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\nPrevention and Control has cautioned against the spread of a new Omicron
\nsubvariant, which is expected to increase the number of infections in Europe,
\nthe EFE Agency has reported. Preliminary surveys conducted in Asia have shown
\nthe aforementioned subvariant could evade the immune response of the human
\nbody. Andrea Ammon, director of the aforementioned institution has called on European
\nstates to remain vigilant about the spread of the new subvariant and monitor the
\nnumber of infections as well as the hospital treatment of patients. According
\nto the same institution, raising the vaccination rate remains a priority, and
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TENNIS Romania’s best tennis player and
\ntwo-times major winner, Simona Halep, has been provisionally suspended after
\ntesting positive for a banned anti-anemia blood-booster called roxadustat at
\nthe latest edition of the US Open. The world’s former number one, Halep
\ndescribed the ban as ‘the biggest shock of her life’ and denied knowingly
\ntaking any banned substance. Throughout my whole career, the idea of cheating
\nnever even crossed my mind once, as it is totally against all the values I have
\nbeen educated with. Facing such an unfair situation, I feel completely confused
\nand betrayed, the athlete wrote on Twitter. The 31 year old Romanian athlete
\nand winner of the Roland Garros tournament in 2018, says that her fight was not
\nabout ‘titles and money’ but her honour and that she hoped the truth would
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PERMITS Specialised structures with the
\nRomanian Interior Ministry have in the past 24 hours issued 302 residence
\npermits for Ukrainian refugees. A total of 78 thousand such permits have been
\nissued since March. According to authorities in Bucharest only one Ukrainian
\ncitizen has applied for asylum in the past 24 hours. Roughly 44 hundred
\nUkrainians have applied for asylum in Romania since the beginning of the
\nconflict and they are benefitting from all the rights stipulated in the
\nnational legislation. According to the same sources, 83 thousand people have
\ncrossed the borders into Romania in the past 24 hours, out of which 93 hundred
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HANDBALL Romania’s vice-champions in
\nwomen’s handball, CSM Bucharest are today playing defending champions Vipers
\nKristiansand of Norway in an away match counting towards the Champions League
\ngroup A. In their previous game, CSM managed to outperform the last side in the
\ngroup’s ranking Banik Most of the Czech Republic. CSM ranks second in the group
\nafter German side Bietigheim and before Kristiansand. Romanian champions Rapid
\nBucharest is also ranking second in the Champions League’s group B after
\nHungarian side Gyor. Rapid will be playing a home game against the Norwegians
\nof Storhamar on Sunday. Rapid comes after a draw against Buducnost Podgorica of
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VISIT The use by Russia of the nuclear
\nweapon would be ‘an act of hostility against humankind’, Japanese Prime
\nMinister Fumio Kishida said during his visit to Australia on Saturday, France
\npress reports. The Russian intimidation concerning the use of nuclear weapon is
\na severe threat to the peace and security of the international community and is
\nabsolutely unacceptable, says the leader of the only country ever hit by a
\nnuclear weapon. In 2023, Kishida is expected to welcome the G7 leaders in
\nHiroshima, the town which was razed to the ground by an atomic bomb in 1945
\nwhen 140 thousand people died. The city of Nagasaki was also bombed three days
\nlater. In another development, Australia and Japan on Saturday signed an agreement
\non security issues aimed at offsetting China’s military power in the region. <\/p>\n
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