Libyans select surprise candidate for interim PM
AFP :Libyan delegates at UN-led talks outside Geneva on Friday made the surprise choice of Abdul Hamid Dbeibah as prime minister of a transitional unity...
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Blinken presses China on Myanmar, Uighurs, HK in first call
AFP :US Secretary of State Antony Blinken pressed Beijing on its treatment of Uighurs, Tibetans, Hong Kong and the coup in Myanmar in the first...
125 missing in floods
Online DeskAbout 125 people were missing in northern India after a Himalayan glacier broke and swept away a small hydroelectric dam on Sunday, with floods...
Taiwan condemns ‘evil’ China after Guyana scraps trade office
AFP :Taiwan on Friday accused Beijing of pressuring Guyana into terminating a deal with the island to set up a trade office, saying it highlighted...
WHO team to visit Chinese virus lab in Wuhan
World Health Organisation inspectors will visit a laboratory in China’s Wuhan city on Wednesday that American officials suggested could have been the source of the...
Indonesia, Malaysia seeking Asean meeting on Myanmar after coup
Reuters :The leaders of Indonesia and Malaysia on Friday said they were seeking a special meeting of Southeast Asian nations to discuss the situation in...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro faces probe after hospitals ran out of oxygen
Reuters :Brazil’s prosecutor-general has opened a preliminary investigation into the country’s president and health minister for possible negligence in response to the COVID-19 outbreak in...
Indonesia bans mandatory hijab for schoolgirls
BBC :Indonesia has banned public schools from making religious attire compulsory, after the story of a non-Muslim student being forced to wear a headscarf in...
Lockdown bambino bust: 9 months on, Italy births fall 22 percent
Reuters :Maybe it was the stress. Maybe it was being cooped up with the mother-in-law. But the numbers are in, and one effect of the...
Jewish Settlers Shoot, Kill Palestinian Man in West Bank
The Palestine Chronicle :Jewish settlers Friday morning fatally shot a Palestinian near the village of Ras Karkar, northwest of Ramallah, according to the Palestinian news...
Biden to welcome more refugees, but far from all will get in
US President Joe Biden’s expected announcement on Thursday that he intends to allow more refugees into the United States this year will bring him face...
Vaccine passports: path back to normality or problem in the making?
Reuters :Governments and developers around the world are exploring the potential use of “vaccine passports” as a way of reopening the economy by identifying those...