Eiffel Tower reopens after row over removing women staff
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Drone strike near courthouse in central Sudan kills 13
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Sportlight / Putin, Trump had ‘frank’ call after US envoys visit
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Occupied west bank: UK, France, Canada sanction Israeli settlements
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Iran-backed Houthis attack 4 Saudi cities
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China’s Xi calls on British PM to ‘seek common ground’
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N Korea calls Russia bridge a sign of tighter ties
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Russia pummels Kyiv with missiles, drones
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Americans fear domestic extremists over foreign attacks: poll
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GEN Z PROTESTS / Nepalis mark a year since deadly uprising
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23 people burn to death
Gunmen in Nigeria attacked a bus in the country’s northwestern Sokoto state, causing a fire that killed 23 people, police and the governor’s spokesman said yesterday.
8 December 2021
Biden-Putin talks ‘positive’
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said yesterday that a video call between US President Joe Biden and Russian leader Vladimir Putin was “positive”.
8 December 2021
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8 December 2021
US hits Iran with new sanctions for rights abuses
The United States slapped fresh sanctions on a dozen Iranian officials and entities for “serious” human rights abuses Tuesday, ahead of the
8 December 2021
Explosion in central Mali kills 7 UN peacekeepers
An explosion on Wednesday in central Mali killed seven United Nations peacekeepers and seriously wounded three others, the U.N. mission said on Twitter.
8 December 2021
Khashoggi killing: France frees Saudi man mistakenly held
France on Wednesday released a Saudi national arrested at a Paris airport over suspected links to the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi after officials concluded it was a case of mistaken identity.
8 December 2021
Beijing Winter Olympics: After US, Australia's diplomatic boycott, UK now follows suit
No UK government minister will attend the Beijing Winter Olympics, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Wednesday, calling it “effectively” a diplomatic boycott.
8 December 2021
Olaf Scholz new German chancellor, ending Merkel’s 16-year tenure
Center-left leader Olaf Scholz on Wednesday became Germany’s ninth post-World War II chancellor, opening a new era for the European Union’s most populous nation and largest economy after Angela Merkel’s 16-year tenure.
8 December 2021
Two-Hour Video Summit: Biden warns Putin against Ukraine invasion
Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin held a two-hour video summit yesterday in which the US president said he would warn of painful sanctions and increased military support for Eastern Europe if Russia invades Ukraine.
7 December 2021
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1940 - German bombers staged a heavy overnight raid on London, causing the first serious war damage to House of Commons and Tower of London.
7 December 2021
Syrian port of latakia::Israel strike targets Iran weapons
An Israeli air strike hit a shipment of Iranian weapons in the Syrian port of Latakia yesterday, in the first such attack on the key facility, a war monitor said.
7 December 2021
Coral reefs at risk of collapse: study
Rising sea temperatures and overfishing threaten coral reefs in the western Indian Ocean with complete collapse in the next 50 years, according to a groundbreaking study of these marine ecosystems.
7 December 2021
Instagram tightens teen defences as US hearing looms
Instagram yesterday tightened protections for teens on the eve of a Senate hearing about whether it is “toxic” for young
7 December 2021
US will ‘pay the price’: China
The United States will have to “pay a price” for its diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, China said yesterday, just weeks after talks aimed at easing tense relations between the two sides.
7 December 2021
38 perish in Burundi prison fire
A massive fire tore through an overcrowded prison in Burundi before dawn yesterday, killing dozens of inmates and seriously injuring many more, the country’s vice president said.
7 December 2021
Rohingya Hate Speech: Refugees sue Facebook for $150b
Rohingya refugees sued Facebook on Monday for $150 billion over claims the social network is failing to stem hate speech on its platform, exacerbating violence against the vulnerable minority.
7 December 2021
Vaccine mandates should be ‘last resort’
The World Health Organization (WHO) in Europe yesterday cautioned against making Covid vaccines mandatory, while urging better protection of children among whom cases are high.
7 December 2021
Kenyan policeman kills six in shooting spree
A Kenyan police officer yesterday shot dead six people, including his wife, and wounded two others before turning the gun on himself, police said.
7 December 2021
Ethiopia accuses US, allies of ‘destructive’ approach
Ethiopia yesterday accused the United States of “perpetuating a destructive narrative” after Washington and its allies sounded the alarm over reports that the authorities were unlawfully detaining citizens on ethnic grounds.
7 December 2021
Khashoggi murder suspect nabbed in Paris
One of the suspected killers of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was arrested at the Roissy airport near Paris on Tuesday as he was about to board a flight to Riyadh, French RTL radio reported.
7 December 2021