Barbados elects first president, to replace British Queen
AFP :Barbados has elected its first president, a key step in preparations to become a republic and remove Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II as head of...
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Putin says Western military backing of Ukraine threatens Russia
Reuters :President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the Western-backed military development of Ukraine posed a serious threat to Russia, two days after the US...
UN envoy says Myanmar has spiraled into civil war
Reuters :Myanmar has spiraled into civil war following a military coup, the outgoing UN special envoy on Myanmar said on Thursday, warning that the chance...
Sudan: Crowds gather in Khartoum after calls for rival protests
Al Jazeera :Supporters of Sudan’s transitional government have begun gathering in the capital, Khartoum, with pro-military protesters also keeping up a sit-in outside the presidential...
Libya conference aims to boost support for landmark election
Al Jazeera :Libya’s fragile unity government is hosting senior foreign officials to drum up support on spiky transitional issues as the war-torn country gears up...
Cindy Kiro, New Zealand’s first female Maori governor-general sworn in
BSS :Social justice advocate Dame Cindy Kiro was sworn in Thursday as New Zealand’s governor-general, becoming the firstMaori woman to hold the largely ceremonial role....
More than half of US capital’s metro trains out of service
BSS :The US capital Washington’s much- criticized metro network, the second busiest in the country, abruptly pulled more than half of its trains from service...
Who will form Iraq’s next govt?
BSS :Iraq’s October 10 elections reinforced the parliamentary strength of mercurial Shiite preacher Moqtada Sadr and saw a harp decline in that of his adversaries,...
Myanmar to free over 5,600 jailed for anti-coup protests
AFP :Myanmar will release more than 5,000 people jailed for protesting against a February coup which ousted the civilian government, the country’s junta chief said...
11 killed in Nigeria road accident
Xinhua :Eleven people were killed and 15 others injured in a road accident in central Nigeria’s Kwara state on Sunday afternoon.The accident occurred on a...
Thailand to cease Sinovac vaccine use when stocks end
Bangkok Post :Thailand will stop using the Covid-19 vaccine of China’s Sinovac when its current stock finishes, a senior Public Health Ministry official said on...
FB plans to hire 10,000 in EU to build ‘metaverse’
Reuters :Facebook Inc plans to hire 10,000 in the European Union over the next five years, the social media giant said on Monday, to help...