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58 killed in Niger after attacks near Malian border

58 killed in Niger after attacks near Malian border

-- 2021-03-17 11:13:34

At least 58 people have been killed in Niger after attacks near the border with Mali, the government has said. Gunmen opened fire on four vehicles that were bringing people back from a ma...

US massage parlour shootings leave eight dead; suspect arrested

US massage parlour shootings leave eight dead; suspect arrested

-- 2021-03-17 10:45:41

Eight people, six of them women of Asian descent, were shot dead at a massage parlour and two day spas in the Atlanta area on Tuesday, and a man suspected of carrying out all of the attacks was arrest...

US says it is facing biggest migrant surge in 20 years

US says it is facing biggest migrant surge in 20 years

Reuters 2021-03-17 08:25:37

The United States is facing the biggest surge of migrants at its southwestern border in 20 years, the homeland security secretary said on Tuesday as the Biden administration races to handle an influx...

EU regulator 'convinced' AstraZeneca benefit outweighs risks

EU regulator 'convinced' AstraZeneca benefit outweighs risks

AP   2021-03-16 20:36:31

With coronavirus cases rising in many places, governments faced the grimmest of dilemmas Tuesday: push on with a vaccine that is known to save lives or suspend use of AstraZeneca over reports of dange...

Bill in Senate to recognise Feb 21 as Canadian holiday

Bill in Senate to recognise Feb 21 as Canadian holiday

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-03-16 19:12:48

Canadian Senator Mobina Zaffer has introduced a bill in the Senate to recognise International Mother language Day on February 21 as a holiday in Canada. She said the bill was introduced as a private...

Sweden pauses AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccination

Sweden pauses AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccination

Reuters   2021-03-16 18:29:07

Sweden's health agency said on Tuesday it was pausing vaccinations against COVID-19 using AstraZeneca's vaccine as a precautionary measure. Germany, France and Italy said on Monday they would stop ad...

Kim’s sister warns US over military drills in South Korea

Kim’s sister warns US over military drills in South Korea

-- 2021-03-16 17:55:29

The sister of North Korean leader, Kim Yo Jong, criticised ongoing military drills in South Korea and warned the new US administration that the smell of cordite wafting over the border would not help...

Michelle Obama says Meghan's interview is heartbreaking

Michelle Obama says Meghan's interview is heartbreaking

-- 2021-03-16 17:26:40

Former US first lady Michelle Obama said Meghan's recollections about a remark made by one member of the British royal family about the possible darkness of her son's skin were heartbreaking and that...

Over 400 Myanmar nationals seek shelter in India

Over 400 Myanmar nationals seek shelter in India

-- 2021-03-16 17:09:52

More than 400 people from Myanmar, many of them policemen, have crossed into neighbouring India since late February, an Indian police officer said on Monday, as Myanmar security forces seek to crush p...

Coronavirus cases growing exponentially again in Germany

Coronavirus cases growing exponentially again in Germany

-- 2021-03-16 15:36:58

Coronavirus infections are rising exponentially in Germany, an expert at the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases said on Tuesday, adding that the risk of AstraZeneca’s vaccine was rela...

Insurgents beheading children in Mozambique, aid agency reports

Insurgents beheading children in Mozambique, aid agency reports

-- 2021-03-16 14:33:38

Aid agency Save the Children says Islamist militants are beheading children as young as 11 in Mozambique's northern province of Cabo Delgado. One mother told the agency she had to watch helplessly as...

Australia to continue using AstraZeneca jab despite Europe pause

Australia to continue using AstraZeneca jab despite Europe pause

Reuters 2021-03-16 13:28:18

Australia on Tuesday said it has no plans to halt the use of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, even though several European countries paused administering the vaccine after reports of possible serious...

Tehran releases footage of Revolutionary Guards 'missile city' base

Tehran releases footage of Revolutionary Guards 'missile city' base

Reuters 2021-03-16 10:58:17

Iran released images and film footage on Monday of what it said was a new Revolutionary Guards base armed with cruise and ballistic missiles and “electronic warfare” equipment. A report o...

Germany, Italy, France suspend AstraZeneca shots amid safety fears

Germany, Italy, France suspend AstraZeneca shots amid safety fears

Reuters 2021-03-16 10:36:29

Germany, France and Italy said on Monday they would suspend AstraZeneca Covid-19 shots after several countries reported possible serious side-effects, but the World Health Organization (WHO) said ther...

Myanmar military tightens grip, security forces kill 12 anti-coup protesters

Myanmar military tightens grip, security forces kill 12 anti-coup protesters

-- 2021-03-16 10:34:34

Myanmar security forces shot dead at least 20 pro-democracy protesters on Monday, an activist group said, and the military junta imposed martial law in parts of the main city Yangon, giving commanders...

Trump's ex-adviser Bannon loses bid to start right-wing political academy in Italy

Trump's ex-adviser Bannon loses bid to start right-wing political academy in Italy

-- 2021-03-16 10:30:58

Steve Bannon, the former adviser to ex-US President Donald Trump, has lost a legal battle to set up a right-wing Catholic political academy in an abbey in Italy. The Council of State on Monday ruled...

Germany suspends AstraZeneca vaccine amid clotting concerns

Germany suspends AstraZeneca vaccine amid clotting concerns

AP 2021-03-15 21:03:20

The German government said Monday that it's suspending the use of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine over new reports of dangerous blood clots in connection with the shot. The Health Ministry sa...

UK PM Johnson says AstraZeneca shot is safe

UK PM Johnson says AstraZeneca shot is safe

Reuters 2021-03-15 20:11:10

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine was safe and that the government was very confident about using it in its vaccination push. Asked if he could r...

Beijing demands protection for Chinese properties, employees in Myanmar

Beijing demands protection for Chinese properties, employees in Myanmar

-- 2021-03-15 19:34:53

China has urged authorities in Myanmar to ensure protection for Chinese properties and employees in Myanmar following attacks on Chinese-run factories in Yangon. A spokesperson for the Chinese foreig...

Saudi allows migrant workers to switch jobs without employers’ permission

Saudi allows migrant workers to switch jobs without employers’ permission

-- 2021-03-15 16:28:09

Saudi Arabia has allowed foreign workers living in the country to switch jobs without their employers’ permission as the long-awaited labour reforms in the Gulf region’s most populous coun...

Taiwanese firms in Myanmar asked to fly island's flag

Taiwanese firms in Myanmar asked to fly island's flag

-- 2021-03-15 16:05:57

Taiwan's de facto embassy in Myanmar has advised Taiwanese companies operating in the country to fly the island's flag and hang signs stating they are from Taiwan to avoid being confused with China, a...

London police face backlash after dragging mourners from vigil for murdered woman

London police face backlash after dragging mourners from vigil for murdered woman

-- 2021-03-15 11:20:14

London police faced a backlash from the public on Sunday and an official inquiry into their actions after using heavy-handed tactics to break up an outdoor vigil for a woman whose suspected killer is...

America's emergency agency asked to help with surge of children at US-Mexico border

America's emergency agency asked to help with surge of children at US-Mexico border

-- 2021-03-15 10:54:34

The US Department of Homeland Security on Saturday ordered an emergency agency that usually responds to floods, storms and other major disasters to help care for a growing number of migrant children a...

At least 39 killed in Myanmar district after Chinese factories burned

At least 39 killed in Myanmar district after Chinese factories burned

-- 2021-03-15 10:35:23

Security forces killed at least 22 anti-coup protesters in the poor, industrial Hlaingthaya suburb of Myanmar’s main city on Sunday after Chinese-financed factories were set ablaze there, an adv...

Singapore PM sees considerable risk of severe US-China tensions

Singapore PM sees considerable risk of severe US-China tensions

-- 2021-03-14 21:18:03

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has told the BBC that a clash between the US and China is more likely than it was five years ago. However, he maintained that the odds of military conflict...

Biden’s administration fails to get response from North Korea

Biden’s administration fails to get response from North Korea

-- 2021-03-14 20:14:59

North Korea has not responded to behind-the-scenes diplomatic outreach since mid-February by President Joe Biden's administration, including Pyongyang's mission to the United Nations, a senior Biden a...

Australian PM faces growing pressure as thousands to rally outside parliament

Australian PM faces growing pressure as thousands to rally outside parliament

REUTERS 2021-03-14 15:26:09

Thousands of protesters are expected to descend on Australia’s capital on Monday when the country’s parliament resumes as part of nationwide demonstrations, intensifying pressure on Prime...

British Airways CEO calls for vaccinated people to travel without restrictions

British Airways CEO calls for vaccinated people to travel without restrictions

-- 2021-03-14 12:42:50

British Airways’s new boss said vaccinated people should be allowed to travel without restriction and non-vaccinated people with a negative COVID-19 test, as he set out his ideas for a travel re...

Kidnapped Nigerian students beg for help

Kidnapped Nigerian students beg for help

REUTERS 2021-03-14 11:19:45

A video of some of the students kidnapped from a college in northwest Nigeria emerged on Saturday, showing them cowering on a forest floor as armed captors hit them with sticks. Thirty nine students...

Myanmar civilian leader calls for people to defend themselves as toll mounts

Myanmar civilian leader calls for people to defend themselves as toll mounts

REUTERS 2021-03-14 11:04:20

The acting leader of Myanmar’s parallel civilian government said it will seek to give people the legal right to defend themselves as the death toll in protests against last month’s coup ex...