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U.S., UK, Norway condemn escalating violence in Sudan’s Darfur

U.S., UK, Norway condemn escalating violence in Sudan’s Darfur

THE United States, United Kingdom and Norway condemned escalating violence and human rights abuses in Sudan, especially in the Darfur region, the three countries said in a statement. The countries cited attacks by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary force drawn largely from Arab groups and allied Arab militias known as Janjaweed, in Darfur. "These have included - according to credible reports - mass killings including ethnic targeting of non-Arab and other communities, killings of traditional leaders, unjust detentions, and obstruction of humanitarian aid," the statement said. There was also concern about reports of civilians being targeted in Jebel Aulia, on…
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Anger and grief as United Kingdom’s COVID-19 death toll nears 100,000

Anger and grief as United Kingdom’s COVID-19 death toll nears 100,000

ANDREW MacASKILL and PAUL SANDLE AS the United Kingdom's COVID-19 death toll approaches 100,000, grief-stricken relatives of the dead expressed anger at Prime Minister Boris Johnson's handling of the worst public health crisis in a century. When the novel coronavirus, which first emerged in China in 2019, slid silently across the United Kingdom in March, Johnson initially said he was confident it could be sent packing in weeks. But 97,939 deaths later, the United Kingdom has the world's fifth worst official death toll - more than its civilian toll in World War Two and twice the number killed in the…
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UK sees record daily COVID deaths, London hospitals on brink

UK sees record daily COVID deaths, London hospitals on brink

MICHAEL HOLDEN and ALISTAIR SMOUT THE United Kingdom has recorded its highest daily death toll since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic as London declared a major incident, warning that its hospitals were at risk of being overwhelmed. With a highly transmissable new variant of the virus surging across Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has shuttered the economy and is rushing out vaccines faster than the country's European neighbours in a bid to stem the pandemic. Britain has the world's fifth-highest official death toll from COVID-19 at nearly 80,000, and the 1,325 deaths reported within 28 days of a positive…
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UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, first in the world

UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, first in the world

GUY FAULCONBRIDGE and PAUL SANDLE BRITAIN has become the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for use and said that it will be rolled out from early next week. A vaccine is seen as the best chance for the world to get back to some semblance of normality amid a global pandemic which has killed nearly 1.5 million people and upended the global economy. "The government has today accepted the recommendation from the independent Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to approve Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for use," the government said. "The vaccine will be…
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