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President of Germany's national cyber defence body BSI Arne Schoenbohm presents a 2020 report at a news conference in Berlin, Germany, October 20, 2020. Bernd von Jutrczenka/Pool via REUTERS
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German cyber security chief fears hackers could target hospitals

Ireland's health service operator shut down its IT systems last Friday to protect them from a "significant" ransomware attack, crippling diagnostic services, disrupting Covid-19...

Smoke rises amid a flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence, in Gaza May 15, 2021. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem
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Israel air strikes kill 42 Palestinians, rockets fired from Gaza

Head of the US public health agency Dr Rochelle Walensky said she is "scared" right now of rising cases. Photo: GETTY IMAGES VIA BBC
Coronavirus chronicle

CDC chief warns of 'impending doom' in US as Covid cases rise again

FILE PHOTO: Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) smiles in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., November 3, 2018. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/
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Biden picks ex-US Senator Nelson as NASA chief: White House

FILE PHOTO: U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet attends a news conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, December 9, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
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UN rights chief decries violations in China's Xinjiang, hopes for visit

Tests going on in laboratories. Photo :BSS/ AFP
Coronavirus chronicle

EU chief backs quicker virus tests

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends the VJ Day National Remembrance event, held at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, Britain August 15, 2020. Photo:Reuters
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UK PM Boris Johnson searching for a chief of staff: Sunday Times

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EU chief gives first ‘State of the Union’ speech

File Photo: United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks at the Security Council stakeout at the United Nations headquarters in New York, US, August 1, 2019. File Photo: Reuters
Climate Change

UN chief urges India, G20 to embrace clean, green transition

Bangladesh Navy Chief Mohammad Shaheen Iqbal. Photo: BIMRAD
Bangladesh

Mohammad Shaheen new Navy chief

COVID-19 Misinformation: UN chief for rejecting lies, nonsense
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

COVID-19 Misinformation: UN chief for rejecting lies, nonsense

The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Photo: UNB
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WHO chief says joint mission with China on novel coronavirus moving forward

Nasima Begum Human Rights Commission’s new chief 
Bangladesh

Nasima Begum Human Rights Commission’s new chief