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Palestinians, Arab League condemn opening of Czech Jerusalem office

Palestinians, Arab League condemn opening of Czech Jerusalem office

-- 2021-03-14 10:39:57

The Palestinian Authority and the Arab League on Saturday condemned the Czech Republic’s opening of a diplomatic office in Jerusalem as a violation of international law. Prague opened a Jerusal...

Vice-president of Myanmar civilian govt vows resistance to junta rule

Vice-president of Myanmar civilian govt vows resistance to junta rule

-- 2021-03-14 10:31:20

The acting leader of Myanmar’s parallel civilian government, appointed by ousted lawmakers in the wake of a Feb. 1 military coup, addressed the public for the first time on Saturday from hiding...

Jordan minister resigns after deaths from oxygen outage

Jordan minister resigns after deaths from oxygen outage

-- 2021-03-13 21:40:42

Jordan’s health minister resigned on Saturday after six people died following an oxygen outage in a hospital treating coronavirus patients and police were deployed to hold back angry relatives,...

Kazakh military plane crash leaves four dead

Kazakh military plane crash leaves four dead

REUTERS 2021-03-13 19:54:00

An An-26 military aircraft flying from the Kazakh capital, Nur-Sultan, crashed while landing in Almaty on Saturday, killing four of six people on board, the Central Asian nation's emergencies ministry...

An-26 aircraft crashes while landing at Kazakhstan's Almaty airport

An-26 aircraft crashes while landing at Kazakhstan's Almaty airport

Reuters 2021-03-13 18:46:48

An An-26 aircraft flying from the Kazakh capital, Nur-Sultan, crashed while landing in Almaty on Saturday, Almaty airport said on its Facebook page. It was unclear how many people were on board or...

Jordan hospital oxygen outage kills at least six patients

Jordan hospital oxygen outage kills at least six patients

Reuters 2021-03-13 18:29:26

At least six people died in Jordan after an oxygen outage in a hospital treating coronavirus patients, prompting police to be deployed to hold back angry relatives who had gathered at the gate, witnes...

Kuwait’s #MeToo moment: Women denounce harassment, violence

Kuwait’s #MeToo moment: Women denounce harassment, violence

AP 2021-03-13 18:10:07

Abrar Zenkawi was cruising toward the beach in Kuwait City when she saw a man waving and smiling in her rearview mirror. Elsewhere, this may have been a benign highway flirtation. But in Kuwait, it&r...

Myanmar security forces kill six anti-coup protesters on Saturday

Myanmar security forces kill six anti-coup protesters on Saturday

-- 2021-03-13 17:44:03

At least six protesters were killed by security forces in Myanmar, witnesses and media reported, as activists marked the death anniversary on Saturday of a student whose killing in 1988 sparked an upr...

Number of missing Nigerian students raised to 39 after armed raid

Number of missing Nigerian students raised to 39 after armed raid

-- 2021-03-13 17:26:17

Nine more students than originally thought are missing after gunmen stormed a forestry college in northwest Nigeria earlier this week, a government official in Nigeria's Kaduna state said on Saturday....

Sri Lanka to prohibit burqa, minister says

Sri Lanka to prohibit burqa, minister says

REUTERS 2021-03-13 17:08:21

Sri Lanka will ban the wearing of the burqa and shut more than a thousand Islamic schools, a government minister said on Saturday, the latest actions affecting the country's minority Muslim population...

Queen Elizabeth makes first appearance since Harry-Meghan's interview

Queen Elizabeth makes first appearance since Harry-Meghan's interview

-- 2021-03-13 16:30:52

Britain's Queen Elizabeth has made her first appearance since a tell-all interview by grandson Prince Harry and his wife Meghan rocked the monarchy, but made no reference to the crisis it had caused h...

India reports year’s biggest daily spike in Covid cases

India reports year’s biggest daily spike in Covid cases

-- 2021-03-13 15:16:33

India reported its biggest daily spike in COVID-19 of the year on Saturday, with 24,882 infections as a resurgence since last month continues. The new cases mark the highest 24-hour figure since Dece...

France approves J&J's single-dose vaccine

France approves J&J's single-dose vaccine

Reuters 2021-03-13 14:01:24

France’s health regulator said on Friday it had approved Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose Covid-19 vaccine for use in France, a day after it was approved by the European Union authoriti...

Two protesters killed in Myanmar, as US and allies vow to restore democracy

Two protesters killed in Myanmar, as US and allies vow to restore democracy

REUTERS 2021-03-13 13:29:41

At least five protesters were killed by security forces in Myanmar, witnesses and media reported, as activists marked the death anniversary on Saturday of a student whose killing in 1988 sparked an up...

George Floyd's family agrees to $27 million settlement over his death

George Floyd's family agrees to $27 million settlement over his death

REUTERS 2021-03-13 12:07:02

The city of Minneapolis on Friday agreed to pay $27 million to settle a lawsuit by the family of George Floyd over his death in police custody, a case that stirred national protests over racial injust...

Organised crime siphons billions from Brazil gas stations

Organised crime siphons billions from Brazil gas stations

Reuters 2021-03-13 11:10:29

Travel across Brazil and you’ll spot signs almost everywhere for BR Distribuidora, the owner of South America’s largest gas station chain. The familiar green-and-yellow logo of the company...

Harry, Meghan's popularity plummets in UK after Oprah interview

Harry, Meghan's popularity plummets in UK after Oprah interview

-- 2021-03-13 10:51:51

The popularity of Prince Harry and his wife Meghan has tumbled in Britain and has never been lower following their explosive interview with US chat show host Oprah Winfrey, according to a poll on Frid...

Iranian ship hit in Mediterranean attack, says company

Iranian ship hit in Mediterranean attack, says company

-- 2021-03-13 10:41:13

An Iranian container ship was damaged in an attack in the Mediterranean, the state-run shipping company said on Friday, adding it would take legal action to identify the perpetrators of what it called...

Biden draws more broadcast viewers than Trump's first TV address

Biden draws more broadcast viewers than Trump's first TV address

-- 2021-03-13 10:31:32

US President Joe Biden’s prime-time address on the fight against COVID-19 attracted more broadcast television viewers on Thursday than former President Donald Trump’s first speech to the n...

Japan's nuclear clean-up has no end in sight

Japan's nuclear clean-up has no end in sight

REUTERS 2021-03-13 10:14:30

For one minute this week, workers at the Fukushima nuclear station fell silent to mark the 10-year anniversary of a natural disaster that triggered the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl. Then th...

US lawmakers discuss antitrust exemption for media

US lawmakers discuss antitrust exemption for media

REUTERS 2021-03-13 10:00:52

Lawmakers heard testimony on Friday over whether a bill aimed at helping news outlets negotiate with tech platforms was an appropriate way to help the struggling industry, including discussion of whet...

Myanmar court extends detention of five journalists

Myanmar court extends detention of five journalists

-- 2021-03-12 17:19:49

A court in Myanmar extended custody on Friday for five journalists, including one from US news agency the Associated Press, who were arrested while covering anti-junta protests in the biggest city of...

No evidence of Covid-19 leak from Wuhan lab, may have emerged from wildlife trade, say WHO scientists

No evidence of Covid-19 leak from Wuhan lab, may have emerged from wildlife trade, say WHO scientists

-- 2021-03-12 16:51:31

The four World Health Organisation (WHO) scientific experts who travelled to China to probe the Covid-19 pandemic's origins said that contrary to conspiracy theories, there currently is no evidence th...

Coal mine blast leaves six dead in Pakistan

Coal mine blast leaves six dead in Pakistan

-- 2021-03-12 16:21:42

Six miners have been killed in a blast at a coal mine in southwestern Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan. They were among eight miners trapped about 1,000 feet underground when accumulating me...

Biden to meet with leaders of Australia, India, Japan in efforts to counter China

Biden to meet with leaders of Australia, India, Japan in efforts to counter China

Reuters 2021-03-12 15:13:33

US President Joe Biden will meet on Friday with the leaders of Australia, India and Japan, a group central to his efforts to counter China’s growing military and economic power. The White House...

AstraZeneca further cuts EU vaccine supply target

AstraZeneca further cuts EU vaccine supply target

Reuters 2021-03-12 14:32:20

AstraZeneca cut its supply forecast of Covid-19 vaccine to the European Union in the first quarter to about 30 million doses, a third of its contractual obligations and a 25 per cent drop from pledges...

Libyan women euphoric over appointment of first female foreign minister

Libyan women euphoric over appointment of first female foreign minister

-- 2021-03-12 11:15:56

Libya’s first woman foreign minister, Najla el-Mangoush, will be sworn in next week as part of a new unity government, a rare female voice at the top table whose appointment many Libyan women we...

Prince William denied British royal family is racist

Prince William denied British royal family is racist

Reuters 2021-03-12 10:12:23

Prince William denied on Thursday that Britain’s royals were racist after Meghan, wife of his younger brother Harry, said one unnamed member of the family had asked how dark their son Archie&rsq...

US must slash emissions by almost 60pc to meet Paris climate target

US must slash emissions by almost 60pc to meet Paris climate target

REUTERS 2021-03-12 09:54:17

The United States needs to set a target to slash its greenhouse gas emissions between 57 per cent and 63 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030 in order to achieve the Biden administration’s longer-...

Fox News host accused of demeaning US military with anti-woman segment

Fox News host accused of demeaning US military with anti-woman segment

REUTERS 2021-03-12 09:46:40

The Pentagon said Fox News host Tucker Carlson “essentially demeaned the entire US military” with a segment that decried increasing numbers of female service members and suggested they wer...