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75% of US Youth are Unfit for the Military
75% of American youth between the ages of 17 and 24 are unfit for service due to lack of education, obesity and criminal history.
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Bulgarian Doctor: A New COVID Wave is Certainly Beginning
"A new COVID wave is certainly beginning". This was stated by the pulmonologist and deputy from "Democratic Bulgaria" Dr. Alexander Simidchiev on Nova TV.
"The rate of increase in new cases on a weekly basis is 50% from last week, and on a two-week basis it is 140% from two weeks ago," he said.
First plane from Wuhan comes to Istanbul in 2.5 years
The first passenger plane from the Chinese province of Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic that killed more than 6 million worldwide, has landed in Istanbul after a two-and-a-half-year halt due to COVID-19.
China Southern Airlines' airliner with flight number CZ8021 arrived in Istanbul Airport at 9.30 p.m. on June 29.
Minister refutes ‘return of face masks’ allegations
Fahrettin Koca, Türkiye's health minister, has said the bad days of the coronavirus pandemic are over and refused the allegations that face masks will be mandatory again in the fall.
With the rise of the number of infections, an assertion that citizens will be forced to wear face masks again in the up-coming months sensationalized the social media last week.
The News are Depressing more and more People around the World
The depressive state of the world is forcing people to avoid the news, the Reuters Institute reported, based on its own research.
A study by a British study group found that the combined effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine war and the cost of living crisis have reduced interest in the news.
Expert: Britain's Job Vacancy Crisis could last 3-5 Years
As Britain's economy grapples with the impact of a record number of job vacancies, a labor market expert has warned that the problem may continue for another three to five years.
Beijing, Shanghai ease COVID restrictions as outbreaks fade
Shoppers returned to the malls of Beijing yesterday as the Chinese capital relaxed pandemic restrictions after declaring a small but persistent COVID-19 outbreak effectively under control.
N Korea moves to soften curbs amid doubts over COVID counts
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and other top officials discussed revising stringent anti-epidemic restrictions during a meeting Sunday, state media reported, as they maintained a widely disputed claim that the country's first COVID-19 outbreak is slowing.
German output figures in March show impact of Ukraine war
German factory output fell in March, official figures published on May 6 showed, as Europe's economic powerhouse registered the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Production was down by 3.9 percent on the previous month, according to the federal statistics agency Destatis, having risen for five months in a row.
COVID figures down drastically, but pandemic is not over yet
No new COVID-19 case has been confirmed in two weeks in Eskişehir, which was the province with the highest coronavirus disease figure two months ago, according to the Health Ministry data.
There were around new 547 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people in a day in March.