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[Body] => At least 120 people have been killed in Syria including seven civilians as battles between US-backed Kurdish forces and Islamic State group fighters raged for a fourth day, a war monitor says Sunday.
Fighting began late Thursday with an assault by more than 100 IS insurgents on the Kurdish-run Ghwayran jail in Hasakeh city — which housed the largest number of jihadists in the country — marking the group's most significant operation since its "caliphate" was declared defeated in Syria nearly three years ago.
"At least 77 IS members and 39 Kurdish fighters, including internal security forces, prison guards and counter-terrorism forces have been killed" in violence inside and outside the prison since the start of the attack, the Observatory says. — AFP
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[Body] => The DOH logs 29,828 new COVID-19 cases in the country, the 11th highest single daily rise since the pandemic started.
Active cases are at 273,580 or 8% of the total, registering a decrease for the second consecutive day.
The positivity rate is 41.8%, which is the lowest since January 5.
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[Body] => Covax aims to break the Covid-19 pandemic in 2022 by ensuring a steady supply of vaccines at last for the world's poorest countries — and swiftly getting them into arms.
The global scheme, aimed at procuring donor-funded jabs for the 91 weakest economies, delivered its one billionth dose last weekend — a major milestone that came far later than anticipated after a year of setbacks.
The battle for Covax in 2021 was getting hold of doses — besides rich countries cornering most of the vaccine supply, it faced export bans from producer countries, regulatory red tape and manufacturing delays. — AFP
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[Body] => Human rights and the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, where hunger threatens millions, will be in focus at talks opening Sunday in Oslo between the Taliban, the West and members of Afghan civil society.
In their first visit to Europe since returning to power in August, the Taliban will meet Norwegian officials as well as representatives of the United States, France, Britain, Germany, Italy and the European Union.
The Taliban delegation will be led by Foreign Minister Amir Khan Mutaqqi.
On the agenda will be "the formation of a representative political system, responses to the urgent humanitarian and economic crises, security and counter-terrorism concerns, and human rights, especially education for girls and women", a US State Department official said. — AFP
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[Body] => Some 38,000 people protested across France Saturday, the interior ministry says, two days before a vaccination health pass becomes mandatory to take part in much of public life.
From Monday, those aged 16 and above will have to show they have been jabbed to access restaurants or bars, leisure activities or use inter-regional public transport.
A negative Covid test will no longer be sufficient, except to access health services. — AFP
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[Body] => President Joe Biden marks the 49th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court ruling establishing abortion rights in the United States by again urging that those rights be enshrined in federal law.
"The constitutional right established in Roe v. Wade nearly 50 years ago today is under assault as never before," Biden says in a statement on Saturday in which he was joined by Vice President Kamala Harris.
"It is a right we believe should be codified into law, and we pledge to defend it with every tool we possess." — AFP
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