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Sri Lanka rejects resolution at the UN Human Rights Council

COLOMBO (News 1st) – Sri Lanka categorically rejected resolution A/HRC/51/L.1 (Rev.1) titled "Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka" tabled by the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Malawi, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and the United States, which was adopted by a vote at the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, on Thursday (6).Sri Lanka's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry delivered the statement on behalf of Sri Lanka as the country concerned and called on the Members of the Council to reject the resolution by voting against it.In support of Sri Lanka’s position opposing the resolution, the delegation of Pakistan called for a vote. Over half of the members of the Council did not support the resolution with 07 countries (Bolivia, China, Cuba, Eritrea, Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Venezuela) voting against the resolution and 20 countries abstaining on the vote. 20 countries voted in favour of the resolution.Representatives of Pakistan, Brazil, China, Venezuela, Japan and Republic of Korea made statements in support of Sri Lanka prior to the vote.Pakistan said that they share the concerns of Sri Lanka and other Member States that the resolution is intrusive and this level of scrutiny would not be even acceptable to any sovereign state including the Core Group.

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Bolivian woman arrested with Rs. 230 Mn worth cocaine during her first overseas trip

COLOMBO (News 1st) ; A Bolivian woman was arrested by the officers attached to Narcotics Control Unit at the green channel customs area with 4.6 kg of substance suspicious to be cocaine concealed in cloth and backpack.Sri Lanka Customs said that this substance was soaked in cloth material used for the jackets and cloth bags.The suspected had arrived from Brazil via Dubai by the flight EK 650 operated by Emirates. She is 26 years old and this was her first overseas visit, said Sri Lanka Customs.The street value of the substance, suspected to be cocaine, estimated at Rs.

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UNHRC: Resolution on Sri Lanka adopted – Voting Results

COLOMBO (News 1st) – The Core Group resolution on Sri Lanka at the United Nations Human Rights Council was adopted on Thursday (6).Votes In Favor: 20 Votes Against: 07 Abstentions: 20 Sri Lanka has categorically rejected the resolution. #lka #SriLanka #SLnews #News1st #UNHRC #HumanRights Voted in Favor:1. Argentina 2.

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Donors making a difference: to global mental health

Inequality, emergencies, war and climate change threaten global mental health, says WHO’s newly released World Mental Health Report. Above: outside the Afghan Japan Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2022. ©WHO

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Police in Colombia seize shipment of cocaine disguised as potatoes

A screengrab from a video shared by Colombia’s Ministry of National Defense shows the cocaine shipment disguised as potatoes and other foods. (Credit: Colombia’s Ministry of National Defense / Twitter) Authorities in Colombia recently seized a shipment containing 1,000 kilograms (over 1 ton) of cocaine that was disguised as potatoes and frozen chips, according to police and news reports.A video of the seized shipment was shared on Wednesday by Colombia’s Ministry of National Defense, which showed officers extracting cocaine from the fake food. "The intelligence of the @PoliciaColombia dealt a resounding blow to drug trafficking by seizing a shipment of refrigerated and vacuum-sealed cocaine simulating yuccas and Creole potatoes," the defense ministry wrote, according to an English translation. It added that the shipment was destined for Spain. Anti-Narcotics Police Major General Ricardo Augusto Alarcón Campos, who appears in the video, said police received a tip from an anonymous caller about the shipment, according to 9News, a national news network in Australia."This may be the most innovative case discovered by drug traffickers in recent years, they had designed the drug in irregular molds simulating croquettes of cassava and papa criolla," Campos said, according to the outlet. A screengrab from a video shared by Colombia’s Ministry of National Defense shows the cocaine shipment disguised as potatoes and other foods.

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COVID-19 Scan for May 10, 2022

An observational study using a multinational database of 447 maternal COVID-19 deaths in Latin America reveals that over 90% were attributed to acute respiratory failure after severe infection and that 35% of the women who died were never admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU), possibly due to lack of capacity.The analysis, led by researchers at the Universidad de Cartagena in

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COVID surges in many regions fuel steady global rise

Global COVID-19 activity jumped 20% last week compared with the week before, amid surges across multiple regions, the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday in its weekly update on the pandemic.

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Donors making a difference: fighting a record COVID-19 surge

In recent days, Mali kicked off a campaign to vaccinate people displaced by ethnic violence, and the Seychelles unpacked a consignment of electronic tablets to help with data management for the country’s COVID-19 response.

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World's Volunteers Step Up During Pandemic

a study earlier this year by Gallup and the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) program.In fact, the joint study in eight low-, lower- and upper-middle-income countries -- where volunteerism data are often scarce -- revealed that as their communities grappled with COVID-19, most people were taking part in volunteer activities.At least three in four adults across Bolivia, India, Kenya, Lebanon, Senegal, Thailand, Turkey and Uzbekistan said they had participated in at least one form of volunteerism in the previous 12 months.

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COVID-19: Middlesex-London Health Unit reports 20 cases Wednesday

The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) reported 20 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, though the total case count climbed by 22 to 14,131 cases.In total, there have been 13,722 recoveries (an increase of 16), 169 active cases (an increase of six) and 240 deaths. Canada lacks ‘political will’ to waive COVID-19 vaccine patents, Bolivian minister says The most recent death was reported on Oct.

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Volunteer pianists hit the right note at vaccine centre

"To play the piano here is an amazing opportunity, because it is part of my therapy," says Nelson Aguilar, a volunteer at the Covid-19 vaccination centre in Citywest, Dublin.

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More backing for WHO to counter the pandemic across the world

In June, G7 leaders pledged more support to help low- and middle-income countries access life-saving COVID-19 vaccines. Some governments started sharing supplies, but more donations are urgently required.

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Israel issues 'severe' warning against travel to UAE due to covid outbreak

COVID cases, Israel has issued a "severe" travel warning to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), adding the Gulf state to a list of countries which Israelis are advised not to visit.Times of Israel reported that the Health Ministry on Wednesday issued a "severe" warning against travel to the UAE and added the Gulf state to a list of countries which Israelis are advised not to visit due to COVID-19 outbreak.The country has removed Peru from the list, which now includes the UAE, Uganda, Uruguay, Seychelles, Ethiopia, Bolivia, Maldives, Namibia, Nepal, Paraguay, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica and Tunisia.Citing the Ministry statement, Times of Israel said that if there is not a "significant improvement" in morbidity figures in those countries, they

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Pakistan bans entry of 26 nations' citizens including India over Covid fears

travel date while countries in C category are restricted and people can travel only under specific NCOC guidelines," an official of the Pakistan's Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) said.The 26 countries placed in the C category include India, Iran, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Indonesia, Iraq, the Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, Tunisia, Bolivia, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Namibia, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Uruguay.Apart from the nations in "C category", the rest have been included in the "B category".

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Bolivia signs deal to import J&J vaccine from Canadian company, pending patent issues

Johnson & Johnson/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine to Bolivia, but it cannot move ahead until it is allowed to actually produce it.Biolyse Pharma, an Ontario-based manufacturer, says it already has the capacity to produce up to 20 million doses annually of an already-approved viral-vector COVID-19 vaccine, like the AstraZeneca or Johnson & Johnson vaccines, with the potential to produce 50 million doses.However, it’s unable to do so without a voluntary licence from the patent holder, a compulsory licence through special legislation or the waiving of intellectual property rights. World mulls next step after U.S.

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Thirteen further countries added to 'high-risk' list

Another thirteen countries have been added to the Government's list of 'high-risk' category.

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Brazil Covid variant: Travel to UK banned from 15 South American countries and Portugal

Travel to the UK will be banned from 15 South American countries as well as Portugal, as fears mount about a new Covid variant that began in Brazil.

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UK bans flights from South America over Covid variant found in Brazil

Covid was detected in Brazil. In a tweet, Mr Shapps said he has decided to take the "urgent" decision to ban arrivals from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela.He also suspended the travel link between the UK and Portugal and cited "its strong travel links with Brazil" as the reason after a new Covid variant was found in the country.

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Soccer player adopts stray dog who took to field during match in Bolivia

LA PAZ, Bolivia - A dog named Cachito won the hearts of soccer fans and the internet alike when a video showed the pooch invading a Bolivian soccer match, running onto the field and stealing a shoe, disrupting the game.The furry thief could be seen prancing around while onlookers laughed as players attempted to subdue him.

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No Covid-19 on meat exports, says New Zealand PM; checking Chinese claims

Chinese authorities said they had detected coronavirus on its frozen beef products.The Chinese city of Jinan said over the weekend it had found COVID-19 in beef and tripe, and on their packaging, from Brazil, Bolivia and New Zealand, while two other provincial capitals detected it on packaging on pork from Argentina.Ardern said at a news conference that New Zealand was told there had been positive tests on packaging of beef products from Argentina, and some New Zealand products were in the same cold store where the positive tests had been returned."We were not advised that New Zealand products had themselves tested positive for COVID-19," Ardern said."This is incredibly important to New Zealand.

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Bolivia awaits tense presidential election results amid coronavirus

Bolivians settled in for a tense, and possibly long, vote count as results trickled in from Sunday’s high-stakes presidential election meant to put an end to political turmoil following last year’s annulled ballot that resulted in leftist President Evo Morales’ resignation.Six hours after polls closed, barely 3 per cent of all ballot boxes had been counted, officials said. Adding to intrigue, publication of two exit polls were withheld after private pollsters said they didn’t trust their own survey results.Bolivians have long been accustomed to quick preliminary results in presidential elections.

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Bolivia tense awaiting results of presidential election redo

LA PAZ – Bolivians waited nervously for the results of Sunday’s high-stakes presidential election even as Evo Morales pre-empted authorities' slow vote count and declared his hand-picked candidate the victor in a high-stakes redo of last year’s annulled ballot that saw the leftist leader resign and leave the country. More than six hours after polls closed, barely 4% of all ballot boxes had been counted, officials said.

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Bolivia's vote a high-stakes presidential redo amid pandemic

LA PAZ – Bolivians vote Sunday in a high-stakes presidential election redo that could determine its democratic future and bring a return of socialism to the country as it struggles with a raging pandemic and protests over last year’s annulled ballot.Bolivia, once one of the most politically volatile countries in Latin America, experienced a rare period of stability under former President Evo Morales, the country’s first Indigenous president who resigned and fled the country late last year after his claimed election win was annulled amid allegations of fraud. His ouster set off a period of unrest that caused at least 36 deaths.

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He's not running, but Morales looms large in Bolivia vote

LA PAZ – Even in exile, Evo Morales looms over Bolivia’s election next month.National rifts that contributed to chaos in Bolivia in 2019 threaten to destabilize the Oct. 18 vote and its aftermath nearly one year after Morales, Bolivia's first Indigenous president from the Aymara group, was forced to resign following disputed vote results, protests, violence and a military call for him to go.The country is divided mainly along ethnic, regional and socioeconomic lines, and between those who applaud Morales as a voice for the historically poor and disenfranchised and those who say he became increasingly corrupt and authoritarian during 14 years in power.

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Bolivia’s coronavirus cases surpass 100,000, with authorities predicting September peak

coronavirus cases on Sunday, the country’s Ministry of Health reported, predicting that the virus would reach its peak there in September.Bolivia’s confirmed coronavirus infections reached 100,344, the ministry said, and there have been 4,058 deaths since the virus first emerged in the country in early March.“Cases are climbing steadily, at least in the western side of the country. By the end of the month, we will reach … 130,000 to 150,000,” Rene Sahonero, the ministry’s director general of hospitals, told state television.

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Coronavirus is so bad in Bolivia bodies are being burned in a mobile crematorium

The coronavirus has become so bad in Bolivia that dead bodies are being burned in a mobile crematorium on a trailer.

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Claims that living at high altitudes protects against COVID-19 ‘speculative’

recent analysis found that, compared with lowland areas, there is a lower incidence of severe COVID-19 in Tibet and parts of Bolivia and Ecuador that are more than 2,500 meters above sea level.Lead study author Christian Arias-Reyes — from the Faculty of Medicine at Laval University in Quebec, Canada — and colleagues argued that physiological acclimatization or particular environmental characteristics associated with high altitude may protect people from SARS-CoV-2. This is the virus that causes COVID-19.The international group of scientists proposed several mechanisms to explain this possible resistance to infection. These included having fewer of the cell receptors that the virus uses to invade cells and having a higher tolerance of low

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Coronavirus cases are rising by record numbers in every region of the world

coronavirus infections over the past week, around double the number that did so the previous week, according to a Reuters tally showing a pick-up in the pandemic in every region of the world.The rate of cases has been increasing not only in countries like the United States, Brazil and India, which have dominated global headlines with large outbreaks, but in Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, Bolivia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Bulgaria, Belgium, Uzbekistan and Israel, among others. U.S.

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Spain beach resort introduces new coronavirus bar rules

Holidaymakers in the Spanish region of Murica face a more subdued nightlife after health chiefs tightened up restrictions.

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In Bolivian city, people buy fake - and toxic - coronavirus cure

COVID-19 and myriad other diseases.The rush in the city of Cochabamba to buy a disinfectant known to cause harm to those who ingest it comes even after the Bolivian Health Ministry warned of its dangers and said at least five people were poisoned after taking chlorine dioxide in La Paz, the capital.Dr. Antonio Viruez, who is treating the five at a hospital, said one incorrectly believed he had COVID-19 and developed pneumonitis, an inflammation of lung tissue, after taking chlorine dioxide and a medication used to treat parasite infestations.

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Coronavirus: Bolivia president, Venezuela’s No. 2 leader both test positive

coronavirus, just days after Brazil’s leader tested positive as the pandemic hits hard at some of Latin America’s political elite.Three Cabinet ministers in the administration of Bolivian leader Jeanine Anez have also tested positive for the virus, including Health Minister Eidy Roca and Presidency Minister Yerko Nunez, who is hospitalized. Coronavirus: U.S.

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Bolivian president has COVID-19 as virus hits region's elite

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - Bolivia’s interim president and Venezuela’s No.

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Bolivia's President Anez tested positive for coronavirus

LA PAZ: Bolivia's President Jeanine Anez said on Thursday she has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.Anez said in a tweet she was "well" and continuing to work while in isolation. "Together, we will come out of this," she said.The Bolivian government confirmed that at least seven ministers, including its health minister, had tested positive and were either undergoing treatment or recuperating at home.Anez said she had conducted a test given that many of her team had fallen ill."I feel well, I feel strong, I am going to keep working remotely from my isolation, and I want to thank all the Bolivians who are working to help us in this health crisis," she said.Bolivia is due to hold general elections on Sept.

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Bolsonaro threatens WHO exit as virus kills 'a Brazilian per minute'

Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro has threatened to pull Brazil out of the World Health Organization after the UN agency warned Latin American governments about the risk of lifting lockdowns before slowing the spread of Covid-19 throughout the region.

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South America ignores Europe and reopens as virus peak nears

RIO DE JANEIRO – South American countries on Monday began easing COVID-19 restrictions even as the region hurtles toward its viral peak, disregarding the example set by European nations that were battered earlier by the virus.

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First footballer dies of coronavirus aged 25 - after dad and uncle also lose battle

Deibert Frans Roman Guzman has become the first football to lose his battle with coronavirus as he died aged 25 earlier this week.

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Coronavirus around the world: May 28, 2020

A stranded Bolivian orchestra may finally get to go home after staying in German castle grounds for 79 days. Jasmine Pazzano has more on this story and other top coronavirus news.

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3 boys let black widow bite them in hopes of turning into Spider-Man

According to National Geographic, a black widow’s venom is believed to be 15 times stronger than a rattlesnake’s. (Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

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Three boys let deadly Black Widow bite them 'so they'd turn into Spider-Man'

Three young brothers have been hospitalised after letting a venomous black widow spider bite them in the belief it would turn them into Spider-Man.

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Three boys hurt after 'letting black widow spider bite them to become Spider-man'

Three naive brothers were left in hospital after reportedly letting a venomous black widow spider bite them in the belief they would become Spider-Man.

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Adopt a grandparent: Young help the old in Bolivian pandemic

LA PAZ – Sergio Royela lived far from his parents in Bolivia and was concerned how they were faring in the quarantine imposed by interim President Jeanine Áñez to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

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Brazil deploys military to protect Amazon rainforest

Brazil deployed thousands of soldiers to protect the Amazon rainforest on Monday, taking precautions to avoid spreading the novel coronavirus, as the government mounts an early response to surging deforestation ahead of the high season for forest fires.

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6 dead after Bolivian military plane crashes near Trinidad

A Bolivian military plane crashed on Saturday, killing two crew members and four Spanish citizens who were being transferred before a planned repatriation amid the coronavirus outbreak, the country’s Air Force said.

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Police encourage social distancing - by dressing up as the coronavirus itself

A police force has come up with a unique way of reminding citizens of the importance of social distancing -dressing up as the coronavirus itself.

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Adriana Restrepo Appointed President of Sony Music Andes: Exclusive

Adriana Restrepo has been named president of Sony Music Andes, Billboard can confirm. Restrepo will step in as the top executive overseeing the the Andean region (including Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina and Peru) as its former president Alejandro Jiménez Afanador transitions to his new position at Sony Music Latin Iberia joining their A&R team."I want to express my gratitude to Afo Verde, chairman & CEO of Sony Music Latin Iberia for this opportunity to lead, which I take as a great challenge," Restrepo said in a statement.

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Paul Pogba WAG Maria Zulay left red-faced as toilet roll challenge video backfires

The coronavirus pandemic has caused countries around the world to go into 'lockdown', with people being urged to stay home wherever possible.

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Bolivian tribunal recommends vote delay due to coronavirus

Bolivia's Supreme Electoral Tribunal on Saturday recommended that elections scheduled for May 3 be delayed as the government imposes nationwide restrictions in an attempt to curb the spread of the new coronavirus.

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