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New York, U.S. | Xinhua | Oil prices rose on Monday, building on the gains they had scored in the prior week. The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for November delivery added 1.17 U.S. dollars, or 1.5 percent, to settle at 80.52 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | Experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended on Monday that booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines should be offered to moderately and severely immunocompromised people. After four days of talks last week, the WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) recommended that such people …

London, UK | Xinhua | At least 750 sexual misconduct accusations were made against serving police officers across Britain between the year 2016 and 2020, new data showed on Monday. According to figures obtained by PA Media’s Radar service from 31 police forces, most complaints where gender was recorded, were against …

Stockholm, Sweden | Xinhua | Three economists have won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Economics, or officially the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday it has decided to award the prize with one half to David Card, …

  Las Vegas, US | BAD LEFT HOOK |  Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder put on a heavyweight slugfest for the ages tonight in Las Vegas, with Fury coming off the canvas twice himself to stop Wilder in the 11th round. Wilder was down three times total in the fight, …

Lisbon, Portugal | Xinhua |  Portugal has completed the vaccination of 85 percent of its population against COVID-19, the country’s Director-General of Health Graca Freitas said on Saturday. Freitas told Lusa news agency that Portugal managed to lead global vaccination race by having “given an opportunity to everyone … to …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) points to a global failure to provide people with the mental health services they need during the COVID-19 pandemic. Published on Friday, the triennial WHO Mental Health Atlas shows data from 171 countries, and highlights that despite …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | A U.S. delegation will travel to Doha, Qatar, over the weekend to meet with senior Afghan Taliban representatives, the State Department said on Friday. “This meeting is a continuation of the pragmatic engagements with the Taliban on issues of U.S. vital national interest,” a State Department …

Los Angeles, U.S. | Xinhua | A nuclear-powered U.S. Navy fast-attack submarine was damaged after it “struck an object” while submerged in waters in the Indo-Pacific region on Oct. 2, the U.S. Navy said in a statement on Thursday. The Seawolf-class submarine USS Connecticut (SSN 22) “remains in a safe and …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Thursday an initiative to vaccinate 40 percent of the population of every country against COVID-19 by the end of 2021 and 70 percent by mid-2022, by prioritizing vaccine delivery to low-income countries, particularly those in Africa. “Today, WHO is …