Los Angeles, March 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) At least three people were killed after a vehicle ploughed into a group of pedestrians in the US city of San Diego, police said. The 71-year-old driver has been detained…
Washington, March 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The US Department of Justice announced that two men have been arrested and charged for assaulting police officers, one of whom died, during the January 6 Capitol riots. Julian Elie Khater,…
Brussels, March 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has called for improving the external and internal coordination on the bloc’s migration issues. The EU…
Tel Aviv, March 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Starting Tuesday, flights to Israel will be allowed from all destinations, following a decision by the cabinet to enable nationals to arrive ahead of the March 23 general elections. However,…
Beijing, March 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Encrypted messaging app Signal on Tuesday was no longer working in China without the use of a virtual private network (VPN). According to reports, the app, which is used for encrypted…
Ramallah, March 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Palestine has welcomed the recent efforts of some Arab and European countries to create an atmosphere for peace with Israel. Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman of the Palestinian President, told reporters on…
Washington, March 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The lawyer defending Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who killed African-American man George Floyd last year while under custody, requested that his client’s trial be postponed, citing potential judicial bias…
Tripoli, March 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The UN has welcomed the swearing-in of Libya’s newly-selected Government of National Unity before the House of Representatives (Parliament). “The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Libya, and Head of the…
By Subir Bhaumik Kolkata, March 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Myanmar’s military-dominated State Administration Council (SAC) has imposed martial law with shoot-to-kill orders on four more townships in country’s commercial hub of Yangon. The martial law was imposed…
Berlin, March 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The German government continued to call for “refraining from any travel that is not absolutely necessary”, spokesman Steffen Seibert said. Whether specific areas and holiday destinations were classified as risk areas…
Stockholm, March 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The number of work-related illnesses nearly doubled in Sweden last year, with many of the cases related to Covid-19, according to official figures. The figures released by the Swedish Work Environment…
Tokyo, March 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) A Japanese Minister has said there was a “possibility” that certificates to those who have been vaccinated in the country against the novel coronavirus may be issued. “If requested internationally, we…
Tehran, March 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Iran has kicked off the final stage of the clinical trial of its domestic Covid-19 vaccine as two volunteers were inoculated, semi-official Mehr news agency reported. “Phase 1 was successfully completed…
New York/Sydney, March 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Facebook and News Corp have announced a three-year agreement to provide access to trusted news and information to millions of the social network users in Australia through its Facebook News…
Johannesburg, March 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) South African students have continued their protests for free and quality education. In a statement issued on Monday, the South African Students Congress (SASCO) said some students barricaded the road on…
Hong Kong, March 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) A Hong Kong court has sentenced a man who bit off a police officer’s finger during the social unrest in 2019, to five and half years in prison. Twenty-four-year-old To…
Madrid, March 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Spain’s second Deputy Prime Minister Pablo Iglesias announced his resignation from the cabinet post in order to contest the upcoming regional elections in the Autonomous Community of Madrid. According to his…
Tehran, March 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The naval force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) unveiled a new missile city equipped with ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and electronic warfare systems. “Today we are witnessing a very…
Tokyo, March 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said it was too early to determine if the Covid-19 state of emergency in place for the Tokyo region could be lifted on March 21 as…
Brussels, March 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The European tourism industry was hit dramatically due to the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 as accommodation in tourist establishments decreased by half compared to the previous year, the bloc’s statistical office…