Look to women to recover global economy refrom pandemic : Melinda Gates
Reuters : Efforts to help the world economy recover from the coronavirus crisis must give a lead role to women, even as the pandemic deals...
International
Tens of thousands stage anti-Kremlin protest in Russia’s far east
Al Jazeera News : Tens of thousands of demonstrators in Russia’s far eastern city of Khabarovsk have taken to the streets, protesting against the arrest...
Iran says it sent downed Ukraine airliner black boxes to France
Al Jazeera News : Iran has sent to France the black boxes of a Ukrainian passenger plane its forces mistakenly shot down in January, a...
Erdogan says Egypt’s actions in Libya illegal
Reuters, Istanbul : Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan denounced Egypt and the United Arab Emirates on Friday for supporting forces based in eastern Libya, after Egypt’s...
Hong Kong kicks off nomination period for key elections
Al Jazeera News : Hong Kong formally kicked off on Saturday a two-week registration period for candidates to run in a key legislative election in...
Gabon gets first woman Prime Minister
Al Jazeera News :The president of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, has appointed the country’s first female Prime Minister, Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda.Ossouka Raponda, 56, was...
Outrage in India after Dalit couple thrashed, crops bulldozed
Al Jazeera News :A lower-caste Dalit couple in India attempted suicide after police beat them and destroyed their crops, causing outrage over the latest case...
Tunisia protesters shut down main oil production site in south
Al Jazeera News :Demonstrators have shut a major oil pumping station in southern Tunisia, escalating weeks of protests for jobs and economic development in the...
Netanyahu ally wants West Bank ‘cultivation’ now, not annexation
Reuters, Jerusalem : Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s top coalition partner wants Israel to shelve planned West Bank annexations and instead focus on improving conditions for Jewish...
Punches, water balloons thrown in Taiwan parliament melee
AFP :Taiwanese lawmakers threw punches and water balloons inside the legislature on Friday, the third parliamentary brawl in a fortnight, over the nomination of the...
Nepal PM Oli changes tack after pressure to quit
Hindustan Times, New Delhi :Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli, who has been hemmed in by his rivals in the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP)...