LONDON—WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was reappointed to a second five-year term on Tuesday by the U.N. health agency’s member countries. No other candidate challenged Tedros for the post. Tedros, a former government minister from Ethiopia, has directed WHO throughout its management of the global response to COVID-19 and withstood criticism over its multiple missteps….
Global Gas Crunch Claims First Australian Trading Casualty
May 25, 2022
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MELBOURNE—A gas seller that supplied 7 percent of the eastern Australian market has collapsed due to soaring global gas prices, the first significant casualty in the country from the global gas supply crisis due to sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. The Essential Services Commission on Tuesday suspended private gas retailer Weston Energy…
Euro Zone Business Growth Slowed in May But Still Resilient: PMI
LONDON—Growth in euro zone business activity slowed this month but was still relatively strong despite a cost of living crisis putting a dent in consumer spending power and a shortage of raw materials holding back expansion in manufacturing, a preliminary survey showed. S&P Global’s flash Composite Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), released on Tuesday and seen…
Appeals Court Temporarily Blocks Jan. 6 Committee From Obtaining RNC Records
A panel of three judges for the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday temporarily blocked the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol breach from receiving records involving the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) fundraising efforts leading up to the day of the incident. A federal judge ruled earlier this month that a subpoena for…
Chinese Minister Embarks on 8-Nation Pacific Trip to Boost Alliances
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will embark on a 10-day trip to the Solomon Islands and seven other Pacific Island nations this week to boost Beijing’s alliances with the nations. China’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that Wang would visit the Solomon Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, and Timor Leste from…
3 Killed in Yemen’s Capital by Downed Drone, Houthi Officials Say
SANAA—Three people were killed in the Yemeni capital Sanaa after terrorist Houthi forces downed a spy drone of the Saudi-led military coalition, Houthi officials and medical sources said on Monday. The health minister in the Houthi administration that runs Sanaa said another three people were injured when the drone landed in a commercial area, the…
If You Have These Models of IPhone, WhatsApp Is Dropping Support for You
Meta Platforms Inc. messaging application WhatsApp is set to drop support for Apple Inc. running iOS10 and iOS 11. What Happened WhatsApp is planning to drop support for devices running iOS10 and iOS11, which means iPhone 5 and iPhone 5C models, which cannot be updated beyond these versions will be left out in the cold. The revelation…
Bill Gates Reveals What Smartphone He Uses Daily—No, It’s Not an iPhone
Microsoft Corporation co-founder Bill Gates revealed his daily driver smartphone in an “Ask Me Anything” session on Reddit last week. It is not made by Apple Inc. What Happened Gates revealed that while he tries different smartphones, he’s currently using a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 5G. Gates said, “I have an Android Galaxy ZFold3. I…
Beijing Locks Down Tiananmen Square, 9 Districts Under Strict ‘Zero-COVID’ Measures
May 25, 2022
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Tiananmen Square—China’s political center and symbol of the communist regime’s power—has been placed under strict lockdown as a COVID-19 outbreak hits Beijing. Chinese authorities have tightened control measures in the capital as per its official “Zero-COVID” policy with nine city districts being included in the lockdown orders. The Beijing Tiananmen District Management Committee announced via…
Dual Threat to Koala Populations in New South Wales and Queensland
A leading vaccine researcher from the University of Queensland (UQ) has discovered that the chlamydia epidemic endangering koala populations in New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland (QLD) is linked to a common retrovirus that is believed to suppress the marsupials’ immune systems. Associate Professor Keith Chappell and Dr Michaela Blyton, from UQ’s School of Chemistry…
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