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Au cours de la journée de jeudi, les professionnels de la santé de l’Ontario ont administré tout près de 200000doses des vaccins contre la COVID-19, un record depuis le début du processus de vaccination en province. Publié le 11 juin 2021 à 16h29
The post Record de vaccination pour une journée en Ontario appeared first on Haiti24.
Abiy's government and the regional one run by the Tigray People's Liberation Front each consider the other illegitimate.
\t There was no immediate word from the three AU envoys, former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano and former South African President Kgalema Motlanthe. AU spokeswoman Ebba Kalondo did not say whether they can meet with TPLF leaders, something Abiy's office has rejected.
\"``Not possible,'' senior Ethiopian official Redwan Hussein said in a message to the AP. ``\"Above all, TPLF leadership is still at large.'' He called reports that the TPLF had appointed an envoy to discuss an immediate cease-fire with the international community ``masquerading.''
\t Fighting reportedly remained well outside the Tigray capital of Mekele, a densely populated city of a half-million people who have been warned by the Ethiopian government that they will be shown ``no mercy'' if they don't distance themselves from the region's leaders.
\t Tigray has been almost entirely cut off from the outside world since Nov. 4, when Abiy announced a military offensive in response to a TPLF attack on a federal army base.
That makes it difficult to verify claims about the fighting, but humanitarians have said at least hundreds of people have been killed.
\t The fighting threatens to destabilize Ethiopia, which has been described as the linchpin of the strategic Horn of Africa.
\t With transport links cut, food and other supplies are running out in Tigray, home to 6 million people, and the United Nations has asked for immediate and unimpeded access for aid.
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There was very little movement of people and motor vehicles in Albion, St Thomas, yesterday afternoon.But that, according to one resident, Rory Brown, is not unusual for the community whose residents awoke yesterday morning to find out that it was under a COVID-19 quarantine.
Lebanese-born Abdel-Halim Caracalla created the Caracalla Dance Theatre during an era when pursuing a career in the expressive arts was not the norm.
Starting with just ten dancers in 1968, Caracalla realised his dream, despite the social stigmas of the time and the civil war of 1975-1990.
The 80-year-old became a pioneer of dance in the Middle East, taking folk forms like dabke from traditional weddings to the stage.
“I was born into a society that had no links to dance,” he told Euronews. “Pursuing a career in dance was not acceptable, for a man or [a] woman, but I was determined.”
Caracalla trained first in his native Baalbek, before completing his apprenticeship under the watchful eye of legendary choreographer and dancer Martha Graham, in London during the 1960s.
In the years that followed, Caracalla Dance Theatre toured the world, performing in venues from New York’s Kennedy Centre to London’s Sadler’s Wells Theatre.
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CAPTION: Abdel-Halim Caracalla talks to his dancers
Abdel-Halim received funding from some leaders in the Middle East region like King Hussein of Jordan, as well as support from governmental bodies like the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage.
In 2008, Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, conferred Caracalla with the Order of Independence, in acknowledgment of his contribution to the arts in the Middle East.
Classic & contemporary
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CAPTION: The Caracalla Dance Theatre performs on stage
Abdel-Halim created a, “unique evolution in Arab dance culture,” by mixing traditional Lebanese dance forms with international methods, so says his daughter, Alissar, who is the company’s choreographer.
“It’s the warmth of the Middle East, the music, the colors, the textures – but then you also have the technique of the West,” she says. “You need that technique. You can’t just take a folkloric step and put it on stage and do a two-hour performance with just a folkloric step. You need to be able to elaborate that dance form.”
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CAPTION: Abdel-Halim Caracalla with his children Alissar and Ivan Caracalla
Alissar’s sibling, Ivar, is also involved in the business, as company director.
Both are keen to keep their father’s rich storytelling tradition alive whilst embracing modernity.
“[In] 2020, everything’s modern. We have to push into the future,” muses Ivan. “Another could say, ‘No, we have to keep our identity, we have to keep our culture.’ We don’t want to veer too far off our roots.”
The show must go on
Whilst remaining anchored in tradition, the Caracalla company has also been forced to move with the times.
Of late, its most recent challenge has been to adapt to the impact of COVID-19.
The troupe’s last performance, before the pandemic struck, was the legendary love story “Jamil and Bouthayna”, at Al Ula in Saudi Arabia.
To ensure all dancers are ready to return to the stage when the time comes, however,
Volusia County opened the application window on Thursday, May 14, on a $10 million grant program to help small businesses recover financially from the COVID-19 pandemic.
To qualify for the county grant program, businesses must certify that they suffered a financial impact of at least $3,000 due to COVID-19 and that the loss wasn’t reimbursed by insurance or some other governmental assistance program.
With 12,000 small businesses in Volusia County, there’s enough money for approximately 3,300 of them to receive a county grant.
Applications will be processed on a first come, first-served basis, with the application posted on the county’s new Volusia Business Resources web site: small businesses to qualify, they must be a physical business located in a commercial or industrial space, licensed to operate in Volusia County or the local city where they’re located if a license is required and were operational and actively conducting business in Volusia County on or before Dec. 1, 2019.
The county also is thinking about additional ways to use its COVID-19 relief funds to help local businesses recover.
FOUR suspected criminals were arrested and 108 people fined, almost half for offences relating to face masks, during a police exercise in Port of Spain on Thursday.
The exercise, involving over 50 officers from various agencies and departments, was described as a \"police lockdown of Port of Spain\" in a media release issued on Friday.
Police pinpointed Nelson Street, Newtown, East Port of Spain, and \"downtown,\" and \"uptown\" areas.
Some 57 electronic fixed-penalty notices were issued, along with 51 face mask tickets.
Four people, described only as \"suspects\" were arrested and are assisting detectives with ongoing investigations. Their alleged crimes nor any other information were released.
The release said police also targeted eight \"known drug blocks\" and searched 70 vehicles.
They also engaged in public awareness exercises in relation to health regulations, following the ease of restrictions and opening of certain businesses.
Police said during the exercise, citizens \"were given flyers and moral suasion used in the police’s continued effort to curb the spread of the covid19 virus.\"
Units involved in the exercise reportedly included the Community Policing Unit, Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF), Canine and Traffic and Highway Patrol Branches, the Police Academy and Air Support Unit, with operational support from several command centres.
The post $75,000 in penalties issued in Port of Spain 'lockdown' appeared first on Trinidad and Tobago Newsday.
As cases peak in South Africa, many people might want to know how to share a house with someone who is COVID-19 positive.
President from 2000 to 2011 Laurent Gbagbo is due to return to Ivory Coast on Thursday after a ten-year absence, buoyed by his acquittal at the end of March by the International Criminal Court in The Hague (ICC) on charges of crimes against humanity committed during the post-election crisis of 2010.
[This Day] Abuja -- Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo yesterday warned managers of solid mineral resources to get their acts together to enable Nigeria to harness the potential of the sector for economic development.
Don’t disrupt the supply chain in the midst of a pandemic
The Trump administration fears America has lost its ability to mass-produce the medicines and medical supplies needed to fight the coronavirus and other, future pandemics.
So, it’s considering an executive order to bring drug and medical-supply manufacturing back to the United States.
It can take up to a decade and around $2 billion to build a new pharmaceutical manufacturing facility, secure all the necessary equipment and supplies, hire and train workers, and take the thousands of other steps needed to sustain such operations.
Trying to forcibly re-shore the production of drugs’ active pharmaceutical ingredients could also violate America’s obligations under the World Trade Organization agreements, inviting retaliatory actions from our trading partners.
Manufacturing medical supplies and ingredients in developed markets like the United States can be up to five times costlier than doing so in India or China.
The \"Rhodes must fall\" campaign had gained renewed vigor a year ago as part of the Black Lives Matter movement.
[This Day] There 's something unique about quality: it speaks for itself. This fact was quite evident when, recently, the Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, again carted home the Governor of The Year gong in agriculture. Abiodun, who came top at the 2020 edition of the award organised by the Nigeria Agricultural Award (NAA), was celebrated at the ceremony of the Feed Nigeria Summit held at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Abuja. And he did not hold back on his administration's intent on a paradigm shift in the s
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No money no tour!
`Why should we be a guinea pig and go sacrifice ourselves for nothing’ —— Andy Roberts
West Indies legend, Andy Roberts has criticised Cricket West Indies’ decision to tour England amid the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in light of the tour not benefitting them financially.
Roberts was speaking on the West Indies three-Test tour to England which will see them subjected to a 14-day quarantine and playing under a bio-secure atmosphere.
This publication recently reported Chief Executive Officer of CWI, Johnny Grave as confirming that the West Indies will not benefit financially from the tour.
CELEBRATED dancehall star Carrington Simbarashe “Nutty O” Chiwadza and urban groover Enock “ExQ” Munhenga were yesterday granted $5 000 bail each by Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi following their arrest last week for possession of fake COVID-19 certificates.
Steve Biko’s chief executive, Mathabo Mathebula, said 'treating patients outside was unavoidable' because of a sudden surge in cases coming through the door.
[SAnews.gov.za] The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) has passed the Upgrading of Land Tenure Rights Act Amendment Bill and the Correctional Services Amendment Bill, during its virtual plenary on Thursday.
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Vincent Alexander has chided President Irfaan Ali for insisting he will not speak to Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon until the latter quits referring to him as “illegitimate”.
The article PNC should allow democracy to take root, Mr Harmon should recognise Mr Ali as the legitimate President appeared first on Stabroek News.
[Vanguard] Nsukka -- Despite the fumigation of Ette, and Umuopu communities in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State against yellow fever by the state government and the ongoing immunisation against the disease at some local government areas in the state, death toll has hit 133.
Teachers across America are facing special challenges in addition to those of all of their neighbors this summer
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