BlogHide Resteemsjossnews (6)in news • 3 years agoIndia's vaccine drive: Stories from the best and worst districtsVaccination against Covid was always going to be a massive challenge for India - a country of some 1.4 billion people. The programme had a smooth enough start. India began giving jabs on 16…jossnews (6)in news • 3 years agoChina allows couples to have three childrenChina has announced that it will allow couples to have up to three children, after census data showed a steep decline in birth rates. China scrapped its decades-old one-child policy in 2016…jossnews (6)in news • 3 years agoEmmy Awards 2020The 72nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards took place on Sunday night. Here's a rundown of the night's major winners and other nominees:jossnews (6)in news • 3 years agoWhat action has the EU takenThe EU has agreed to ramp up sanctions against Belarus, following the forced landing of a plane flying over its territory.jossnews (6)in news • 3 years agoAid arrives in Gaza as ceasefire holdsThe first convoys of humanitarian aid have arrived in Gaza, hours after a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants came into effect. Thousands of Palestinians returned home to scenes of…jossnews (6)in news • 4 years agoA$AP Rocky confirms he is dating RihannaUS rapper A$AP Rocky has announced that he is in a relationship with singer Rihanna. The rapper described her as "the love of my life" in an interview with GQ.…jossnews (6)in news • 4 years agoCovid: First Australian repatriation flight from India lands in DarwinAustralia has carried out its first repatriation flight from India after ending its controversial travel ban from the Covid-hit country. The government said 80 people arrived in Darwin on…jossnews (6)in news • 4 years agoBiden denies benefits are holding back job-seekersUS President Joe Biden has rejected criticism that expanded unemployment benefits are keeping Americans from taking new jobs. Mr Biden said any unemployed American offered a "suitable" job must…jossnews (6)in news • 4 years agoMusk's SpaceX to launch dogecoin moon missionElon Musk has said his rocket company SpaceX will now accept the meme-inspired cryptocurrency dogecoin as payment. In a tweet he said the commercial space exploration firm will launch the "DOGE-1…jossnews (6)in news • 4 years agoRio police accused by residents of abuses in raidThe United Nations human rights office has strongly criticised a police raid against suspected drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro, amid allegations of abuse and extrajudicial executions. The…jossnews (6)in news • 4 years agoHoliday costs to jump in summer, warns travel bossPrices for international travel are set to rise this year due to pent-up demand and fewer aeroplanes in service, a travel boss has warned. Booking.com's chief executive Glenn Fogel told the BBC…jossnews (6)in news • 4 years agoBill and Melinda Gates divorce after 27 years of marriageBill and Melinda Gates have announced their divorce after 27 years of marriage, saying "we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple". "After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on…jossnews (6)in news • 4 years agoBiden pitches 'once in a generation investment' to CongressUS President Joe Biden has laid out a sweeping investment plan for jobs, education and social care in his first speech to a joint session of Congress. Delivered on the eve of his 100th day in…jossnews (6)in news • 4 years agoAstraZeneca: US to share up to 60m vaccine dosesThe US will share up to 60 million doses of its AstraZeneca vaccine with other countries as they become available, the White House has said. The doses will be able to be exported in the coming…jossnews (6)in news • 4 years agoFrench volunteers leave cave after 40 days in isolationA group of French volunteers have emerged from a cave after a 40-day study exploring the limits of human adaptability to isolation. The 15 participants lived in the Lombrives cave in south-west…jossnews (6)in news • 4 years agoFamilies appeal for help in Delhi's oxygen shortage"Oxygen, oxygen, can you get me oxygen?" I wake up this morning to an anguished phone call from a school teacher, whose 46-year-old husband has been battling Covid-19 in an oxygen-starved Delhi…jossnews (6)in news • 4 years agoMiddle East states top Amnesty list of executioners in 2020Four of the world's five top executioners in 2020 were Middle East states, Amnesty International says. Iran, Egypt, Iraq and Saudi Arabia accounted for 88% of the 483 reported executions…jossnews (6)in news • 4 years agoRussia retaliates for US diplomatic expulsionsRussia is expelling 10 US diplomats and blacklisting eight top American officials in retaliation for sanctions imposed by the US on Thursday. Those now banned from entering Russia include the…jossnews (6)in news • 4 years agoAfghans face pivotal moment as US prepares to 'close the book'"We need to close the book on a 20-year war," is how a US official put it when he broke the news on Tuesday that the last US troops would be out of Afghanistan by 11 September. Two decades on…jossnews (6)in news • 4 years agoDaunte Wright shooting: Officer mistook gun for TaserThe fatal shooting of a black man by a police officer in the US city of Brooklyn Center in Minnesota was an accident, the police chief has said. Daunte Wright, 20, was shot after the officer meant…