Don’t ‘lose its way’

The widow of slain Haitian leader Jovenel Moise, who was critically wounded in the attack that claimed his life, on Saturday issued her first public remarks since the assault, calling on the nation not to “lose its way.”
11 July 2021

Explosion in Sudan port city kills four

An explosion has killed four people in a Sudanese Red Sea port city, officials said yesterday, the latest in a series of violent incidents in the area.
11 July 2021

Syria govt raises bread, diesel prices as crisis deepens

Steep bread and diesel price hikes went into force in government-held parts of war-torn Syria yesterday, bringing more pain for civilians in a long-running economic crisis.
11 July 2021

Syria’s president decrees 50% salary hike amid harsh crisis

Syrian President Bashar Assad has issued a decree giving hundreds of thousands of civil servants and military members a 50% salary increase amid a harsh economic and financial crisis and price increases for vital products.
11 July 2021

Australia reports first 2021 Covid-19 death, highest case number

Australia reported its first coronavirus-related death of the year on Sunday and a 2021 record 77 new cases of the virus in the state of New South Wales, which is battling an outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant.
11 July 2021

Majority of Brazilians support impeaching Bolsonaro, poll shows

For the first time, a majority of Brazilians support impeaching President Jair Bolsonaro, according to a poll released on Saturday, as serious graft allegations related to vaccine procurement hit the right-wing leader's already battered image.
10 July 2021

Ethiopia PM Abiy's party wins landslide victory in election

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party won the most seats in Ethiopia's parliamentary election, the election board said on Saturday, a victory that assures him another term in office.
10 July 2021

99.5pc of US covid deaths are unvaccinated people

Nearly all of the recent deaths from Covid-19 in the US have been unvaccinated individuals, according to initial data from the Centers for Disease Control
10 July 2021

95pc needs vaccine to stop Delta variant!

A panel of scientists who advise the French government on health warned Friday that as many as 95 percent of people might need to be vaccinated to dam the spread of the Delta variant of Covid-19. With cases rising, “a fourth wave linked to the Delta variant
10 July 2021

Climate advocate picked as US ambassador to India

President Joe Biden has nominated Los Angeles mayor and climate advocate Eric Garcetti to be the US ambassador to India, a country Washington sees as
10 July 2021

This day in history

1995 - Bosnian Serb forces overran Srebrenica, a UN-declared “safe area”, sending tens of thousands of Muslims fleeing for their lives. Serbs killed some 8,000 men and boys.
10 July 2021

Quotes of the day

" I conclude that the Israeli settlements do amount to a war crime. … this finding compels the international community ... to make it clear to Israel that its illegal occupation … can and will no longer be cost-free.
10 July 2021

Haiti asks US, UN to send troops

Haiti has asked Washington and the UN for troops to secure its ports, airport and other strategic sites after the assassination of president Jovenel Moise opened a power vacuum in the crisis-hit Caribbean nation, an official said. 
10 July 2021

Northrop to build homes on moon orbit

Northrop Grumman Corp won a Nasa contract worth $935 million to develop living quarters for the US space agency’s planned outpost in lunar orbit, the weapons maker said on Friday. 
10 July 2021

Muslim women offered for sale in fake India ‘auction’

Police in India are investigating how dozens of Muslim women were offered for sale in fake “auctions” online without their knowledge, in a case the victims say illustrates growing Islamophobia across the country. 
10 July 2021

Find $75b in 5 years to head off next pandemic

Covid-19 is probably only a forerunner of increasingly dangerous pandemics in the future and governments need to find $75 billion over the next 5 years to prepare for them, a panel of experts told finance ministers of the Group of 20 rich countries on Friday. 
10 July 2021

Ransomware Attacks: Biden presses Putin to act, hints at retaliation

US President Joe Biden has increased pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to move against ransomware groups operating in Russia, warning the United States is prepared to respond if cyberhacks are not stopped. 
10 July 2021

China evacuates its citizens

China criticized hasty withdrawal of troops by Washington as Afghan authorities yesterday prepared to retake a key border crossing seized by the Taliban in a sweeping offensive that the insurgents claim has helped capture a vast swath of the violence-wracked nation. 
10 July 2021

Space tourism set to begin

Decades after burnishing his reputation as a wealthy daredevil mogul in a series of boating and hot-air balloon expeditions, Richard Branson is poised to promote his burgeoning astro-tourism venture by launching himself to the final frontier. 
10 July 2021

Removal of US Capitol fencing begins six months after riot

More than six months after the deadly US Capitol insurrection, authorities on Friday began the process of dismantling fencing and barricades surrounding the iconic Washington building, although some access restrictions will remain in place. 
10 July 2021