Beijing slams ‘unacceptable’ Covid curbs on travellers from China
AFP :China called the mounting international restrictions on travellers from its territory “unacceptable” on Tuesday after more than a dozen countries placed fresh Covid curbs...
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Lula takes over in Brazil, slams Bolsonaro’s anti-democratic threats
AFP :Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in as Brazil’s president on Sunday, delivering a searing indictment of far-right former leader Jair Bolsonaro and...
S. Korea, US discussing joint nuclear exercises
AFP :Seoul and Washington are discussing joint planning and exercises involving US nuclear assets to counter growing threats from the nuclear-armed North, South Korean President...
Israeli forces kill two Palestinians in West Bank clash
Reuters :Israeli forces killed a Hamas militant and another Palestinian during clashes near the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Monday that were set...
Kim calls for exponential increase of North Korea’s nuclear arsenal
AFP :North Korea’s Kim Jong Un has called for a major increase in the country’s nuclear arsenal, including mass producing tactical nuclear weapons and developing...
Brazil’s third-time president Lula has new economic problems
Al Jazeera :In early October, Jair Bolsonaro’s poll-defying performance in Brazil’s first-round presidential election revitalised his stuttering campaign.Ultimately, though, it was Luis Inácio Lula da...
Several feared dead in blast outside Kabul military airport
Al Jazeera :An explosion outside the military airport in Kabul has caused multiple casualties, a spokesman for the Taliban-run interior ministry said.“Today morning an explosion...
130m Arab population in poverty: UN survey
News Desk :A survey released by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) on Friday said that poverty affects one-third of...
15 killed in Mexico bus crash
AFP :At least 15 people were killed in western Mexico on Friday when the bus they were traveling in flipped over and crashed, local authorities...
Former pope Benedict XVI dies aged 95
AFP :Former pope Benedict XVI has died at the age of 95, the Vatican announced Saturday, almost a decade after he became the first pontiff...
Marchers in southeast Iran denounce top leader in renewed protests
Reuters :Demonstrators shouted slogans denouncing Iran’s supreme leader in the restive southeast of the country on Friday, while a human rights group said at least...
Russia grants tax amnesty for soldiers in Ukraine
AFP :Russia’s authorities announced Friday that soldiers and state employees deployed in Ukraine will be exempt from income tax, in the latest effort to encourage...