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Germany approves $68B to combat climate change
The German government on Monday approved 60 billion euros ($68 billion) in funding to be used for combating climate change ...

Hong Kong tycoon sentenced 13 months jail for Tiananmen vigil-
By PTI A Hong Kong court on Monday sentenced activist and business tycoon Jimmy Lai to 13 months in jail ...

First Omicron death in UK, variant spreading rapidly-
By AFP LONDON: At least one person has died in Britain after being infected with the Omicron variant, Prime Minister ...

Scramble for booster vaccines as UK races to tackle Omicron-
By PTI LONDON: Long queues were seen outside walk-in vaccination centres across the UK on Monday as people queued for their ...

China’s Xi, Russia’s Putin to hold virtual summit on Wednesday-
By PTI BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will hold a virtual summit this week to ...

EU ministers debate ways to shield Ukraine from Russia-
By PTI BRUSSELS: European Union foreign ministers met Monday to discuss how to thwart the threat of a possible new Russian ...

Israel PM meets crown prince on historic UAE visit-
By AFP ABU DHABI: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met Abu Dhabi’s crown prince on Monday after becoming the first ...

Putin says he drove taxi after Soviet fall to make ends meet-
By AFP Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the collapse of the Soviet Union spelt the end of “historical Russia,” ...

Israeli forces kill Palestinian man during clash in West Bank-
By AFP A Palestinian man was killed during a clash with Israeli forces in the northern occupied West Bank early Monday, ...

Russian teenager ‘blows himself up’ at Orthodox school-
By AFP MOSCOW: A Russian teenager tried to blow himself up at an Orthodox school near a 14th-century convent outside ...