No end for Covid until 2023, poll reveals

The Omicron variant is spreading rapidly. What could be the people reactions on poll? The poll finds that Almost half of people believe the Covid pandemic will not be effectively over until 2023, according to the first Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks nationwide opinion poll. Apart from the Covid pandemic, housing remains the single most important issue … Read more

Govt of India restores foreign fund permit for Mother Teresa charity

The Indian government has allowed Mother Teresa’s charity to receive foreign funds weeks after rejecting it, weeks after blocking it saying the Catholic organization did not meet conditions under local laws, a lawmaker said. On Christmas Day, the Narendra Modi government moved to suspend foreign funding to the Missionaries of Charity and refused to renew its licence … Read more

Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah and Chelsea’s Sam Kerr nominated for FIFA’s The Best award

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah and Chelsea striker Sam Kerr have been shortlisted for The Best FIFA Men’s and Women’s Player awards respectively. Egypt international Salah is currently with his national team preparing for the Africa Cup of Nations but has been nominated after a blistering start to the season at club level. He is the … Read more

French Foreign minister says Putin trying to bypass EU over Ukraine by talking solely to U.S.

PARIS (Reuters) – France’s foreign minister said that Russia was trying to bypass the European Union by holding talks directly with the United States over Ukraine. Where Moscow has moved nearly 100,000 troops close to its border with its neighbour, France’s foreign minister said on Friday. Talks between U.S. and Russian diplomats will start in … Read more

Apple CEO Tim Cook’s compensation rises to nearly $100 million thanks to new stock award

Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook r received nearly $100 million in compensation in 2021, nearly seven times what he earned in 2020, according to filings submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The last year he completed 10 years as the company’s CEO and led the iPhone maker to record profits during a … Read more

Indian man claims to have taken 12 doses of COVID jabs, says ‘body pain relieved to great extent’

A man in India got jabbed with a Covid-19 vaccine at least eight times last year, a health official said. Eighty-four-year-old Brahmadev Mandal, has claimed that he received 12 doses of the vaccine in Bihar state. The retired postman said the jabs had helped him to get rid of aches and pains and “stay healthy”. … Read more

‘An incredibly difficult first day back’ as schools reopen, say Teachers

Teachers and students returned to schools across the country yesterday for the first time since Christmas, but there was a high absence rate among both groups due to Covid-19. Teachers have reported an “incredibly difficult first day back” after schools reopened on Thursday following the Christmas break. Children around the country arrived at classrooms after … Read more

Samsung Expects 52% Rise in Quarterly Operating Profit

Technology giant Samsung Electronics is forecasting 52% jump in profit for the last three months of 2021, lifted by resilient demand for memory chips and improved returns from its contract chip-making business. The world’s biggest smartphone and memory-chip maker expects operating profit of about 13.8 trillion South Korean won, equivalent to about $11.4 billion, for the … Read more