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Can still win election despite trailing in polls: Australia PM
Morrison said that opinion polls that show his Coalition set for defeat in the election are not necessarily conclusive, with many voters yet to make up their mind, reports Xinhua news agency. According to the polls, the opposition Labor Party is likely to win up to 80 out of 151 seats in the lower house of Parliament -- the House of Representatives -- and form the government for the first time since 2013.
US gave intel that helped Ukraine sink iconic Russian warship: Report
Unnamed officials said Ukraine had asked the US about a ship sailing to the south of Odessa, to which Washington said it was the Moskva and helped confirm its location, the BBC reported. Ukraine then struck it with two missiles, the officials were quoted as saying. The officials said they did not know that Ukraine would target the Moskva after helping determine its location.
Food insecurity sweeps Pak due to Covid, drought
The Global Report on Food Crises' released by the Global Network Against Food Crises, an alliance of the UN, European Union, government and non-governmental agencies working to tackle food crises together, stated that drought conditions in Balochistan and Sindh and inadequate monsoon rainfall in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had reduced crop and livestock production and contributed to rising national food prices, Dawn news reported.
Australia facing medical workforce shortage
The Group of Eight (Go8), a coalition of elite research universities, published a policy paper, calling for the federal government to fund at least an additional 1,000 extra places for domestic medical students every year, reports Xinhua news agency. It warned that relying on recruiting internationally-trained doctors was unsustainable in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic due to increased burn-out, putting Australia on a path to a medical workforce crisis.
US FDA limits use of J&J Covid vax over blood clot risk
The Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine was authorized for emergency use in the US on February 27, 2021. Through March 18 this year, the FDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have identified 60 confirmed TTS cases, including nine fatal cases.
Don't patronize us: India's envoy to UN tells Dutch Ambassador
In a tweet late Thursday, Oosterom said: "You should not have abstained in the GA. Respect the UN Charter." To this, Tirumurti replied: "Kindly don't patronize us Ambassador. We know what to do." The Twitter spat came hours after Tirumurti addressed the Security Council where he reiterated New Delhi's neutral stance
Antonio Guterres hints at effort to loosen Russia sanctions to deal with food, energy crises
"Let me be clear, a meaningful solution to global food insecurity requires reintegrating Ukraine's agricultural production and the food and fertiliser production of Russia and Belarus into world markets, despite the war," he said on Thursday while briefing the Security Council.
Joe Biden announces new White House press secretary
Jean-Pierre, 44, will step into the role replacing Jen Psaki, who will depart from the White House on May 13, Biden was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency. Currently principal deputy press secretary, Jean-Pierre will be the first African American woman to hold the position of chief White House spokesperson.
Nearly 15 mn deaths directly or indirectly linked to Covid: WHO
According to the WHO's estimates, the full Covid-19 death toll, or "excess mortality," was approximately 14.9 million between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2021. This figure is calculated as the difference between the number of deaths that have occurred and the number that would be expected in the absence of the pandemic based on data from earlier years, Xinhua news agency reported.
UN chief calls for end to 'cycle of death, destruction' in Ukraine
As he briefed the UN Security Council on his shuttle diplomacy last week in Russia and Ukraine, Guterres said that he "did not mince words" when he spoke with the presidents of Russia and Ukraine about ending the conflict, Xinhua news agency reported. The conflict must "end for the sake of the people of Ukraine, Russia, and the entire world...the cycle of death, destruction, dislocation and disruption must stop," the secretary-general said at a Security Council meeting on the situation in Ukraine.
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