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Cambodia to provide 5th dose of Covid-19 vaccines to priority groups from June 9: PM
The priority groups include leaders of the government, the senate, the parliament, frontline health workers, government officials, civil servants, armed forces, the elderly, staff of embassies, national and international organisations, journalists and celebrities. He added on Friday that the interval between the fourth and the fifth doses is at least three months, Xinhua news agency reported.
US Berkeley schools reinstate indoor mask mandate
Mask wearing is required at all indoor school events, including graduation ceremonies that take place at facilities off-campus, said the announcement on Friday. Berkeley Unified was among the Bay Area school districts that lifted the mask mandate in classrooms in early March, Xinhua news agency reported.
Italy's oil imports from Russia quadruple since February: Reports
A story published in the Financial Times on Friday reported that Italy had quadrupled the amount of Russian crude oil it imports to 450,000 barrels per day. The dramatic increase is due to a distorting impact of sanctions against Russia, the report said.
2 dead, 8 injured in Chicago shooting
The shooting incident took place on Thursday evening, the Chicago Tribune reported on Friday. All gunshot victims were in serious to critical condition, and an additional victim has suffered burns, possibly from being injured on the nearby CTA Red Line subway, the local media quoted Chicago Fire Department spokesman Juan Hernandez as saying.
Zelensky accuses Moscow of 'attempting to kill as many Ukrainians as possible'
Speaking in a video posted to his social media account, Zelensky said: "In Donbas, the occupiers are trying to increase pressure. There's hell and that's not an exaggeration. "Donbas is completely destroyed. All this doesn't and cannot have any military explanation for Russia," Zelensky said, Daily Mail reported.
25 PTI dissidents de-seated for voting in Hamza Shehbaz's favour
The ECP announced the unanimous verdict while accepting the reference against PTI dissidents who voted for Hamza Shehbaz in the election of Pakistan Punjab Chief Minister, sent by Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, Geo News reported.
Indian diplomat calls Bilawal Bhutto's UNSC statement 'Pavlovian response'
"Pakistan Representative made unwarranted remarks, which symbolise nothing but a Pavlovian response aimed to misuse any forum, and every topic, to propagate false and malicious propaganda against my country," Rajesh Parihar, a Counsellor at India's UN Mission, said in a statement to the Council on Thursday.
Shehbaz Sharif proposes turning CPEC into 'trilateral arrangement' between China, Pak, Turkey
He made the remarks while addressing a launching ceremony at Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works for the third MILGEM Corvette built by Turkey, where he was the chief guest. The premier arrived in the metropolitan city earlier on Friday on a day-long visit, the Dawn reported.
Russia won't export food to the detriment of its own market
In a lengthy Telegram post, Medvedev commented on the recent statements by Western leaders about food security.
As Russia and Ukraine are major wheat suppliers, accounting for some 30 per cent of global exports, the prices have significantly grown since the launch of the Russian military offensive in Ukraine and the subsequent sanctions imposed on Moscow by the US, the EU, the UK and some other Western nations, RT reported.
Talk of caretaker govt in Pakistan as military leadership meets technocrats
Perhaps it was against this backdrop that top leaders from the main ruling coalition partners, the PPP and the PML-N, declared that they would be more than happy to go for early polls, the report said. The conjecturing began after reports emerged that former Pakistan Finance Ministers Dr Hafiz Sheikh and Shaukat Tarin, along with former State Bank governor Raza Baqir, had met with senior military leaders.
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