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Aug- 2021 -26 August
SOUTH KOREA BECOMES FIRST MAJOR ASIAN ECONOMY TO RAISE INTEREST RATES
South Korea has become the first major Asian economy to raise interest rates since the coronavirus pandemic began
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25 August
GLOBAL COVID NUMBERS PLATEAU AFTER TWO MONTH INCREASE
According to the WHO, the number of new COVID-19 cases reported globally seems to be plateauing after rising for nearly two months
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25 August
COVID VACCINATION WANES WITHIN SIX MONTHS
Protection against COVID-19 offered by two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech and the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines begins to fade within six months, underscoring the need for booster shots, according to researchers in…
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25 August
SRI LANKA GIVES THE GREENLIGHT FOR COVAXIN
Sri Lanka is now open for fully vaccinated Indian travellers with the second shot having been taken at least 14 days prior to their arrival
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25 August
SCOTLAND TO HOLD ITS OWN CORONAVIRUS PUBLIC INQUIRY
The Scottish government will hold its own public inquiry into the handling of the coronavirus pandemic by the end of the year, after
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24 August
NEW US 2022 COVID-19 FIGHT TIMELINE COULD BE DISASTROUS FOR JOE BIDEN
President Joe Biden just got some deeply unwelcome news: the pandemic that he was elected to end it could drag on deep into a midterm
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24 August
G7 TO MEET ON TALIBAN DEADLINE
US President Joe Biden is set to come under pressure at a G7 meeting today that will seek more time to evacuate thousands of people
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23 August
INDIA APPROVES WORLD’S FIRST DNA VACCINE
India's drug regulator has granted emergency use approval for Zydus Cadila's COVID-19 vaccine – the world's first DNA shot against
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22 August
GREENLAND FACES RECORD-BREAKING RAINFALL DURING SNOWY SEASON
For the first time on record, precipitation on Saturday at the summit of Greenland — roughly two miles above sea level — fell as rain
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21 August
AFGHANISTAN’S ECONOMY IS BEING PUSHED TO THE BRINK
The Taliban sweeping to power in Afghanistan has thrust one of the world's poorest countries back into the limelight
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