Gap to close all UK, Ireland stores; shifts business online
AP :In another blow to Britain’s retail sector, American clothing company Gap said that it will close all of its stores in the U.K. by the end of the year as it moves its...
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At least 10 killed in overnight attack on eastern Congo city of Beni
Reuters :At least 10 people were killed overnight in a raid on the city of Beni in eastern Congo, witnesses said, and a civil society group and a monitoring body said Islamist militants were...
15 killed in suspected revenge attacks in Haiti
AFP :At least 15 people, including a journalist and an opposition activist, were killed in Haiti in overnight violence suspected to be revenge attacks after the death of a police officer, officials said Wednesday.Photographs...
Kim vows to boost China ties
AP :North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Thursday he’ll push to further upgrade relations with China, his main ally, as he struggles to navigate his country out of a deepening crisis linked to...
Israel strikes deal for settlers to leave West Bank outpost
AFP :Israel’s government has reached a deal for Jewish settlers to vacate an illegal West Bank outpost, in an early stress test for the fragile coalition led by nationalist premier Naftali Bennett.Dozens of settler...
Detained US journalist says he is okay as Myanmar case adjourned
Reuters :Detained US journalist Daniel Fenster appeared to have lost weight but said he was fine on Thursday as his case on incitement charges was adjourned in a Myanmar court to July 15, his...
Slimmer Kim prompts ‘heartbreak’ in North Korea
Al Jazeera :North Koreans have been worrying tearfully about leader Kim Jong Un’s “emaciated” condition, state media quoted a local resident as saying, in a highly unusual broadcast that provided rare acknowledgement of foreign...
Ten million Australians in virus lockdown
AFP :The three-day snap lockdown for Brisbane, starting on Tuesday evening, comes on top of similar orders imposed in Sydney, Perth and Darwin residents in recent days.“These are tough decisions,” Queensland state Premier Annastacia...
South Africa’s top court sentences ex-President Jacob Zuma
South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has been sentenced to 15 months in jail by the country’s highest court.He has been given five days to hand himself in to police. Failing that, the police...
Inaugurating embassy in UAE, Israel tells region: “We’re here to stay”
Reuters :Israel’s new foreign minister inaugurated its embassy in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday and offered an olive branch to other former adversaries, saying: “We’re here to stay.”During his two-day visit, the first...
UN urges immediate dismantling of systemic racism
AFP :The UN rights chief called on Monday for systemic racism against black people to be immediately dismantled around the world to avoid repeating outrages like the killing of George Floyd.In a report triggered...
HK pro-democracy media buckles under China
BBC Online :The continued targeting of pro-democracy journalists and publications is sending a chilling message to Hong Kong’s media, with experts warning of a devastating impact on press freedom in the city. The BBC’s...