Israel lifts public mask mandate, opens schools
AP :Israel has lifted a public mask mandate and fully reopened its education system in the latest easing of coronavirus restrictions following its mass vaccination...
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Two British warships to head for Black Sea in May
TASS :Two British warships will sail for the Black Sea in May. According to The Sunday Times, a source in the Royal Navy indicated that...
Czechs expel 18 Russian envoys, over ammunition depot blast
Reuters :The Czech Republic is expelling 18 Russian diplomats over suspicions that Russian intelligence services were involved in an ammunition depot explosion in 2014, its...
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...
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...