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Saudi Arabia hopes for 'excellent relations' with Biden administration

Saudi Arabia hopes for 'excellent relations' with Biden administration

Reuters 2021-01-24 10:43:53

Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said on Saturday the kingdom was optimistic that it would have “excellent relations” with the new U.S. administration of President Joe Biden and that...

South African jazz 'giant' Jonas Gwangwa dies

South African jazz 'giant' Jonas Gwangwa dies

-- 2021-01-24 10:37:13

South Africa jazz trombonist and composer Jonas Gwangwa, whose music powered the anti-apartheid struggle, died on Saturday aged 83, the presidency said. President Cyril Ramaphosa led the tributes to...

Davos ski resort eerily quiet

Davos ski resort eerily quiet

Reuters 2021-01-24 10:30:56

Student protesters who urged world leaders at the 2020 World Economic Forum in Davos to “Stop (f)lying to us” must be pleased this year, at least as far as the flying is concerned. The st...

Russian police arrest over 3,000 at protests backing jailed Putin critic Navalny

Russian police arrest over 3,000 at protests backing jailed Putin critic Navalny

REUTERS 2021-01-24 10:03:18

Police detained more than 3,000 people and used force to break up rallies across Russia on Saturday as tens of thousands of protesters ignored extreme cold and police warnings to demand the release of...

Biden to reverse Trump's 'draconian' immigration policies

Biden to reverse Trump's 'draconian' immigration policies

REUTERS 2021-01-24 09:36:47

The United States plans to reverse the Trump administration’s “draconian” immigration approach while working on policies addressing the causes of migration, President Joe Biden told...

Iconic TV host Larry King dead at 87

Iconic TV host Larry King dead at 87

AP 2021-01-23 19:44:41

Larry King, the suspenders-sporting everyman whose broadcast interviews with world leaders, movie stars and ordinary Joes helped define American conversation for a half-century, died Saturday. He was...

Russia detains more than 350 from protests backing Navalny

Russia detains more than 350 from protests backing Navalny

-- 2021-01-23 18:57:03

Police detained more than 350 people across Russia on Saturday and broke up rallies around the country as protesters defied bitter cold and a ban by authorities to demand the release of jailed Kremlin...

Biden apologises over troops sleeping in car park

Biden apologises over troops sleeping in car park

BBC 2021-01-23 18:44:47

US President Joe Biden has apologised after some members of the National Guard stationed at the Capitol were pictured sleeping in a car park. More than 25,000 troops were deployed to Washington DC fo...

'Choose - I kill you or rape you': abuse accusations surge in Ethiopia's war

'Choose - I kill you or rape you': abuse accusations surge in Ethiopia's war

Reuters 2021-01-23 17:40:40

The young coffee seller said she was split from family and friends by an Ethiopian soldier at the Tekeze river, taken down a path, and given a harrowing choice. “He said: ‘Choose, either...

Over 150 security personnel of Biden's inauguration contract COVID-19

Over 150 security personnel of Biden's inauguration contract COVID-19

-- 2021-01-23 16:51:54

Between 150 and 200 National Guard deployed to Washington, DC, to provide security for US President Joe Biden's inauguration have tested positive for the coronavirus, a US official said on Friday. Th...

Joe Biden, Justin Trudeau to meet next month

Joe Biden, Justin Trudeau to meet next month

-- 2021-01-23 16:30:59

Canada's Justin Trudeau and US President Joe Biden agreed to meet next month, the prime minister's office said on Friday, following a call between the two leaders in which they vowed to join forces to...

Indian farmers to step up protests after rejecting govt offer to defer new laws

Indian farmers to step up protests after rejecting govt offer to defer new laws

Reuters 2021-01-23 13:20:19

Indian farmers on Friday rejected an offer by the government to defer three farm reform laws for one-and-half years, warning they would step up protests as they seek a repeal of the laws and a guarant...

In a message of support to protests, Russia’s Navalny says no plans to commit suicide

In a message of support to protests, Russia’s Navalny says no plans to commit suicide

REUTERS 2021-01-23 13:01:04

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Friday he wanted it known that he had no plans to commit suicide in prison, as he issued a message of support to his followers on the eve of protests the a...

Swiss court finds Israeli businessman guilty of corruption

Swiss court finds Israeli businessman guilty of corruption

-- 2021-01-23 11:58:48

In a landmark verdict in one of the mining world’s most high profile legal cases, a Swiss criminal court found Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz guilty of corruption and forgery on Friday and s...

Top Iran leader posts Trump-like golfer image, vowing revenge

Top Iran leader posts Trump-like golfer image, vowing revenge

Reuters 2021-01-23 11:45:39

The website of Iran’s Supreme Leader on Friday carried the image of a golfer resembling former President Donald Trump apparently being targeted by a drone alongside a threat of revenge over the...

Faithful dog waits six days outside Turkish hospital for sick owner

Faithful dog waits six days outside Turkish hospital for sick owner

REUTERS 2021-01-23 10:37:34

A faithful dog waited for her owner outside a hospital in Turkey for almost a week until he was released after undergoing treatment for a brain condition. The small, mix-breed dog named Boncuk was re...

TikTok deletes posts promoting pro-Navalny protest: Russia

TikTok deletes posts promoting pro-Navalny protest: Russia

-- 2021-01-23 10:31:29

Russia said on Friday that TikTok had deleted some of what it called illegal posts promoting weekend protests aimed at securing the release of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. It has also opened a crim...

US Senate puts off Trump impeachment trial until early February

US Senate puts off Trump impeachment trial until early February

REUTERS 2021-01-23 09:40:29

The leaders of the US Senate agreed on Friday to push back former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial by two weeks, giving the chamber more time to focus on President Joe Biden’s le...

Anti-Biden protesters vandalise Democrat party office in Portland, Seattle

Anti-Biden protesters vandalise Democrat party office in Portland, Seattle

-- 2021-01-22 20:06:47

Anti-government and anti-fascist protesters in Portland and Seattle vandalised a Democratic Party office and other buildings and scuffled with police on Wednesday, protesting against US President Joe...

India inoculates more than one million people in a week

India inoculates more than one million people in a week

-- 2021-01-22 18:26:21

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday his country was completely self-reliant on coronavirus vaccine supplies as the world's second-most populous country inoculated more than one million...

Russia welcomes Biden’s proposal to extend nuclear treaty, but wants details

Russia welcomes Biden’s proposal to extend nuclear treaty, but wants details

-- 2021-01-22 17:27:50

Russia has welcomed US President Joe Biden’s proposal to extend the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the two countries, which is set to expire in less than two weeks. Russian...

Biden seeks five-year extension of arms treaty with Russia

Biden seeks five-year extension of arms treaty with Russia

-- 2021-01-22 17:01:48

US President Joe Biden will seek a five-year extension to the New START arms control treaty with Russia, the White House said on Thursday, in one of the first major foreign policy decisions of the new...

India lodges criminal case against Cambridge Analytica for data theft

India lodges criminal case against Cambridge Analytica for data theft

-- 2021-01-22 16:24:50

India's top federal probe agency on Friday lodged a criminal case against Cambridge Analytica for illegally collecting personal data of some 560,000 Facebook users in the country, more than two years...

Pfizer cuts vaccine deliveries to some EU countries

Pfizer cuts vaccine deliveries to some EU countries

Reuters 2021-01-22 12:16:24

Pfizer has slashed in half the volume of Covid-19 vaccines it will deliver to some EU countries this week, government officials said on Thursday, as frustration over the US drugmaker’s unexpecte...

London to remove statues linked to slavery trade

London to remove statues linked to slavery trade

Reuters 2021-01-22 11:04:49

The City of London on Thursday approved the removal from its ceremonial Guildhall home of statues of two figures that symbolise the financial sector’s historic role in slavery. The move, voted...

Brussels "COVID boys" to police pandemic rules

Brussels "COVID boys" to police pandemic rules

REUTERS 2021-01-22 10:10:14

Two Belgian men left unemployed by the coronavirus pandemic have reinvented themselves as the “COVID boys”, disinfecting public surfaces and patrolling Brussels to encourage social distanc...

Africa's COVID-19 death rate tops global rate

Africa's COVID-19 death rate tops global rate

Reuters 2021-01-21 19:57:55

Africa's coronavirus case fatality rate stands at 2.5 per cent, higher than the global level of 2.2 per cent, a trend that is alarming experts, the head of the continent's disease control body said on...

Five killed in fire at Pune's Serum Institute’s Manjri plant

Five killed in fire at Pune's Serum Institute’s Manjri plant

Hindustan Times 2021-01-21 19:48:37

At least five were killed in a fire that tore through India's Covid-19 vaccine producer Serum Institue of India on Thursday. The deaths were confirmed by Pune district collector Rajesh Deshmukh. Nine...

UAE approves Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

UAE approves Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

Reuters 2021-01-21 17:27:09

The United Arab Emirates on Thursday said it has approved Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, state media reported citing the ministry of health, marking the third vaccine to be approved by the UAE....

Fire at building site for Serum Institute, vaccine output not hit

Fire at building site for Serum Institute, vaccine output not hit

Reuters 2021-01-21 17:17:20

A big fire has broken out at a plant being built for the Serum Institute of India (SII), the world's biggest vaccine maker, but it will not affect production of coronavirus vaccines, a source close to...