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(Moscow) Vladimir Putin said Friday that he “resolutely” defended Russia’s interests in 2021, the year that saw renewed tensions with the United States, while congratulating his compatriots on the New Year. Posted Dec 31, 2021 at 9:17 am “We firmly and consistently defended our national interests, the security of our country and our citizens,” Mr. Putin said in his traditional televised address every December 31 at midnight in Russia. The country spans 11 time zones, and the easternmost provinces have already celebrated the beginning of the New Year, long before the Moscow region. PHOTO ANDRIY ANDRIYENKO, ASSOCIATED PRESS Russia spans…

(Washington) Joe Biden will call Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday after warning his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin this week against any attempt to invade the country. Posted December 31, 2021 at 3:08 pm “I have made it clear to President Putin that we will take tough sanctions and that we will increase our presence in Europe, among our NATO allies,” the US president said, after being questioned on Friday in his telephone interview with Mr. Putin. “We were clear: He can’t, I repeat, he can’t invade Ukraine,” he told reporters at the exit of a restaurant in Wilmington, Delaware…

Heavy snowfall is expected to bring calm to the US state of Colorado, Friday, as fires fanned by high winds destroyed hundreds of homes and forced tens of thousands to flee. • Read also: Hundreds of homes destroyed by fires in Colorado The National Weather Service (NWS) has put part of this western mountainous state on alert for a winter storm, and has predicted heavy snowfall in the coming days. “It’s going to be pretty cold by the time we celebrate the start of the new year tonight,” Boulder NWS tweeted Friday morning, and “it will snow over most of…

Hundreds of homes were destroyed on Thursday by wildfires in the western US state of Colorado, which were hit by strong winds and facing a historic drought, officials said. Posted on Dec 30, 2021 at 5:51 pm Updated at 23:57 Jason Connolly with Huw GRIFFITH in Los Angeles France media agency About 370 homes were destroyed in the Sagamore subdivision. “It is possible that 210 homes have been destroyed in Old Town Superior,” Boulder County Sheriff Joe Bailey said at a news conference. Boulder, with a population of over 100,000, is located about fifty kilometers from Denver, the capital of…

A new study from Ontario reports that the Omicron variant causes fewer hospitalizations and deaths than the Delta variant, but could have a significant impact on health systems due to the higher rate of infection. • Read also: Press point by François Legault: Important measures were announced at 5 pm. • Read also: COVID-19: Infection records broken in several provinces The study released by Ontario Public Health comes at a time when the province has the worst number of new cases each day. In the study, 6,314 omicron cases were compared with delta cases based on age, gender, and onset…

As the number of COVID-19-related infections spread worldwide, the symbolic milestone of 1 million new daily cases was crossed for the first time in the week of December 23-29, according to an AFP tally. • Read also: direct | Developments on COVID-19 More than 7.3 million new cases of COVID-19 have been detected worldwide in the past seven days, averaging 1,045,000 infections per day. These numbers are much higher than the record set before the current wave, which was reached between April 23 and 29, 2021 (817,000 daily cases were recorded after that). They are based on the reports that…

(Madrid) The Spanish government decided, on Wednesday, to reduce the quarantine period for people infected with the COVID-19 virus to seven days, compared to ten previously, while the infection record, as elsewhere, raises fears of destabilizing the economy. Posted on Dec 29, 2021 at 10:51am Updated at 15:44 This measure aims to strike a balance between “public health” and “economic growth,” Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told reporters, before the Health Ministry formally made the decision in a statement. This measure was also justified by noting a “lower incubation period for this variant (Omicron) compared to the others,” Health Minister…

Madrid | The Spanish government decided, on Wednesday, to reduce the period of quarantine for people infected with the Covid-19 virus to seven days, compared to ten days previously, while the infection record, as elsewhere, raises fears of destabilizing the economy. • Read also: COVID-19: Omicron, ‘extremely high’ risk according to WHO • Read also: Two years later, expats from Quebec will finally celebrate Christmas with their families • Read also: Spanish justice authorizes curfew in Catalonia This measure aims to strike a balance between “public health” and “economic growth,” Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told reporters, before the Health…

Denmark, the country in the world currently with the highest number of new COVID-19 cases relative to its population, on Wednesday broke an all-time high with an additional 23,228 cases in 24 hours. • Read also: More than 200,000 new pollution in France • Read also: US daily pollutant record • Read also: direct | Latest developments on COVID-19 However, this record number can largely be explained by the very large number of PCR tests conducted after Christmas, with the rate of positive tests remaining almost stable, at 12.3%, according to data from health authorities. The previous peak was reached…

(Washington) A man acting alone killed five people and wounded two others, including a police officer, on Monday in Colorado, in the United States, before being shot, US police said. Posted on Dec 28, 2021 at 6:38am Updated at 9:11 PM. Police said at a news conference Monday evening that the man opened fire at several locations in the nearby towns of Denver and Lakewood starting Monday afternoon. City police said Tuesday at a new news conference that the gunman initially opened fire on a Denver tattoo parlor, killing two women and wounding a man. The shooter then moved to…