BBC Online :Boris Johnson’s senior adviser Dominic Cummings is expected to leave his position by the end of the year.Mr Cummings told the BBC “rumours of me threatening to resign are invented”, after speculation...
Al Jazeera News :Algerians have approved constitutional reforms in a referendum, though with a record low turnout, the country’s constitutional council has announced.The referendum held on November 1 was widely seen as the government’s...
Al Jazeera News :Australia’s climate is expected become hotter and drier, increasing the risk of drought and extreme weather events such as the bushfires that devastated swathes of southeastern Australia in the last southern...
AFP :A helicopter crash in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula involving a multi-national observer force killed seven people on Thursday-five Americans, a French national and a Czech citizen, the force said.“We are deeply saddened by the...
Hindustan Times, Shillong :Deputy commander-in-chief of the banned United Liberation Front of Assam-Independent (ULFA-I) Dhristi Rajkhowa surrendered to the Meghalaya police on Wednesday evening in big success for security forces.He is being escorted by...
Al Jazeera News :Brazil health regulator Anvisa has allowed the resumption of late-stage Brazilian clinical trials for China’s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine, which had been suspended after a study subject’s death, which had been registered...
Reuters, London :Britain will hold “a blockbuster weekend of celebrations” in the summer of 2022, featuring an extra day’s public holiday, to mark Queen Elizabeth’s 70th anniversary on the throne, the government announced on...
Reuters, Seoul :South Korea’s foreign minister said on Tuesday she had raised the need for U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s administration to pay “summit-level” attention to reopen denuclearisation talks with North Korea during meetings in...
Al Jazeera News :Australia’s parliament will launch an inquiry into media ownership, a prominent senator said, after more than half a million people signed a petition demanding a probe into Rupert Murdoch’s dominance of...
Reuters, Hong Kong :Hong Kong pro-democracy legislators threatened mass resignations on Monday amid reports Beijing plans to disqualify four opposition lawmakers who had been accused by the ruling camp of potentially unlawful filibustering in...
Al Jazeera News :India’s environmental court has ordered a ban on firecrackers during the country’s biggest annual festival in cities battling hazardously poor air quality, citing a link between pollution and a coronavirus surge.The...
Reuters, Kabul :Afghanistan’s insurgent Taliban on Tuesday called on the incoming administration of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden to stick to the February agreement to withdraw U.S. troops.The United States has been pulling out troops...
