Chinese President Xi inspects air force troops stationed in Guizhou
GUIYANG, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday inspected an aviation division of the Air Force stationed in southwestern Guizhou Province ahead of the Spring Festival, or the...
UAE launches start-up operations at first nuclear power plant
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates has begun start-up operations in the initial unit of its first nuclear power plant, the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) said on Saturday.
The Barakah...
Russia sent warplanes to back Haftar mercenaries in Libya: US
Russia recently sent fighter jets to Libya to support Russian mercenaries fighting for putschist Khalifa Haftar, the U.S. military command for Africa, Africom, said Tuesday, in a major escalation in the...
Bangladesh under Sheikh Hasina reported 12th most Corrupt Country: TIB
Bangladesh ranks 12th among the most corrupt countries in the world, according the 'Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2020'.
Bangladesh scores 26 out of 100. In 2019, Bangladesh ranked 14th. The score was...
Sturgeon not ruling out re-imposing restrictions amid record Scotland Covid cases
Nicola Sturgeon said she cannot “completely rule out” reimposing coronavirus restrictions as Scotland hit its worst ever number of cases recorded in 24 hours.
The First Minister said Scotland recorded 10...
Hong Kong cancels New Year’s fireworks over security concerns
Hong Kong's popular New Year's Eve fireworks will be canceled for the first time in a decade, as more than six months of protests have heighteneded security concerns, the Hong Kong...
France to sue, deport ‘foreign families’ opposing Prophet Muhammad caricatures
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said foreign families who object to caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad being shown in schools could face deportation.
Speaking to French Europe 1 Radio, Darmanin said the...
Israel launches airstrikes on besieged Palestinians in Gaza
Israeli army targets several locations in besieged enclave.
GAZA CITY, Palestine - Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes late Saturday on several locations in the besieged Gaza...
Global corona virus deaths top 170,000
The coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 170,000 people globally, close to two-thirds of them in hardest-hit Europe, according to an Agence France-Presse (AFP) tally Tuesday at 0935 GMT.
In total, 170,226...
Young and non-white Britons likelier to lose jobs after furlough
The Resolution Foundation think tank said 19% of workers aged 18-24 and 22% of ethnic minority staff had lost their job after being furloughed, compared with 9% of employees overall.
The study...
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Palestinians sue Britain for 1917 Balfour Declaration – AFP
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian lawyers on Thursday filed a complaint to sue the British government for the 1917 declaration setting out London's support for...
