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UK jobless rate highest since 2016 as second COVID-19 lockdown hits

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  Britain’s unemployment rate hit its highest in nearly five years in the three months to November, when coronavirus cases began to rise for a second time and most of the country returned to a partial lockdown. Redundancies touched a record high, taking the unemployment rate to 5.0%, its highest since mid-2016, according to official data, although the increase was slightly weaker than economists’ forecasts. There were some signs of a limited recovery in December, when lockdown measures eased, although a deterioration is likely in early 2021 as a tougher lockdown shut schools and closed most non-essential businesses to the public. Tax data for December showed a 52,000 increase in the number of staff on company payrolls from November, but there were 828,000 fewer workers on payrolls than in February. Economists said the data showed the jobs market was holding up better than many forecasters had feared.Unemployment has been kept down by the government’s Job Retention Scheme, which support
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Coronavirus: UAE announces Covid-19 vaccine distribution plan; issues National Day advisory

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  The Covid-19 vaccine trials in UAE are being administered on first line defenders, as they are more vulnerable to infection than others, and to the elderly and people with chronic diseases, announced Dr Omar Al Hammadi, the official spokesperson for the UAE Government on Monday. He said, “At the beginning of the trials, the vaccination is not given to children and pregnant women until safety is assured, and then the trial is expanded to include other groups.” The  #UAE  has launched the "Hope Coalition" initiative to facilitate the distribution of 6 billion doses around the world, increasing this capacity to 18 billion by the end of 2021, as the leadership demonstrates the importance of taking responsibility globally.The highest priority in the current period is the provision and development of a safe vaccine. The success of a vaccine, its effectiveness and safety, will be a success for all humanity against this pandemic,” he added. The UAE has launched the "Hope Coali
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पोर्चुगल पठाउने प्रलोभनमा पारेर १६ लाख बढी ठगी गर्ने चौधरी पक्राउ

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  मङ्सिर १५, काठमाडौँ | वैदेशिक रोजगारको प्रलोभनमा पारी पोर्चुगल पठाइदिन्छु भन्दै दुई जना युवासँग १६ लाख ठगेको आरोपमा प्रहरीले एक जनालाई पक्राउ गरेको छ । पक्राउ पर्नेमा रुपन्देही ओमसतिया गाउँपालिका–६ स्थायी ठेगाना भई हाल सोह्रखुट्टे बस्ने ३३ वर्षीय शिव नारायण चौधरी रहेका छन् । उनलाई महानगरीय अपराध महाशाखाको टोलीले ठगीको आरोपमा सुन्धाराबाट पक्राउ गरेको हो ।चौधरीले रुपन्देहीका २ जनालाई वैदेशिक रोजगारको लागि पोर्चुगल पठाईदिन्छु भन्दै प्रलोभनमा पारेर १६ लाख २५ हजार दुई सय ५० रुपियाँ आफ्नो बैंक खातामा जम्मा गर्न लगाएका थिए । चौधरीले पिडितहरुबाट राहदानी समेत लिएर अफर लेटर, भिषा लगायतका कागजातहरु नक्कली बनाइ ठगी गरेको प्रहरी अनुसन्धानबाट खुलेको छ । यस बिषयमा तपाइको प्रतिक्रिया...!
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South Korea considers more vaccine buys as coronavirus cases spike

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  South Korea’s ruling party has called for the country to buy millions of additional coronavirus vaccine doses after a spike in infection numbers raised concerns about the government’s existing plans. South Korea already plans to secure enough doses to vaccinate 30 million people, or about 60% of the population, but Democratic Party lawmakers said they would appropriate funds to buy doses for at least 44 million people. “The party plans to allocate an additional 1.3 trillion won ($1.2 billion) to next year’s budget,” an official with Democratic Party lawmaker Lee Nak-yon’s office told Reuters. South Korea is battling one of its largest waves of coronavirus infections yet, fuelled by small outbreaks in the densely populated capital city of Seoul and surrounding areas. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) reported 438 new coronavirus cases as of midnight Sunday, bringing the country’s total to 34,201 cases and 526 deaths. The government’s current vaccine purchase plan
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Saudia Cargo is ready to transport and receive coronavirus vaccine

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  Omar Hariri, CEO of Saudia Cargo and chairman of the Saudi Arabian Logistics Co. (SAL), said that all arrangements and capabilities have been put in place to receive the consignment of coronavirus vaccine after its approval by the relevant authorities. “The Model Cargo Village at King Khalid International Airport, Riyadh, and cargo facilities at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah and King Fahd International Airport in Dammam are ready to receive refrigerated shipments and medical materials. “The operating capacities of the pharmaceutical facilities are in a state of maximum readiness to receive and handle shipments of the vaccine in a safe and sound manner,” he said in an interview with Okaz/Saudi Gazette. Hariri said that the Saudia fleet has contributed to transporting 12 million kilograms of consignment of medicines and medical supplies to the Kingdom during the pandemic period from March to the end of October this year. The shipments were made on board 1,767 flights o
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Moderna to seek U.S. and EU authorization for its vaccine on Monday

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  Moderna Inc will apply for U.S. and European emergency authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine on Monday after full results from a late-stage study showed it was 94.1% effective with no serious safety concerns, the company said. Moderna also reported that the vaccine’s efficacy rate was consistent across age, race, ethnicity and gender demographics as well as having a 100% success rate in preventing severe cases of a disease that has killed nearly 1.5 million people.The filing sets Moderna’s product up to be the second vaccine likely to receive U.S. emergency use authorization this year following a shot developed by Pfizer and BioNTech which had a 95% efficacy rate in trials. “We believe that we have a vaccine that is very highly efficacious. We now have the data to prove it,” Moderna Chief Medical Officer Tal Zaks said. “We expect to be playing a major part in turning around this pandemic.”Of the 196 volunteers who contracted COVID-19 in the trial with more than 30,000 people, 185 re
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World’s Largest Vaccine Maker Denies Trial Volunteer’s Illness Claims

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  The   Serum Institute of India Ltd . denied allegations that a Covid-19 trial volunteer in India suffered serious side effects from a vaccine developed by   AstraZeneca Plc   and Oxford University, and said it would take legal action over the claims. Serum, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer, is conducting trials of AstraZeneca’s shot locally as part of a manufacturing agreement. It’s being sued by a volunteer in the southern Indian city of Chennai, who said he suffered from serious neurological and psychological symptoms after taking the experimental shot, according to  news reports . The volunteer is seeking compensation of 50 million rupees ($676,000). Serum said in a statement on Sunday that the volunteer’s illness had nothing to do with the vaccine and that it would counter-sue .The incident adds to the global attention on AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine, a fast-moving shot that’s one of three western efforts which could be approved before the end of the year. Development t
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Qatar: Lawyer Ahmed Al-Subaey: fine, imprisonment for individuals who photograph accidents, people without their consent

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  Lawyer Ahmed Al-Subaey: fine, imprisonment for individuals who photograph accidents, people without their consent Lawyer and legal counsel Ahmed Abdullah Al-Subaey  has stressed that the Qatari law protects the privacy of individuals and prevents interference in the lives of others. It is a criminal offence to photograph an individual without prior permission or registration. He also pointed out in a statement to the  Al Sharq news site  that the filming of accidents is one of the most important crimes that violates privacy and is punishable by law in Qatar. Taking photographs or clips in a public place with the intention of offending or defaming is punishable by up to two years' imprisonment and a fine of not more than QR 10,000 or one of the penalties. Al-Subaey added: " The prescribed penalty applies to anyone who took or transmits photographs or videos of an individual or individual in a public place through a device of any kind, with the intention of using them for abus
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संघीयता चाहिँदैन, राजतन्त्र नफर्की मुलुक बन्दैन’

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  नेकपा र कांग्रेस कुहिरोका कागजस्तै भए जनआन्दोलन २०६२/६३ आन्दोलनपछि २०६५ जेठ १५ गते नेपालमा संघीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र घोषणा गरिएको थियो। गणतन्त्र स्थापना भएको १२ वर्ष पूरा हुन नपाउँदै यसविरुद्ध सडकमा स्वरहरु बढ्न थालेका छन्। २ सय ३८ वर्ष लामो शाह वंश राज परम्पराको अन्त्य गरेसँगै स्थापित गणतन्त्र माथि पुनः राजावादीहरु सल्बलाउन थालेका छन्। गणतन्त्र खारेज गरेर राजतन्त्र र हिन्दु राज्य ल्याउन भन्दै राजावादीहरुले प्रदर्शन गरिरहेका छन्।  राजावादीहरुले आगामी मंसिर २० गते काठमाडौँमा बृहत् प्रदर्शन तयारी गरिरहेका छन्। त्यसकै पूर्वतयारीस्वरुप काठमाडौंसहित यसअघि पोखरा, धनगढी, हेटौंडा, वीरगञ्ज र बुटवलमा प्रदर्शन गरेका थिए। सत्ताधारी दल र प्रमुख प्रतिपक्षी दल नेपाली कांग्रेस आफ्नै आन्तरिक विवादमा फसेको छ। सरकार एकपछि अर्को भ्रष्टाचारमा मुछिरहेको छ। यही विषयवस्तुसँग केन्द्रित रहेर राष्टिय प्रजातन्त्र पार्टी (राप्रपा)का नेता  राजेन्द्र लिङ्देन सँग  थाहा कर्मी  रमेश पराजुली ले गरेको संक्षिप्त कुराकानी :   गणतन्त्रको विरोध गर्दै राजतन्त्र चाहियो भन्‍ने मागसहितको देशभर भइरहेको  प्रदर्शनलाई तपाईंहरुले
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झापा :संघीय सांसद राजेन्द्रकुमार लिङ्देनको अगुवाईमा झापाको विकासमा फड्को मार्दै दक्षिणी झापा

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  राजगढ । संघीय सांसद राजेन्द्रकुमार लिङ्देनको अगुवाईमा झापाको दक्षिण क्षेत्रमा सडक निर्माण कार्यलाई तीब्र पारिएको छ । कतिपय स्थानमा सडकको स्तरोन्नति हुँदैछ भने कतिपय स्थानमा कालोपत्रे गर्ने काम शुरु गएको छ । विकासको दृष्टिले उपेक्षामा रहेको झापा–३मा अहिले विकासको लहर आएको स्थानीयको भनाइ छ । हिमाली सडक खण्ड अन्तर्गत फूलबारी चौक उत्तरबाट चकचकीसम्मको सडक कालोपत्रेसंगै राजगढलाई रिङरोडले जोड्ने गरी सडक कालो पत्रेको कामलाई अघि बढाइएको छ । ६ करोड रुपैयाँको लागतमा लक्ष्मीपुर–घेरावारी सडकको फूलवारी चौक उत्तरबाट दक्षिणमा चकचकी बजारसम्मलाई कालोपत्रे गरिने भएको छ । जसका लागि अहिले पहिलो चरणको काम भइरहेको प्रतिनिधिसभा सदस्य लिङ्देनले जानकारी दिए । त्यस्तै सैनिकमोड–गोलधाप हुँदै राजगढसम्म जोड्ने सडक निर्माणको काम शुरु गरिएको छ । यो आर्थिक वर्षमा सम्पन्न हुने गरी चार करोड रुपैयाँको लागतमा सडक कालोपत्रे गर्ने काम अघि बढाइएको छ । यो वर्ष गोलधापसम्म सडक कालोपत्रे हुने बताइएको छ । आईसीआईपी प्रोजेक्ट अन्तर्गत हल्दिवारीमा सडक निर्माणको काम सम्पन्न हुन लागेको छ । त्यस्तै पाराखोपी–खर्साङ्वारी चौकसम्म सडक निर
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Christmas, coronavirus and fear of no-deal Brexit push Europe's warehouses to the limit

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  LISBON (Reuters) - Retailers worldwide have never had more reason to pack warehouses to the brim and keep stock closer to shoppers who continue to buy a record number of items online. General view of Europa Worldwide Group's warehouse in Corby, Britain in this November 2020 handout obtained by Reuters November 28, 2020. Europa Worldwide Group/Handout via REUTERS As well as stocking up for Christmas and any potential coronavirus-related lockdowns, Europe and the UK will soon have Brexit to deal with. British companies are bringing as much as possible into the country before potential disruptions in January, while their European counterparts are piling up goods in pan-European distribution hubs close to ports like Hamburg or Rotterdam. E-commerce management platforms including ZigZag and Global-e-- which serve Forever 21, Boohoo, Gap, Selfridges and Hugo Boss --- said around 30-35% of UK retailers’ sales are to customers in continental Europe. Brands popular in the UK like Chinese
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Nigeria Buries Scores of Farmers Killed by Militants, Some Beheaded

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  Villagers in northeast Nigeria's Borno state on Sunday buried 43 farmers killed in an attack by suspected Islamist militants while security forces searched for dozens of people who are still missing.  Roughly 30 of the men killed were also beheaded in the attack, which began on Saturday morning in Zabarmari village in northeast Borno state. Residents said a total of 70 people are feared dead.  While no group claimed responsibility, such massacres have been carried out in the past by Boko Haram or the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). They are both active in the region, where Islamic militants have killed at least 30,000 people in the past decade.  President Muhammadu Buhari condemned the killings and said, "the entire country is hurt."  In Zabarmari, dozens of mourners surrounded the bodies, which were wrapped in white burial shrouds and placed on wooden pallets, as clerics led prayers for the deceased.  One resident and Amnesty International said 10 women wer
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Airlines Face ‘Mission of the Century’ in Shipping Vaccines

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  In cooled warehouses on the fringes of Frankfurt airport,  Deutsche Lufthansa AG  is preparing its depleted fleet for the gargantuan task of airlifting millions of doses of the vaccines meant to end the global pandemic. Lufthansa, one of the world’s biggest cargo carriers, began planning in April in anticipation of the shots that  Pfizer Inc.  to  Moderna Inc.  and  AstraZeneca Plc  are developing in record time. A 20-member task force is at work devising how to fit more of the crucial payload onto the airline’s 15  Boeing Co.  777 and MD-11 freighters, along with hold space in a vast passenger fleet now flying at just 25% of capacity. The question is how we scale it up,” said Thorsten Braun, who leads Lufthansa’s part in the global effort. Laid low by a Covid-19 outbreak that’s decimated passenger demand, airlines will be the workhorses of the attempt to eradicate it, hauling billions of vials to every corner of the globe. It’s an unprecedented task, made more difficult by the carri
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UK jobless rate highest since 2016 as second COVID-19 lockdown hits

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  Britain’s unemployment rate hit its highest in nearly five years in the three months to November, when coronavirus cases began to rise for a second time and most of the country returned to a partial lockdown. Redundancies touched a record high, taking the unemployment rate to 5.0%, its highest since mid-2016, according to official data, although the increase was slightly weaker than economists’ forecasts. There were some signs of a limited recovery in December, when lockdown measures eased, although a deterioration is likely in early 2021 as a tougher lockdown shut schools and closed most non-essential businesses to the public. Tax data for December showed a 52,000 increase in the number of staff on company payrolls from November, but there were 828,000 fewer workers on payrolls than in February. Economists said the data showed the jobs market was holding up better than many forecasters had feared.Unemployment has been kept down by the government’s Job Retention Scheme, which support
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