US withdraws anti-missile batteries from Middle East
Alzeera :The Biden administration is withdrawing Patriot antimissile batteries from four Middle East countries as the US reduces its military footprint in the region amid...
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Australia takes wine dispute with China to WTO
Al Jazeera :Australia will file a formal complaint with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) after China imposed up to 218% tariffs on its wine last...
Uganda imposes new Covid restrictions as cases surge
BBC :Uganda is tightening its COVID lockdown measures to try and stem a surge in infections in the East African country that is seeing an...
Ethiopia goes to elections on Monday
BBC :Ethiopians vote next week in twice-delayed elections overshadowed by warnings of famine and mounting reports of atrocities in the war-hit northern region of Tigray.Some...
Covid: Palestinians cancel vaccine swap deal with Israel
BBC :The Palestinian Authority has cancelled a deal under which Israel was to give it at least one million Covid vaccines. The authority said the...
France’s Le Pen on track for regional power with an eye on presidency
BBC :Not so long ago, a walkabout by French far-right leader Marine Le Pen would announce itself with some heckling, maybe a protester or two,...
Delhi riots: Activists held over citizenship law protests leave jail
Reuters :Two prominent female activists have left an Indian jail 48 hours after a court ordered their release on bail.Natasha Narwal and Devangana Kalita had...
Forced displacement reaches new high amid Covid: UN
Aljazeera :The number of people forcibly displaced reached a new high by the end of 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated some pre-existing drivers, a...
South Africa deploys army medics in Covid-hit Gauteng province
BBC :South Africa is deploying army medical personnel in its commercial hub and most populous province to help health workers battle a surge in coronavirus,...
N Korea ready for ‘dialogue, confrontation’ with US: Kim
AFP, Al Jazeera :North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said his country needs to prepare for “both dialogue and confrontation” with the United States...
Spider-webs blanket Australian landscape after floods
Reters :Massive spider-webs stretching across trees and paddocks have formed near towns in Australia recently hit by floods. Residents in Victoria’s Gippsland region say the...
UK reports biggest daily rise in Covid cases in 4 months
BBC :The number of new cases of Covid-19 in the past week is up by 34% compared to the week beforeBritain on Thursday reported its...