China starts once-a-decade census of world’s largest population
Al Jazeera News :Millions of census-takers have begun knocking on doors across China for a once-a-decade headcount of the world’s largest population, which for the...
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Algeria votes in referendum aimed at ending protest movement
Al Jazeera News :Algerians are voting on a revised constitution the government hopes will finally neutralise a protest movement that, at its peak last year,...
Over 2.5m Slovaks join nationwide Covid-19 testing 1st day
Reuters :Nearly half of Slovakia’s entire population took COVID-19 swabs on Saturday, the first day of two-day nationwide testing the government hopes will help reverse...
4 in Typhoon Goni, Philippines braces for another storm
Reuters :At least four people died in a super typhoon on the Philippines’ main island of Luzon on Sunday, including a five-year-old washed away in...
With election looming, US faces record surge of coronavirus cases
Reuters :A record surge of coronavirus cases in the United States pushed hospitals closer to the brink of capacity and drove the number of infections...
Indian doctor duped into buying ‘Aladdin’s lamp’ for $41,500
BBC Online :Two men have been arrested in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh for allegedly duping a doctor into buying an “Aladdin’s lamp” that...
Georgia goes to the polls in test of ruling party’s dominance
Al Jazeera News :Georgians have started voting in a tightly contested parliamentary election that is pitting an unlikely union of opposition forces against the increasingly...
Libyan PM al-Serraj takes back resignation
Al Jazeera News :Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj has taken back his decision to resign and will remain in office until the ongoing intra-Libyan political...
Three in custody in France following Nice attack
Reuters :A third person was taken into custody in France in connection with a knife attack which left three dead in Nice on Thursday, a...
Philippines orders evacuation as world’s strongest 2020 typhoon approaches
Reuters :Philippine officials on Saturday ordered evacuation of thousands of residents in the southern part of the main Luzon island as a category 5 storm...
Germany and France prepare new lockdowns as Covid sweeps Europe
Reuters, Berlin : Germany and France prepared to announce restrictions approaching the level of last spring’s blanket lockdowns on Wednesday as COVID deaths across Europe...
Turkey to take legal, diplomatic steps against French caricature of Erdogan
Reuters, Istanbul : Turkey said on Wednesday it will take legal and diplomatic steps in response to a caricature of President Tayyip Erdogan in the...