and civil liberties have received weapons licensed by the UK government over the past decade, new analysis reveals. Between 2011-2020, the

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Three MSF employees killed in Ethiopia’s Tigray, aid agency says

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) emergency co-ordinator Maria Hernandez, killed by unknown assailants in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, is seen in unknown location in this image released by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on June 25, 2021. Medecins Sans Frontieres/Handout via REUTERS Three employees working for the Spanish branch of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) were killed by unknown

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UK health minister quits after breaking COVID rules with affair

British Secretary of State for Health, Matt Hancock speaks at a memorial tree planting ceremony at Oxford Botanic Gardens, following a G7 health ministers meeting, ahead of the G7 leaders’ summit, at Mansfield College, Oxford University in Oxford, Britain June 4, 2021. Steve Parsons/PA Wire/Pool via REUTERS By Kate Holton LONDON, June 26 (Reuters) –

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Is Bitcoin the New Gold? – Companies Moving Their Reserves

Bitcoin Bitcoin could replace gold. Amidst all the economic, financial, and social chaos caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the year 2020 ironically ended up creating an extremely favorable scenario for cryptocurrencies that have led many persons and companies to purchase Bitcoin. Definitely, 2020 was not an easy year for the global market, which led several

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Pressure builds on UK’s Johnson to fire health secretary

Britain’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock and Gina Coladangelo stand outside the BBC headquarters in London, Britain, June 6, 2021. Picture taken June 6, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls By Kate Holton LONDON, June 26 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was under mounting pressure on Saturday to fire his health secretary after the admission that he

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German investigators seek motive in fatal knife attack by 24-year-old Somali

Flowers and candles were laid at the crime scene in central Wuerzburg, Germany, Saturday, June 26, 2021. German police say several people have been killed and others injured in a knife attack in the southern city of Wuerzburg on Friday. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) Investigators were looking Saturday for a motive behind an attack in the

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Knife attack in German city leaves 3 dead, suspect arrested

Police cars attend the scene of an incident in Wuerzburg, Germany, Friday June 25, 2021. German police say several people have been killed and others injured in a knife attack in the southern city of Wuerzburg on Friday. (Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa via AP) By FRANK JORDANS BERLIN (AP) — A man armed with a long knife

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12 German soldiers wounded in attack on UN mission Mali

A military transport aircraft, an Airbus A400 M of the German Air Force, stands at the Wunstorf, Germany, air base in Lower Saxony before taking off for Mali, Friday, June 25, 2021. Germany’s defense minister said on Friday that 12 German troops and a soldier from another country were wounded following an attack on soldiers

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