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Pope’s close aides test positive for Covid-19
No word on whether Pope Francis was exposed Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin has tested positive for Covid-19 after displaying “very light” symptoms, while his deputy, Archbishop Edgar Pena Parra, is also positive, though asymptomatic. The two men are the most senior Vatican figures to test positive for the virus thus far. The […]
Labour’s leader tests positive again for Covid
Sir Kier Starmer begins his sixth isolation, having contracted coronavirus for the second time since October Labour Party leader Sir Kier Starmer has been forced to withdraw from Wednesday’s Prime Ministers Questions (PMQs) session in Parliament after testing positive for Covid a day after delivering a key speech in Birmingham. The Labour Party announced on […]
Israeli prime minister in isolation after daughter tests positive for Covid
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett abruptly left a cabinet meeting on Sunday to self-isolate at home after his daughter tested positive for the coronavirus. The PM left a cabinet meeting in the Golan Heights after it was revealed that his 14-year-old daughter had tested positive for Covid on Sunday, Israeli media reported, citing the prime […]
President seen dancing maskless days before positive Covid test
South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa was caught on video dancing maskless during a trip to Ghana, only days before he tested positive for Covid-19, as his country battles a wave of cases sparked by the Omicron variant. The footage, circulating on Twitter, shows Ramaphosa, 69, forgoing a mask while dancing with a partner, as music […]
Dozens of ICU medics test positive for Covid-19 after Christmas party
Dozens of hospital workers have tested positive for Covid-19 in Spain after hanging out at a Christmas party, officials have said. Extra shifts and additional staff have been arranged to ensure the ICU continues to operate. More than 170 staffers from the University Regional Hospital in Malaga, a city on Spain’s southern Mediterranean coast, attended […]
Top EU ministers in quarantine over positive Covid test
French Prime Minister Jean Castex has tested positive for Covid-19 after returning from a trip to Belgium. Five Belgian ministers, including PM Alexander De Croo, have self-quarantined as a precaution as well. Castex, who is fully vaccinated, announced on Monday that he tested positive for the virus. He will be quarantined for 10 days but […]
Hawaiian river of beer is real, tests positive for alcohol
A stream literally flowing with booze emitting a strong beery odor has been discovered in one of the tropical islands of Hawaii. Its waters have been apparently contaminated with alcohol after a leak at a beverage warehouse. A small river with a distinctive alcoholic smell was recently found on the island of Oahu, some 15 […]
Abstinence & condoms? AI chatbot in Singapore dropped after giving strange advice about testing positive for Covid-19
Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) has taken down a chatbot tool after it dispensed a series of “misaligned” responses – including safe sex advice – to questions about Covid-19 concerns. The gaffes were widely shared online. When the artificial intelligence-powered chatbot, called ‘Ask Jamie’, was asked what to do by a parent whose daughter had […]
Pyongyang restores hotline with Seoul, calls for ‘positive efforts’ to ease Korean peninsula tensions
The two Koreas have reopened a cross-border communications channel, shuttered by Pyongyang two months ago in protest against Seoul’s military drills with the US. Tensions escalated further amid recent missile tests by the North. “The South Korean authorities should make positive efforts to put the north-south ties on a right track and settle the important […]
Brazil’s health minister tests positive for Covid-19 shortly after unvaccinated Bolsonaro speaks at UN General Assembly
Brazilian Health Minister Marcelo Quiroga, accompanying vaccine-skeptical President Jair Bolsonaro at the UN General Assembly in New York, has Covid-19. Quiroga was earlier filmed shaking hands with British PM Boris Johnson. Quiroga’s test came back positive several hours after Bolsonaro delivered his speech to the General Assembly on Tuesday, flouting the requirement for all those […]