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  China is facing another Covid-19 outbreak despite new curbs. It forced the government to put a lockdown on the northwest Chinese city of Xian. People are unable to leave their homes and are dependent on online deliveries of basic items. Xian reported 151 domestically transmitted infections with confirmed symptoms on Tuesday. The total number of local Xian Covid cases was nearly 1,000 during the December 9-28 period. Reportedly,   the lockdown in Xian is one of the largest lockdowns in the country this year. However, no cases of the Omicron variant have been announced in Xian. To tackle the further spread of Covid-19, authorities are taking strict action. Covid-19 in Xian Xian has also cancelled all flights and trains from the city to tackle the further spread of the virus. Xian has also faced a spike in hemorrhagic fever cases in recent days. Authorities are tense because the Beijing Winter Olympics is around the corner. So the authorities put all residential communit...

  I  want to share something great about what I read today. It’s how   UAE as the world pinion wheels up to invite a third new year under the shadow of a pandemic that will not bite the dust, security keeps on being really important for members and coordinators of the festivals.   The most recent Covid variant, Omicron has indeed bothered the world with Europe and the US encountering an uncommon flood in cases regardless of genuinely undeniable degree of inoculations. A large portion of them have put serious limitations on Christmas and New Year festivities to slow the quick spread of the variation.   I observed that the UAE also saw a spike in cases with 1,732 cases investigated Monday. However the circumstance here isn't however not kidding as it could be in nations like the UK, there ought to be no dropping of defenses.   With the vast majority of the New Year celebrations on time in Dubai and different emirates, the members should prac...

  The European Union (EU) announced on Wednesday that it is taking legal action against Poland for violating the bloc’s law and undermining judicial independence. EU economy commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said that they decided to take legal action against Poland because it broke the primacy of EU law. The announcement came at a time when there is an ongoing dispute between Brussels and Warsaw over judicial independence. The announcement increased the long-running dispute between Warsaw and Brussels. The first step of the legal action will be taken in a formal way. The commission will send a letter to Poland to get more information from the country. EU Commission on Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal The EU Commissioner said Poland's Constitutional Tribunal violated EU laws. However, Poland’s Deputy Justice Minister Sebastian Kaleta denied such claims. He said the EU made the announcement to attack the Polish constitution.   Former Prime Minister of Poland, Beata Szydlo ...

  Afghanistan's finance ministry under the Taliban government has prepared a draft national budget. For the first time in two decades, the national budget is funded without foreign aid support. Afghanistan ’s Law students and lawyers are filing reports with JURIST about Afghanistan’s situation after the Taliban takeover. JURIST is a legal news website in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh. A Staff Reporter for JURIST in Kabul reported on recent statements made by Taliban officials about the forthcoming national budget. The National budget will be entirely based on domestic revenues. Reportedly, it will not rely on any foreign aid. According to Jurist, since the Taliban took power in August, most foreign aid has been suspended from the country. Many western countries also blocked access to billions of dollars in Afghanistan’s foreign exchange assets after the Taliban takeover. Ahmad Wali Haqmal on the national budget Finance ministry spokesman Ahmad Wali Haqma...

  I want to share something interesting about what I read today. It’s how the UAE was positioned eleventh universally and first in the Arab World in the fifth release of the Global Knowledge Index . In the current year's release, the information record included 155 factors, chosen by in excess of 40 global sources and information bases.   We have seen a lengthy investment in GKI attempt, all around the world too territorially, connoting the expanded responsibility towards building up information as a vital driver for financial and social development . UAE Ranks 1st Regionally & 11th Globally in Global Knowledge Index 2021 #UAE pic.twitter.com/R6rqUEoJLY — UAE Forsan (@UAE_Forsan) December 13, 2021   Looking at it, The Arabic nations which appeared for this present year included Iraq and Palestine , joining the arrangement of 16 territorial nations in the list. Universally, the nation level investment at GKI 2021 was at 154, contrasted with 138 la...

  I want to share something great about what I read today. It’s how UAE stayed the greatest remittance of settlements to Pakistan with more than $1 billion moved toward the South Asian country from the two Gulf nations . Imagine, with $2.4 billion of inflows during the month, laborers' settlements proceeded with their solid streak and have stayed above $2 billion since June 2020. #UAE Gold Rates Just updated: Check out the latest UAE #gold and #remittance rates https://t.co/hhiFj6NgOa pic.twitter.com/K7iPdFM7kz — Gulf News (@gulf_news) December 15, 2021   Looking at it, as far as development, the country's settlements expanded by 0.6 percent in November on a year-on-year premise, while declining by 6.6 percent month-on-month. Aggregately, at $12.9 billion, settlements developed by 9.7 percent during the initial five months of FY22 over a similar period last year.

  The United States’ covid deaths crossed the 800,000 mark on Tuesday. A tracker maintained by Johns Hopkins University showed the country is hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Reportedly, 450,000 of the deaths occurred in the US in 2021. The majority of the deaths have been among unvaccinated people. Despite vaccines being available to the US early this year, death records have increased significantly. Reportedly, the risk of dying from COVID-19 was 14 times higher among people who had not been fully vaccinated. White House Statement for people who died in the US In a statement, released by the White House, Joe Biden remembered each person and the lives they lived. He prayed for the loved ones who are left behind. Biden urged all Americans to keep the country safe and get vaccinated soon to prevent the Covid-19 virus. He said, “The vaccines are safe, effective, free, easy, and our best tool to prevent more loss and pain. If you were fully vaccinated before mid-June, pl...