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2021 Sulawesi earthquake. More bodies are found under debris in Sulawesi, Indonesia, after a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the island two days ago, bringing the death toll to 78. A Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter of the Philippine Air Force crashes in the Pantaron Mountain Range in Bukidnon, Philippines, killing all seven personnel onboard.
Turkey begins to gradually lift its COVID-19 restrictions, including the 17-day full lockdown, which will end at 5:00 a.m. as the number of infections has declined. This gradual normalization will last until June 1. (Anadolu Agency) COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency approves the usage of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 12 and 17, becoming the second vaccine to be approved for use in children after the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania. COVID-19 pandemic in the Cook Islands
2020–2021 United States civil unrest, Violence against LGBT people in the U.S. Los Angeles Police Department officers fire rubber bullets at close range as LGBT+ activists showed up to counter far-right protesters who called for a boycott of Wi Spa which allows trans women to use women’s facilities. Dozens of activists were arrested ...
"The Great Reset" was the theme of the 2021 World Economic Forum annual summit in Davos, Switzerland, scheduled for January 2021. [7] Due to disruption from COVID-19, the summit was postponed to May 2021, and again to 2022. [8] [9] The Davos 2022 theme was "History at a Turning Point", and the Russian invasion of Ukraine dominated the summit. [10]
Minister of state Ministry of Women and Child Development, Virendra Kumar Khatik, claimed that the sex ratio in 53 out of 161 districts under the scheme declined between 2014–15 and 2016-17. According to experts, the scheme's minimal success is due to the government's inability to release funds efficiently and its disproportionate focus on ...
The daily infection number falls below 5,000 for the first time since September 2020. [105] The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) approves a gene therapy, Zolgensma, for babies with severe spinal muscular atrophy. At £1.79m, the drug is reportedly one of the most expensive to ever be granted use by the NHS. [106] 9 March
Libya, [b] officially the State of Libya, [c] is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad to the south, Niger to the southwest, Algeria to the west, and Tunisia to the northwest, as well as maritime borders with Greece, Italy and Malta to the north.