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EP committee: Qatar improved human rights of migrant workers, other must follow
By Lailuma Sadid Qatar is the first county that brings changes into it’s landmark reforms in the Gulf. The first country in the gulf region is Qatar who introduces a non-discriminatory minimum wage, which is part of a series of…
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Estonia politics: Kaja Kallas to become Baltic nation’s first female prime minister
Estonia’s two biggest political parties clinched a deal on Sunday to form a new government to be led by a female prime minister for the first time in the Baltic country’s history, replacing the previous Cabinet that collapsed into a…
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Covid-19: Travellers to UK will need to show negative test result
All international passengers will soon have to test negative for Covid-19 before travelling to the UK. People arriving by plane, train or boat, including UK nationals, will have to take a test up to 72 hours before…
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Covid: England’s third national lockdown legally comes into force
England's third national lockdown has legally come into force, with MPs set to vote retrospectively on it later. The measures, which include a stay-at-home order and the closure of schools to most pupils, were announced…
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Irish Eurovision singer and Bagatelle frontman Liam Reilly dies
Irish Eurovision singer and frontman of the rock band Bagatelle, Liam Reilly, has died aged 65. A family statement confirmed that Mr Reilly "passed away suddenly but peacefully at his home" on 1 January. Mr…
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Covid: EU starts mass vaccination in ‘touching moment of unity’
The EU has begun a co-ordinated vaccine rollout to fight Covid-19, in what the bloc's top official says is a "touching moment of unity". European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Saturday the…
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Epstein ex-associate Jean-Luc Brunel placed under formal investigation
A former associate of deceased US financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been placed under formal investigation and remanded in custody in France on suspicion of sex crimes. French modelling agent Jean-Luc Brunel…
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Europe in meltdown as Covid death tolls soar and progress unravels
Europe is in meltdown again as daily Covid death tolls reach record highs and countries scramble to expand testing and rescue hospital systems that are buckling under the pressure.
Health experts warn that despite hopeful news with a …
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Post-Brexit trade talks paused amid ‘significant divergences’
Talks to reach a post-Brexit trade deal have been paused, because UK and EU negotiators say "significant divergences" remain. Michel Barnier and David Frost said conditions for a deal between the two sides have not been…
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France Islam: Muslims under pressure to sign French values charter
France's Muslim Council is due to meet President Emmanuel Macron this week, to confirm the text of a new "charter of republican values" for imams in the country to sign. The Council (CFCM), which represents nine separate…
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