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Rio de Janeiro lifts outdoor mask requirement

BSS :Attention beach-lovers seeking a break from the pandemic: Rio de Janeiro is lifting its Covid-19 maskrequirement for outdoor areas effective from Thursday, the state’s governor said, as once-pandemic-battered Brazil advances quickly with vaccinations....

General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Monday dissolved the transitional government and the Sovereign Council.

Sudan army sacks six envoys as coup condemnation grows

Al Jazeera :Sudan’s ruling military has sacked six ambassadors and security forces have tightened their crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, even as international pressure against this week’s coup grows.The decision, announced late on Wednesday on...

Glasgow to host climate summit

Al Jazeera :It was once dubbed Europe’s murder capital, but this year it was voted the world’s friendliest city.Glasgow, Scotland’s largest city and home to one of the most bitter football rivalries, has rarely...

Siblings who arrived from Afghanistan with their families are seen at their makeshift tents as they take refuge near a railway station in Chaman, Pakistan.

UN agency warns: Afghanistan on verges of collapse

Reuters :Millions of Afghans, including children, could die of starvation unless urgent action is taken to pull Afghanistan back from the brink of collapse, a senior United Nations official warned, calling for frozen funds...

Greenhouse gas levels reach new record high

AFP :Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached record levels last year, the United Nations said on Monday in a stark warning ahead of the COP26 summit about worsening global warming.The UN’s World Meteorological...