Month: July 2021

TRT World says Antony Blinken met the head of the WHO, in Kuwait where he pledged his support to the UN agency’s investigation in China into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Mirror says: April Allinson tested positive for Covid the day before she was due to return home along with her 13-year-old daughter Ellie and her friend Lilly and are currently in isolation

Aljazeera says last week, Kawsar Sama and her family packed up and got on a flight to Kabul. For the 21-year-old and her family, life in the southern city of Kandahar had become dangerous.

Arab News says Yemen’s government has put health facilities and workers on high alert and demanded that people follow COVID-19 restrictions as the country braces for a third wave of the virus.

France24 says France on Wednesday urged Tunisia to rapidly appoint a new prime minister and government as the north African country lurched further into political uncertainty.

BBC News says a Liverpool fan Andrew Devine, 55, who suffered life-changing injuries in the Hillsborough disaster has died, his family said in a statement released by Liverpool FC.

The Mirror says: 2020 was the third-warmest, fifth-wettest and eight-sunniest year on record, with 40C heatwaves likely in the future, according to Professor Liz Bentley of the Royal Meteorological Society

“Doubly jabbly” is the Metro’s headline as the paper considers two benefits of being fully vaccinated.

The Mirror says: Derby County boss Rooney has spoken publicly about the incident over the weekend, which saw pictures of the former England and Manchester United star go viral

An image of the “unlikely” face of a £4.2m jewel raid, in which diamonds were swapped for worthless pebbles, gives the Daily Mirror its lead.