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France will deploy thousands of police in and around Paris and set up checkpoints at toll stations on major roads leading into the capital to keep so-called "Freedom Convoy" motorists out, the city's police force said.

₹9.57 lakh crore for the economy was far sharper than ₹2.12 lakh crore in GDP growth that was lost in 2008-09 global financial crises, yet the government was able to contain consumer price inflation (CPI) to within 6.2% as opposed to CPI ballooning to 9.1% during the global financial crisis.

Britain without taking any coronavirus tests starting Friday after the government scrapped one of the final restrictions imposed over the past two years in response to Covid-19.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Thousands of Sri Lankan health workers continued their strike action for the fifth consecutive day on Friday (11), despite a court issuing an order against a nurses trade union that is also taking part in the strike.Health workers in Sri Lanka have been staging demonstrations and strikes since November 2021 to draw attention to the issue of salary anomalies.Their major demands include the rectification of salary anomalies, higher allowances, and an increase in overtime rates.Supplementary and paramedical services, nursing services, and professionals from 16 health services including medical laboratory technologists, pharmacists, radiologists, public health inspectors, and family health officers are participating in the indefinite strike.Thousands of poor patients who visited government hospitals were turned away, as a result.A Sri Lankan court on Thursday (10) issued two enjoining orders preventing the strike action by the Government Nursing Officer’s Association from continuing.The Attorney General filed an action against the Government Nursing Officer’s Association and its president Saman Rathnapriya, seeking an enjoining order from the court to immediately suspend the trade union action of the said union.The Attorney General appraised the court of the present deplorable conditions in hospitals due to patient care being severely affected.District Court Judge of Colombo Aruna Aluthge issued two enjoining orders preventing the union from continuing the said trade union strike endangering the lives of the patients.As a result of the strike, over this week the activities at the Colombo General Hospital, Kandy General Hospital, 24 Teaching Hospitals, 26 General Hospitals, 46 Base Hospitals, 410 District

Prince Charles getting Covid again should be "ringing royal alarm bells," according to an expert who warns of some "regal whiplash". The 73-year-old is set to snatch an almost 200-year record by becoming the oldest person to be crowned monarch.

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Charli XCX has said that the criticism she’s received on social media lately has taken a toll on her mental health.The singer-songwriter, who releases her fifth album ‘Crash’ on March 18, issued a statement on Twitter yesterday (February 10) to explain that she’s temporarily stepping back from the platform due to the “negativity” surrounding her current campaign.“I’ve always had a pretty open dialogue with you guys and so I just wanna mention a few things that have been on my mind recently,” Charli began.“I have been feeling like I can’t do anything right at the moment.

COLOMBO (News 1st); The new University of Vavuniya was declared open by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday (11).The University of Vavuniya is the 17th State University in Sri Lanka and was established with effect from the 1st of August 2021 via an Extraordinary Gazette on the 8th of June 2021 that elevated the Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna, to a separate state university in Sri Lanka.The new state university was established for the purpose of providing, promoting, and developing higher education in the branches of learning of Business Studies, Applied Science, and Technology Studies.

SEATTLE (AP) - A group of states suing over service cuts at the U.S. Postal Service is asking a federal judge to immediately undo some of them, saying the integrity of the upcoming election is at stake.Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has already said he's halting some of the changes, including the removal of distinctive blue mailboxes and of sorting machines at some processing facilities.However, two remain in effect, the states argue, noting the Postal Service is no longer treating election mail as the equivalent of first class mail, and the so-called “leave behind” policy requires that postal trucks leave at certain times, whether or not there is additional mail to load.In a motion filed in U.S.

TAMPA, Fla. – DNA, fingerprints, a silver gun and a bizarre Facebook tirade led them to a man suspected of sexually attacking a woman nearly 20 years ago, Tampa police said.Antonio Rivers, who was 19 at the time of the attack, was charged Tuesday with sexual battery with a deadly weapon and armed burglary of a dwelling, the Tampa Bay Times reported.The woman was attacked Dec. 17, 2000, when she returned to the house she shared with her sister and encountered a masked man who was already inside her home, investigators said.

NEW YORK – The Latest on the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks (all times local):1 a.m.Americans are set to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks with tributes altered by the coronavirus.President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden both plan to visit the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania Friday, though not at the same time.In New York, a dispute over coronavirus precautions is leading to separate remembrances.The National Sept.

BOSTON – It was a tempest in a teapot — or, more accurately, a whiskey tumbler.Presidential transitions are always at least a little tricky. Case in point: Researchers at the John F.

HANOI – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo asked Southeast Asian nations Thursday to go beyond words and act against China’s “bullying” in the disputed South China Sea, promising America will back them up.Pompeo spoke with counterparts from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in an annual conference by video due to the coronavirus pandemic.

similar statements.The COVID-19 pandemic brought the sports world to a halt in March. The NCAA canceled all postseason tournaments, just as the men’s basketball tournament was set to get underway.As the fall sports season rolled around, uncertainty in collegiate athletics persisted.

DAYTONA BEACH SHORES, Fla. – A driver who admitted to drinking multiple glasses of wine along with her prescription medication crashed into a parked patrol car as two teenage girls were standing outside of it, according to the Daytona Beach Shores Public Safety Department.Officers were speaking with two teenage girls involved in a retail theft on Atlantic Avenue around 2:45 a.m. Monday when a white Volkswagen crashed into the parked patrol car, records show.Body camera video from the incident shows one of the girls who was leaned against the hood of the patrol car fell to the concrete as a result of the crash.

LIVERMORE, Calif. - Teresa Walker of Livermore woke up to yet another Bay Area day where the skies were filled with smoke and ash.She snapped a photo of her car in the driveway, covered in black flecks."Isn't it horrible?" Walker said.

TOKYO – China's repression in Tibet, the status of the exiled Dalai Lama, and its treatment of ethnic minorities spurred violent protests ahead of Beijing's 2008 Olympics.It could happen again.China is host to the 2022 Winter Olympics with rumblings of a boycott and calls to move the games from Beijing because of alleged human rights violations.International Olympic President Thomas Bach was presented with that demand ahead of the body's executive board meeting in Switzerland on Wednesday by a coalition of human-rights groups representing Tibet, Uighurs in China's Xinjiang region, Hong Kong and others.

The Biggest Loser alum Jillian Michaels revealed Tuesday that she contracted the coronavirus 'several weeks ago' from her glam squad gal pal.'I haven't even spoken about this publicly really, and a very close friend of mine gave me COVID several weeks ago,' the 46-year-old Daytime Emmy nominee told Fox Business host Liz Claman.'I literally get my guard down for an hour with one of my best friends who does my hair and makeup and got it. It's just that simple.

Jenna Karvunidis threw a gender reveal party in 2008 for her first child. (Courtesy: KTTV) PASADENA, Calif. - The Pasadena woman widely credited for popularizing gender reveal parties wants people to stop after learning the El Dorado fire in Yucaipa was sparked by a smoke-generating pyrotechnic device used at a gender reveal party.Jenna Karvunidis threw a gender reveal party in 2008 for her first child.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an order allowing visitors into nursing homes in Florida once again.

Malaysia has a robust health system with universal health coverage, where Malaysians can access the health services they need. Previous experience in facing infectious disease outbreaks such as leptospirosis, encephalitis, SARS, and MERS-CoV, have tested and strengthened their emergency response systems. These strong foundations have prepared Malaysia to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach.

ROME – Rafael Nadal is preparing his return to tennis after a seven-month layoff at next week’s Italian Open.“The Foro Italico is always a special place for me and even more so this year as it will be my first tournament following a long period without playing,” Nadal, who has won the Rome tournament a record nine times, said in a video message played at the event’s presentation on Tuesday.Because of concerns amid the coronavirus pandemic, Nadal preferred not to travel to New York for the ongoing U.S. Open.

gender-reveal party triggered a wildfire in southern California that’s scorched more than 7,000 acres and forced hundreds of residents to flee their homes, local fire officials said.The fire was caused by a “smoke-generating pyrotechnic device” used at a party Saturday morning in El Dorado Ranch Park in Yucaipa, about 140 kilometres east of Los Angeles, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) said on Sunday.“The fire spread from the park to the north on to Yucaipa Ridge that separates Mountain Home Village and Forest Falls from the City of Yucaipa,” Cal Fire officials said in a press release.“With the dry conditions and critical fire weather, it doesn’t take much to start a wildfire.

The B.C. government is set to release COVID-19 numbers from four reporting periods on Tuesday. Global’s Keith Baldrey on what we might expect.

Roberto Gonzalez KENSINGTON - Police in Philadelphia are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing teenage boy.Officials say 13-year-old Roberto Gonzalez was last seen Sunday, about 1 p.m., on the 3400 block of Reach Street.Gonzalez is described as 5’7” and weighing about 200 pounds. He has a medium build, black eyes and black hair.

EL DORADO RANCH PARK, Calif. - A wildfire burning in San Bernardino County was started by a smoke-generating pyrotechnic device at a gender reveal gathering in a situation where Cal Fire is now compiling a case to forward to the District Attorney for possible prosecution. The El Dorado Fire, burning near Oak Glen, began at 10:23 a.m. on Saturday in the El Dorado Ranch Park in Yucaipa.The fire spread from the park to the north on to Yucaipa Ridge that separates Mountain Home Village and Forest Falls from the City of Yucaipa.As of Monday morning, the fire had burned more than 11 square miles and was 5% contained.

OAK GLEN, Calif. - A wildfire burning in San Bernardino County was started by a smoke-generating pyrotechnic device at a gender reveal party, Cal Fire reported. The El Dorado Fire, burning near Oak Glen, began at 10:23 a.m.

A staff member at the school Boris Johnson visited has tested positive for Covid-19 - just days after the prime minister and his team did a walkabout 'meet and greet'.

SINGAPORE : Malaysia's AirAsia is hoping a "super app" they are developing during the Covid 19-enforced travel hiatus, will help it recover from the devastation to its business caused by the coronavirus.

NEW YORK – Hall of Famer Lou Brock, one of baseball’s signature leadoff hitters and base stealers who helped the St. Louis Cardinals win three pennants and two World Series titles in the 1960s, has died.

PORTLAND, Ore. - Both the suspect in the slaying of the right-wing protester in Portland, Oregon last weekend and the victim had handguns when their confrontation started amid dueling street demonstrations, according to court documents made public Friday.The documents said victim Aaron “Jay” Danielson, a supporter of a right-wing group called Patriot Prayer, was wearing a loaded Glock pistol in a holster and had bear spray and an expandable metal baton when someone said something like “wanna go,” which is frequently a challenge to a fight.Authorities have said they believe antifa supporter Michael Forest Reinoehl, who was fatally shot by federal agents late Thursday in Washington state, then opened fire and killed Danielson after he took

A mum who died six months ago has been sent a letter saying she has tested positive for coronavirus and needs to self-isolate.

LOS ANGELES - What if you were given the opportunity to save the life of someone who once saved yours? One Alabama woman did just that.Jocelynn James, a recovered drug addict and former member of “Franklin’s Most Wanted,” saved the life of the police officer who put her in jail nearly a decade ago.Between 2007-2012, James was arrested 16 times for theft and drug charges.

coronavirus pandemic.“Canadians should ask themselves some quick check questions — two about their risk factors and two about the location of the event or activity they’re thinking of attending,” Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said at a briefing in Ottawa.

PALM BAY, Fla. – A 33-year-old Palm Bay woman was arrested on allegations of attempting to hire a hit man to kill another woman, according to the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office.Ashley Spencer was arrested Thursday afternoon at her workplace on charges of solicitation to commit first-degree murder and solicitation to commit occupied burglary with battery. She’s being held without bond at the Brevard County Jail.The Sheriff’s Office said an investigation began in late August when authorities received information from a concerned citizen who advised that someone wanted to harm a Brevard County Sheriff’s Office correctional deputy.

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Conservatives are asking the official languages commissioner to investigate the government’s choice of WE Charity to run a student grant program, saying the move showed contempt toward francophones.Conservative MP Richard Martel alleges in a letter to commissioner Raymond Theberge that the youth group did not have the ability to deliver the multimillion-dollar Canada Student Service Grant program in both of Canada’s official languages.

Costa has revealed plans to axe around 1,650 jobs amid the coronavirus pandemic.Staff at the coffee chain were today told that around a tenth of the workforce would be affected by the restructuring.Changes proposed include removing the assistant store manager role across the UK.Costa closed nearly all of its 2,700 UK stores for six weeks during the pandemic but has now reopened around 2,400 sites.The chain said trade is “returning” after being boosted by VAT cuts on food and drink and the recent Eat Out To Help Out scheme.However, it said the proposed job cuts had been driven by “high levels of uncertainty as to when trade will recover to pre-Covid levels”.The move comes a week after rival Pret A Manger revealed it was slashing 2,800 jobs

JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi voters will decide whether to accept a new state flag with a magnolia to replace an old one legislators retired under pressure because it included the Confederate battle emblem that’s widely seen as racist.A commission on Wednesday voted to recommend the magnolia over one other final design that featured a shield with wavy lines representing water.“We’ll send a message that we live in the future and not in the past,” former Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Reuben Anderson, the flag commission chairman, said after the vote.The single design will go on the November ballot. If voters accept the design, it will become the new state flag.

Marie Givigliano KINGSESSING - Police in Kingsessing are asking the public’s help in locating an endangered, missing 81-year-old woman.Officials say 81-year-old Marie Givigliano was last seen Tuesday on the 5300 block of Chester Avenue.According to authorities, Givigliano is of a thin build, with brown eyes and gray hair.

Dozens of MacEwan University students are moving back into residence Tuesday, despite most classes being online.

HARRISBURG, Pa. - President Donald Trump's postmaster general was asked to immediately return sorting machines that were removed by U.S. Sen.

Bolton council has today (Tuesday) called on the government to postpone the end of the local lockdown in the town. Restrictions were set to take place at midnight tonight.Leaders want Bolton to remain in lockdown - like Rochdale, Tameside, Salford, Bury and Manchester - until the rate of new cases begins to fall.