Boris Johnson says vaccine passports will ‘definitely’ be used when international travel resumes

Vaccine passports could play a role in international travel this summer / PA By Luke O’Reilly Prime Minister Boris Johnson has given his clearest hint yet that vaccine passports are likely to be required for international travel – while suggesting they will have a role to play at home as well. His comments came after

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At 1st Cabinet meeting, Biden says team ‘looks like America’

Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin listen as President Joe Biden speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, April 1, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ZEKE MILLER WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s first Cabinet meeting looked

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Met Police investigating claims officer raped two female colleagues but escaped suspension

Police outside New Scotland Yard in London at the beginning of March as people gathered to protest over women’s safety in the capital CREDIT: Yui Mok/PA By Gareth Davies, The male officer was not charged or suspended, but is to face a misconduct hearing, more than three years after the claims were made The Metropolitan

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Pimlico Academy: Headteacher backs down over school’s ‘racist’ uniform policy after student protests

Police attended the protest on Wednesday / PA By Tom Ambrose The school’s principal Daniel Smith also told parents the school would stop flying the Union flag, subject to a review The headteacher at the centre of a row over his school’s “discriminatory” uniform policies has backed down following chaotic student protests. Daniel Smith, the

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U.S., Philippines officials discuss Chinese activities in South China Sea

China Sea. The Philippine government expressed concern after spotting more than 200 Chinese fishing vessels it believed were crewed by militias at a reef claimed by both countries in the South China Sea, but it did not immediately lodge a protest. (Philippine Coast Guard/National Task Force-West Philippine Sea via AP) WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The national

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UN urges Somali leaders to break impasse delaying elections

By EDITH M. LEDERER The U.N. Security Council called on Somalia’s leaders Wednesday to meet “at the earliest opportunity” to break the impasse delaying the holding of elections that had been scheduled for Feb. 8. The council said in a press statement after a closed briefing by U.N. special envoy James Swan that inclusive elections

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Somali Health Minister Fowzio says staff rejects Covid-19 vaccine

Photo/Somali Times The Minister of Health of the Federal Government of Somalia, Ms. Fowzio Abikar Nur, said that staff at the Ministry of Health have refused to receive the Covid-19 vaccine against the epidemic. The health minister noted that staff who did not receive the vaccine would not be present at government offices, adding that

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Mozambican oil group seeks global help to fight terror

Attacks in southern African country meant to disrupt investment in oil and gas projects, says group The Mozambican Oil and Gas Chamber Wednesday called on the international community to support the government of Mozambique in its efforts to deal with terrorism in the northern province of Cabo Delgado. “Terrorism is a global problem and Mozambique

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US government report raises concerns over disappeared Saudi royals

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the arrest of senior royals in March 2020 (AFP/File photo) By Ali Harb In annual report on global human rights, Biden administration notes the purge against senior Saudi princes, including Ahmed bin Abdulaziz The US State Department has raised concerns in its annual report on human rights about

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In stark warning, Egypt leader says Nile water ‘untouchable’

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi holds a news conference with the Chairman of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan Gen. Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman al-Burhan at the Presidential Palace in Khartoum, Sudan, Saturday, March. 6, 2021. Egypt’s presidency says President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi trip was to address an array of issues, including economic and military ties and

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