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Several people injured after two trains collide in Britain
TL Bureau, Salisbury
Experts in Britain said Sunday that two traveler trains crashed close to Salisbury, bringing about a few group hurt. “Various individuals have been harmed, however fortunately nobody has kicked the bucket,” British Transport Police said in an assertion. A setback place was set up in a close by chapel with the vast majority harmed considered “strolling injured,” the police office said. Notwithstanding, a modest number, including the driver of one of the trains, has been moved to a nearby clinic where their wounds were to be evaluated. Police have depicted the accident as a “significant occurrence” that
welding man attacks passengers, starts fire on Tokyo train, 17 injured TL Bureau, Tokyo
Something like 17 individuals were harmed after a man did a blade assault and got a fire going on a train in Tokyo Sunday night. Police captured a 24-year-elderly person, who recognized himself as Kyota Hattori, for endeavored murder for completing the assault at around 8 p.m. on the 10-vehicle train making a trip from Hachioji to Shinjuku. A 70-year-elderly person who was cut in the chest was in basic condition, following the assault. Different casualties went in age from their youngsters to their 60s. A portion of the casualties supported wounds because of smoke inward breath as the speculate likewise utilized cigarette lighter liquid to light a fire on the train.
Photo: The News Caravan happened at around 6:45 p.m. close to the Fisherton Tunnel near the southern British city of Salisbury. Train administrator Great Western
Railway said the accident included one of its trains from Portsmouth Harbor to Bristol Temple Meads and a South Western Railway train from London
Waterloo to Honiton. In excess of 50 firemen from different divisions reacted to the accident, specialists said. The Rail Accident Investigation Branch said it was conveying controllers to the site. “My contemplations go out to those influenced by the genuine rail occurrence close to Salisbury,” Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps tweeted. “We really wanted to see how this ended up forestalling later on.” The British Transport Police said officials will stay on the scene shortterm as they work to set up the full conditions of the accident. The Great Western Railway said the rail line in the space of the accident will be shut on Monday.
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epresentatives from around 200 nations have assembled in Glasgow, Scotland, to participate in the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP26, on Sunday. The pioneers are set to make a guarantee to cut discharges by 2030 refering to the effect of a dangerous atmospheric devation because of non-renewable energy source emanations, with most showing up Sunday evening. English Prime Minister Boris Johnson depicted the highest point as the “world’s decision time” in front of the fourteen day gathering. “The inquiry everybody is posing is whether we hold onto this second or let it get away,” he said.G20 pioneers vow to pursue zero fossil fuel byproducts by 2050 The COP26 administration delivered a diagram of its environment activity on Sunday early daytime swearing to close the transformation hole and react to effects and construct an environment strong future for all. “Human action is changing the worldwide environment,” they composed. “The effects related with this temperature change are extreme and developing. All throughout the planet, individuals are encountering heat waves, rapidly spreading fires, rising ocean levels, fiercer and more regular tempests, capricious precipitation bringing floods and dry seasons, fermentation of our seas and desertification of our property.” U.S. President Joe Biden is set to be in participation as Congress keeps on battling to agree on his “Work Back Better” spending proposition, which incorporates significant arrangements for
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environment approaches. A few chiefs went from the G20 culmination in Rome that finished Sunday. England’s Queen Elizabeth II was a latest possible moment scratch from the limate occasion at the exhortation of her primary care physicians after a new hospitalization. The meeting was assailed by movement issues as participants advancing toward Scotland from London were cautioned not to go after a fallen tree hindered train lines. London Euston Station said that a tree had harmed a portion of the 25,000-volt electric lines that force trains on the West Coast principle line after
“exceptionally wet” climate short-term. Avanti West Coast, which offers support from London to Glasgow, encouraged travelers to keep away from movement “because of the degree of the disturbance for administrations.” “Following the present interruption, we are as of now ready to run an exceptionally restricted support of all courses for the rest of the day,” Avanti West Coast said. “Please not administrations will be very occupied just as liable to postponements and retraction. Where conceivable, we exhort postponing ventures until tomorrow.”
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Gauteng Health sets up pop-up vaccination sites for Election Day
TL Bureau, Cape Town
The Gauteng Health Department will set up at least 94 pop-up vaccination sites near voting stations in the province on the day of the Local Government Elections on Monday. This will supplement the national Health Department’s 1 000 pop-up sites that will also be operational near polling stations across the country. In a statement, the department said the pop-up sites will be based in all five districts in the province and will be open throughout the day. “Bring your ID or birth certificate or police-signed affidavit confirming your identity to the vaccination site. The team will register you on the EVDS and vaccinate you on the spot. All eligible people are encouraged to get vaccinated ahead of the fourth wave to ensure that they are protected from severe illness, hospitalisation or death in the event that they contract Coronavirus,” the statement said. The department urged all those engaged in campaigning to adhere to COVID-19 safety protocols during mass gatherings, which “remain potential super-spreaders
President Ramaphosa: Every vote counts
TL Bureau, Cape Town
of the virus”. “Even though most gatherings are held outdoors, the risk is still high when large crowds gather without observing the key nonpharmaceutical interventions of
mask wearing, maintaining a safe physical distance and sanitising or washing hands with soap. These interventions remain the most effective measures to prevent the spread of the virus”.
President Cyril Ramaphosa says citizens have the power to make local government stronger through their vote. He was addressing the nation in a recorded message ahead of the Local Government Elections, which will be held on Monday. South Africans will head to the polls tomorrow in what the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has called the most contested Local Government Elections in history. “Local Government Elections are about the issues that matter to all of us: housing, electricity, water, sanitation and decent roads. We all want to get better services. “We all want to have decent, sustainable work. We all want to see our businesses grow and for our communities to thrive. This can only happen if local government is strong,” President Ramaphosa said. He called on each South African to exercise their “constitutional responsibility as a citizen to build our democracy” through casting their ballot. “I call on each and every South
commission insights that we now believe will enable us to refine our operations to positively impact the voter experience that we expect [for] South Africans, who will be coming out in their large numbers to cast their votes. “Therefore, we urge the 26.2 million compatriots who are eligible to come out and cast their votes at their respective voting stations,” he said. Turning to matters related to Election Day itself, Mashinini reminded voters that voting stations will open at 7am and close at 9pm but those still standing in line beyond the cut-off time will be allowed to cast their ballot. “It is important to emphasise that the eligible voters who will be at the voting station at 21:00 in the queues will not be turned away. The commission wishes to remind all the eligible voters that voters must vote where they are registered. “Further, you must be in possession of a valid South African identity document. Home Affairs offices are open [on Monday] to allow voters
to collect their IDs, as well to apply for the temporary voting certificates,” he said. Mashinini said the details of some 140 000 voters could not be captured before the voters’ roll was closed. He said those voters will also be given an opportunity to participate in the elections. “These voters will be permitted to vote as though their details were on the voters’ roll segment of the voting district in which they present themselves. This arrangement is authorised in terms of…[the] Municipal Election Act, which allows for a voter to be allowed to vote on presenting proof that they
had applied for registration before the proclamation of an election,” he said. Addressing reports of possible inclement weather for some parts of the country that may hinder voting, Mashinini assured that measures and plans are in place to ensure that voters are not left stranded. “The necessary steps have been taken to manage the potential negative effect of the inclement weather on the voting and counting processes. In cases where tents are blown away or there’s a disruption with the voting stations, the commission wishes to assure that plans and contingency plans have been put in place
African who is registered… to go out [on Monday] and vote for the candidate and the party of your choice. Your vote counts. Every single vote counts. “With your vote, you are building a better South Africa, a South Africa with strong, well run and effective municipalities that can improve the lives of every citizen,” he said. The President said voting is not the only way South Africans can make a difference. “You can also make a difference by visiting one of the hundreds of COVID-19 vaccination stations that will be in operation at voting stations around the country,” President Ramaphosa said.Voting stations are expected to open at 7am to 9pm on Monday.
to… have those stations reerected or to speedily ensure that we are able to proceed besides those possible disruptions,” he said. The IEC chairperson said the commission has worked with stakeholders from across the board in preparing for the elections, and that the commission has done “everything in its power” to deliver free and fair elections. “All systems are good for Election Day. It is time now for all of us to work together to make sure that these elections are free and fair and safe, and that the outcome – as it should be – will reflect the will of the South African electorate.”
High voter turnout for special votes TL Bureau, Cape Town
At least 80% of voters who had applied for special votes cast their ballot at their voting stations over the weekend. This is according to the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) chairperson, Glen Mashinini, who was briefing the media on the eve of the Local Government Elections, due to be held on Monday. Mashinini said the commission expects to have visited all those who applied for home voting by the end of Sunday, which will add to the to the high turnout at the polling stations during the special voting process. “While we are pleased as the commission with the turnout over the past two days, the commission wishes to point out that voters who were unable to cast their special vote for whatever reason may still vote at their voting station [on Monday].” Mashini said the two days of special votes offered valuable lessons in how best to execute elections. “The two days of special votes have also offered us as the
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Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs in India TL Bureau, New Delhi The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21st June 2021. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to States and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain. As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, Government of India has been supporting the States and UTs by providing them COVID Vaccines free of cost. In the new phase of the universalization
of the COVID19 vaccination drive, the Union Government will procure and supply (free of cost) 75% of the vaccines being produced by the vaccine manufacturers in the country to States and UTs. VACCINE DOSES (As on 31st October 2021) SUPPLIED 1,11,98,78,225 BALANCE AVAILABLE 13,00,66,651 Nearly 112 crore (1,11,98,78,225) vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far through Govt of India (free of cost channel) and through direct state procurement category. More than 13 Cr (13,00,66,651) balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.
Statement by the Prime Minister on the results of the general election in Japan
TL Bureau, Ottawa, Ontario
The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on the results of the general election in Japan: “On behalf of the Government of Canada, I congratulate Prime Minister Kishida Fumio on his victory in Japan’s general election. “I look forward to working with Prime Minister Kishida to build back better from the COVID-19 pandemic and promote greater prosperity for people on both sides of the Pacific. “Canada and Japan share a close friendship, rooted in
deep people-to-people ties and decades of cooperation. We also enjoy a strong trade, innovation, and investment relationship bolstered by the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, which has been helping businesses and workers in both our countries succeed since 2018. “We will continue to work closely together in various multilateral institutions, including the G7, G20, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), World Health Organization, and United Nations. Canada greatly values Japan’s active participation in
the Ottawa Group, and we will keep working side by side in this group of like-minded countries to achieve meaningful reforms to the World Trade Organization, improve dispute resolution, and facilitate global trade.“Guided by our shared values and our vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific, we will explore ways to make further progress on the issues that matter most to people in Canada and Japan – including advancing gender equality, combatting violent extremism, and fighting climate change. Through our continued collaboration, we will bring our two countries even closer together.”
Egypt A Citizen and an Indian Resident Arrested Records 933 for Having Received Postal Package The Ministry of Transport and New Cases Containing (205,429) Amphetamine Communications to speed-up broadband of COVID-19 Tablets, Authority Reports TL Bureau, Cairo
internet development in Lithuania
TL Bureau, Vilnius Minister of Transport and Communications Marius Skuodis approved a development plan for high speed broadband internet connection intended to accelerate country-wide expansion of electronic communications infrastructure. The plan provides for at least 100 Mbps internet speed access across the country, including households and institutions in major cities and in remote areas in 2021–2027. “Our goal is to achieve broadband connectivity and 100 Mbps download speed in all households of Lithuania. This will allow operating mechanisms, streaming high definition video information and enabling virtual reality (for teaching, telemedicine and other purposes). It will also open up possibilities to provide new services, reduce regional exclusion and promote the creation of high added value jobs,” the Minister said. It is planned to allocate EUR 75 million for the development of ultrafast internet connectivity. These funds are to be used for building transmission towers and fibre loop. While planning investment into
high-speed internet development, it is necessary to ensure that main public and economic activity spaces and public institutions are connected to the broadband network. Ultrafast data flow rates would highly benefit public institutions, such as schools, hospitals and others. High-capacity network infrastructure is expected to attract more market participants’ investment and, at the same time, to allow new market entry, promote competition in the broadband market and usage of broadband services. Before drafting the plan for broadband internet development, the experts conducted an in-depth analysis. It showed that around 32 percent (or 429 546) of Lithuanian households have no access to fixed broadband internet with at least 100 Mbps data rates. The plan prepared by the Ministry of Transport and Communications sets up measures to be implemented by Lithuanian public authorities within the financing period of 2021–2027 EU structural assistance with the view to achieve ultra-fast broadband internet development targets provided for in Lithuanian and EU strategic documents.
Egypt recorded 933 new cases afflicted with novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 59 deaths in the past 24 hours. In a statement, the Egyptian Ministry of Health reported that the total number of confirmed cases amounted to 331,017, including 278,267 recoveries and 18,651 deaths.
premier forum for international economic cooperation, we are committed to overcoming the global health and economic crisis stemming from the pandemic, which has affected billions of lives, dramatically hampered progress towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and disrupted global supply chains and international mobility.
With this in mind, we express our profound gratitude to the health and care professionals, frontline workers, international organizations and scientific community for their relentless efforts to cope with COVID-19.
TL Bureau, Riyadh
A Saudi citizen and Indian resident in Riyadh were recently arrested for having received a postal parcel containing (205,429) amphetamine tablets, a flagrant violation of antidrug smuggling, peddling and use laws and regulations, it was reported today. The official spokesman for the General Directorate of Narcotics Control, Major Mohammad Al-
Jordan Records 1723 New COVID-19 Cases
TL Bureau, Riyadh
Jordan recorded 1723 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 862,541. In a statement, the Jordanian Health Ministry said that the total number of recoveries rose to 830,451, after recording 1715 recoveries, while the death toll reached 11,038, after recording ten new deaths.
Official Spokesman of the Ministry of Health Dr. Mohammed Al-Abdulaali, in a press conference, reported 46 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia today, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 548,617, including 2,253 active cases. Of these, there are 61 critical cases, while the health condition of
TL Bureau, Amman
Nujaidi, stated that the proactive security follow-up of the criminal network’s activities, which target to tamper with the security of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its youths, by using and promoting drugs, resulted, in cooperation with the counterpart agency in Bahrain, and in coordination with the Kingdom’s Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority, in apprehending the culprits and taking preliminary legal measures against them.
Health Ministry Spokesman Reports 46 New Confirmed COVID-19 Cases, 36 Recoveries in Saudi Arabia the rest is stable, he added. Dr. Al-Abdulaali said that 36 new recoveries have been recorded, bringing the total recoveries to 537,570 cases. Also, one new death has been reported, bringing the total deaths to 8,794, said the health ministry spokesman. The number of COVID-19 vaccine doses that have been administered reached more than 45,000,000 doses, Dr. Al-Abdulaali said.
G20 Rome Leaders’ Declaration
TL Bureau, Rome We, the Leaders of the G20, met in Rome on October 30th and 31st, to address today’s most pressing global challenges and to converge upon common efforts to recover better from the COVID-19 crisis and enable sustainable and inclusive growth in our Countries and across the world. As the
Underlining the crucial role of multilateralism in finding shared, effective solutions, we have agreed to further
strengthen our common response to the pandemic, and pave the way for a global recovery, with particular regard to the needs of the most vulnerable. We have taken decisive measures to support Countries most in need to overcome the pandemic, improve their resilience and address critical challenges such as ensuring food security and
environmental sustainability. We have agreed upon a shared vision to combat climate change, and taken important steps towards the achievement of gender equality. We have also further advanced in our common efforts to ensure that the benefits of digitalization are shared broadly, safely and contribute to reducing inequalities.