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Pro-Trump lawyer puts license in jeopardy by refusing mental health evaluation

Pro-Trump lawyer puts license in jeopardy by refusing mental health evaluation

-- 2021-01-30 11:49:03

Atlanta attorney L. Lin Wood, a lawyer who played a role in former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn his election defeat, put his law license in jeopardy on Friday by saying on socia...

EU authorises AstraZeneca vaccine for all adults

EU authorises AstraZeneca vaccine for all adults

-- 2021-01-29 21:50:16

European Union regulators authorised AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine for use in adults on Friday, amid criticism the bloc is not moving fast enough to vaccinate its population. The European M...

Shell asked by Dutch court to pay Nigerian farmers over oil spill

Shell asked by Dutch court to pay Nigerian farmers over oil spill

Reuters 2021-01-29 19:15:01

In a victory for environmentalists, a Dutch appeals court on Friday said that the Nigerian subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell was responsible for multiple oil pipeline leaks in the Niger Delta and ordere...

UN, western countries voice alarm fearing military coup in Myanmar

UN, western countries voice alarm fearing military coup in Myanmar

-- 2021-01-29 18:28:17

The United Nations and Western governments voiced alarm on Friday over threats by Myanmar's military that have stirred fears of a coup in the aftermath of an election the army says was fraudulent. Un...

Worried about power of social media companies, UN chief says

Worried about power of social media companies, UN chief says

Reuters 2021-01-29 17:40:01

UN chief Antonio Guterres said on Thursday he is ‘particularly worried’ about the power of social media companies and that mechanisms should be created to regulate decisions like the banni...

UK offers Hong Kong residents a route to citizenship, angering China

UK offers Hong Kong residents a route to citizenship, angering China

Reuters 2021-01-29 17:17:09

Britain on Friday hailed a new visa offering Hong Kong citizens a route to citizenship after China's crackdown but Beijing said it would no longer recognise special British passports offered to reside...

Vietnam claims areas worse-hit by new COVID-19 outbreak 'basically under control'

Vietnam claims areas worse-hit by new COVID-19 outbreak 'basically under control'

Reuters 2021-01-29 17:09:41

Vietnam’s health minister said on Friday a new COVID-19 outbreak was 'basically under control' in the areas most affected, as cases spread to Hanoi, the capital, where the ruling Communist party...

Violence displaces over 200,000 in Central African Republic, UN says

Violence displaces over 200,000 in Central African Republic, UN says

Reuters 2021-01-29 17:00:14

More than 200,000 people have fled fighting in the Central African Republic since violence erupted over a December election result, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday, with nearly half cross...

UK bans direct UAE flights fearing spread of vaccine-resistant COVID-19 variant

UK bans direct UAE flights fearing spread of vaccine-resistant COVID-19 variant

-- 2021-01-29 16:30:18

Britain is banning direct passenger flights to and from the United Arab Emirates from Friday, shutting down the world's busiest international airline route from Dubai to London. Britain said it was a...

Fortune or fresh starts: Thais seek change with mock funerals

Fortune or fresh starts: Thais seek change with mock funerals

-- 2021-01-29 13:06:40

In a temple on the outskirts of Bangkok, participants at a daily ritual clutch a bunch of flowers and lie down in a coffin with a sheet pulled over them as monks chant. The Wat Bangna Nai temple in t...

UN chief hopes for 'reset' in US, China relations

UN chief hopes for 'reset' in US, China relations

-- 2021-01-29 10:35:38

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday he hopes there will be a “reset” in US-China relations, acknowledging that while the countries had “different views” on h...

US journalist Daniel Pearl murder convict to go free

US journalist Daniel Pearl murder convict to go free

-- 2021-01-29 10:24:45

Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ordered the release of an Islamist convicted of beheading US journalist Daniel Pearl, a decision that has left his family in “complete shock”, lawyers sa...

Pak Supreme Court orders release of man who beheaded US journalist

Pak Supreme Court orders release of man who beheaded US journalist

Reuters 2021-01-28 21:29:29

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the release of an Islamist convicted of beheading US journalist Daniel Pearl, a decision that has left his family in "complete shock", lawyers said. Ahmed...

Nutrition crisis looms as more than 39b in-school meals missed amid pandemic

Nutrition crisis looms as more than 39b in-school meals missed amid pandemic

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-01-28 18:47:29

More than 39 billion children across the world missed their in-school meals since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report released on Thursday by the UNICEF Office of Research &n...

US Congress Republicans face puzzling situation over controversies around Cheney, Greene

US Congress Republicans face puzzling situation over controversies around Cheney, Greene

-- 2021-01-28 18:12:49

The deep divisions roiling the US Republican Party came into clear focus this week in controversies about Representatives Liz Cheney and Marjorie Taylor Greene - two politicians with little in common...

US reviewing China genocide ruling

US reviewing China genocide ruling

-- 2021-01-28 14:55:02

The US State Department is reviewing a Trump administration determination that China has committed genocide by repressing Uighur Muslims in its Xinjiang region to make sure that it sticks, President J...

Indian farm protests turned from carnival to violent clashes

Indian farm protests turned from carnival to violent clashes

-- 2021-01-28 14:32:28

A line of tractors stood ready at dawn on Tuesday to move out of a protest site near New Delhi where thousands of farmers had been camping for the last two months and rallying against farm reforms the...

Google revives Australia news platform launch despite content payment fight

Google revives Australia news platform launch despite content payment fight

-- 2021-01-28 14:22:18

Google is reviving plans to launch its own news website in Australia within weeks, according to a local media outlet contracted to provide articles for the venture, as the search giant fights world-fi...

US to rebuild diplomacy worldwide: Blinken says on first day

US to rebuild diplomacy worldwide: Blinken says on first day

-- 2021-01-28 14:05:07

Antony Blinken began his first full day as US secretary of state on Wednesday promising to repair ties with global partners and show the world that America can lead, while tackling climate change, the...

UN rights chief calls for sanctions on Sri Lanka's civil war commanders

UN rights chief calls for sanctions on Sri Lanka's civil war commanders

-- 2021-01-28 13:38:03

The UN human rights chief has urged states to impose “targeted sanctions” on former Sri Lankan military commanders, including the current army chief, linked to alleged atrocities during th...

Why Trump's post-presidency perks safe for the rest of his life

Why Trump's post-presidency perks safe for the rest of his life

-- 2021-01-28 12:35:11

The impeachment proceeding against Donald Trump on a charge of inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol has fuelled speculation online that he could lose some of the benefits extended to former pr...

US faces heightened domestic terrorism threat

US faces heightened domestic terrorism threat

Reuters 2021-01-28 10:46:49

The United States could face a heightened threat of domestic extremist violence for weeks from people angry at Donald Trump’s election defeat and inspired by the deadly storming of the US Capito...

Pakistan plans mortgaging biggest park to overcome ailing economy

Pakistan plans mortgaging biggest park to overcome ailing economy

-- 2021-01-27 19:12:25

Pakistan is considering mortgaging a biggest park in its capital, Islamabad, for getting a loan of around Rs500 billion to overcome ailing economy. According to the Dawn, the government of Pakistan h...

Indonesian volcano unleashes river of lava

Indonesian volcano unleashes river of lava

AP 2021-01-27 18:35:03

Indonesia’s most active volcano erupted Wednesday with a river of lava and searing gas clouds flowing 1,600 meters (5,250 feet) down its slopes. It was Mount Merapi’s biggest lava flow si...

Myanmar launches COVID-19 vaccination drive

Myanmar launches COVID-19 vaccination drive

-- 2021-01-27 18:22:27

Myanmar launched a COVID-19 vaccination programme on Wednesday, with healthcare staff and volunteer medical workers the first to receive shots of the AstraZeneca and Oxford University vaccine donated...

China says India's ban on apps violates WTO rules

China says India's ban on apps violates WTO rules

Reuters 2021-01-27 14:59:45

China said on Wednesday that the Indian government’s decision to keep a ban on 59 Chinese apps was a violation of the World Trade Organization’s fair rules of business and would hurt Chine...

Internet outage hits US East Coast

Internet outage hits US East Coast

-- 2021-01-27 12:22:55

Thousands of users across the US East Coast faced widespread internet outage from providers including Verizon Communications Inc on Tuesday, disrupting services offered by Google, Amazon, Zoom, Slack,...

Global coronavirus cases surpass 100 million mark

Global coronavirus cases surpass 100 million mark

-- 2021-01-27 11:56:05

Global coronavirus cases surpassed 100 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as countries around the world struggle with new virus variants and vaccine shortfalls. Almost 1.3 per cent o...

Antony Blinken confirmed by US Senate as secretary of state

Antony Blinken confirmed by US Senate as secretary of state

-- 2021-01-27 11:45:30

The US Senate on Tuesday confirmed President Joe Biden’s nominee, veteran diplomat Antony Blinken, to serve as secretary of state. The 100-member Senate backed Blinken 78-22, meaning he could b...

Israel military refreshing operational plans against Iran: General

Israel military refreshing operational plans against Iran: General

Reuters 2021-01-27 10:35:04

Israel’s top general said on Tuesday that its military was refreshing its operational plans against Iran and that any US return to a 2015 nuclear accord with Tehran would be “wrong.”...