Reuters :“Nearly 900 million vaccine doses have been administered globally, but over 81% have gone to high- or upper middle-income countries, while low-income countries have...
Al Jazeera :A renowned Algerian scholar on Islam, Said Djabelkhir, was handed a three-year prison sentence on Thursday for “offending Islam” in three Facebook posts,...
BBC Online :The US military is sending airborne assistance to aid Indonesia’s search for a missing submarine with 53 crew.Indonesian authorities estimate they have just...
Reuters :A hate crimes bill to combat violence against Asian Americans in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic passed the US Senate overwhelmingly on Thursday,...
Reuters :India’s 50 million domestic workers already had it tough. Now the mostly female force of cooks, cleaners and carers must test negative for coronavirus...
Reuters :The Biden administration on Thursday pledged to slash US greenhouse gas emissions by 50%-52% from 2005 levels by 2030, a new target it hopes...
Reuters :Singapore is quarantining more than 1,100 migrant workers after about a dozen COVID-19 cases were found in a dormitory and was investigating the possibility...
The New York Times :He warned ominously of “red lines” in Russia’s security that, if crossed, would bring a powerful “asymmetric” response. He reminded Western...
AFP :India’s brutal new Covid-19 outbreak set records on Wednesday with more than 2,000 deaths in 24 hours as hospitals in New Delhi ran perilously...
BBC Online :Russian President Vladimir Putin is giving his annual state of the nation address, amid heightened tension with the West over Ukraine and jailed...
AFP :China’s President Xi Jinping will attend US President Joe Biden’s virtual climate summit this week, Beijing said Wednesday, as the world’s top polluting nations...
AFP :Foreign leaders and media outlets began to react on Tuesday evening to former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s conviction on three counts in the...
