Worldwide Covid-19 death toll tops 3 million
AP :The global death toll from the coronavirus topped a staggering 3 million people Saturday amid repeated setbacks in the worldwide vaccination campaign and a...
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France changes child rape law
Reuters :The French parliament has adopted legislation that characterises sex with a child under the age of 15 as rape and punishable by up to...
US sues Trump ally Roger Stone for evading taxes
Reuters :The US Department of Justice on Friday sued Roger Stone, saying the close ally of former president Donald Trump owes about $2 million in...
Czech protesters show naked Putin effigy in Prague
Reuters :The demonstrators, from protest group Kaputin, were demanding the release from prison of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and denounced the build-up of Russian troops...
Navalny at growing risk of kidney failure
Reuters :Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is at increasing risk of kidney failure and his vision is deteriorating after more than two weeks on hunger...
40 migrants drown in shipwreck off Tunisia
Reuters :At least 40 migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, United Nations and Tunisian officials...
Myanmar junta leader set to join ASEAN summit
AFP :Junta leader General Min Aung Hlaing is set to join Southeast Asian leaders at a special summit in Jakarta next week, the Thai foreign...
As Biden improves with vets, Afghanistan plan a plus to some
AP :Patrick Proctor Brown says the war in Afghanistan was lost within a year of its start. The suburban Milwaukee lawyer, who was an infantry...
Castro era in Cuba to end as Raul confirms he’s retiring
Reuters :Raul Castro confirmed he was handing over the leadership of the Cuban Communist Party to a younger generation at its congress that kicked off...
Iran starts enriching uranium at 60%, its highest level ever
Al jazeera :Iran’s nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi says Tehran has started 60 percent uranium enrichment at Natanz nuclear facility, days after an explosion at...
India’s vaccinations fall from peak as infections hit record
Reuters :India’s daily Covid-19 vaccinations have slowed from their record high early this month while new infections have set a record in eight of the...
Myanmar security forces arrest prominent leader of anti-coup campaign
Reuters :Myanmar security forces on Thursday arrested one of the main leaders of the campaign against military rule after ramming him with a car as...