2021

WorldTags: Print EditionCOVID-19coronavirusUS: With Omicron becoming the dominant variant of COVID in the US, accounting for over 73 per cent cases, new modeling data shows that the highly transmissible new strain will cause 140…
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WorldBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson received his booster vaccine at St Thomas' Hospital and urged the public to come forward for their jabs as Omicron variant continues to spread around the world.Tags: Print…
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WorldSanta, seen here taking socially-distanced photos with children in Kingston, Canada in November 2020, has been cleared for travel in Canada's airspace this Christmas after showing proof of vaccination.Tags: Print…
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WorldTags: Print EditionCOVID-19coronavirusINDIA: There is the Delta variant, then there is the Omicron variant of coronavirus and now, there’s Delmicron. Confused about what Delmicron is? Are you worried that there’s a new variant…
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WorldVisitors walking through a deserted Christmas market at Karlsplatz Square in Vienna, Austria on December 13 after the country ramped up restrictions.Tags: Print EditionUK: Despite having one of the best vaccination rates in…
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WorldChildren pass closed shops in Manger Square, Bethlehem, December 15, 2021.Tags: Print EditionBETHLEHEM: There were only a few shopping days left until Christmas, but in the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City, most of the…
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PoliticalLahiru FernandoTags: Print EditionSri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Parliamentarian S.B.Dissanayake said the public should not be given concessions on consumer goods amidst an economic crisis. Dissanayake was responding to a…
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LocalTags: Print EditionA symbolic presentation of National Flag, Sri Lanka Army Flag and the UN Flag to the Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps personnel leaving for the UN Peace Keeping Mission in Sudan took place at the Regimental Centre…
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LocalTags: Print EditionThe World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on people to support measures put in place by countries in view of the new COVID-19 variant and the holiday season. The WHO said the overall threat posed by Omicron…
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LocalRAVI LADDUWAHETTYTags: Print EditionAgriculture Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage has assured that there would not be a rice shortage in 2022. He says certain statements warning about a looming shortage cannot be accepted as 90 to…
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