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S.African president wants travel bans ‘urgently’ lifted

Posted on November 29, 2021 by News Desk

Johannesburg, Nov 28 (AFP/APP):South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday called on countries to “urgently” reverse travel bans linked to the discovery of the new coronavirus variant Omicron. “We call upon all those countries that have imposed travel bans on our country and our southern […]

New Covid variant throws sport in South Africa into turmoil

Posted on November 27, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Johannesburg, Nov 26 (AFP/APP):South African sport was thrown into turmoil on Friday following the announcement of travel bans following the discovery of a new strain of coronavirus in the country. Two rounds of matches in the United Rugby Championship were postponed, with two teams from […]

Two students, driver killed in Kosovo bus shooting

Posted on November 27, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Gllogjan, Kosovo, Nov 27 (AFP/APP):A gunman opened fire late Friday on a bus in Kosovo carrying school students, killing a boy and a girl and the driver, police said. Another 14 year-old student was wounded but is in stable condition, Skender Dreshaj, the head of […]

Tebboune faces another test as Algerians vote

Posted on November 27, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Algiers, Nov 27 (AFP/APP):Algerians vote on Saturday in local elections seen as key in President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s push to turn the page on the two-decade rule of late president Abdelaziz Bouteflika. But despite official campaigns urging Algerians to “make their mark”, the vote for municipal […]

Calm returns to Solomons capital after deadly riots

Posted on November 27, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Honiara, Nov 27 (AFP/APP):Calm returned to the Solomon Islands’ capital Honiara Saturday after days of rioting left at least three dead and reduced sections of the city to smouldering ruins. Petrol stations, shops and other businesses began to reopen, with Honiara residents flocking to buy […]

Violence against refugee women surged in 2020: UNHCR

Posted on November 27, 2021 by News Desk

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 26 (APP):One in five refugee or internally displaced women have faced sexual violence, and the situation continues to worsen globally, the UN refugee agency, (UNHCR), said Friday. On the 30th anniversary of the campaign for 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, […]

Stalemate in UK-EU talks over Northern Ireland

Posted on November 27, 2021 by News Desk

London, Nov 26 (AFP/APP):Negotiators for the UK and EU on Friday ended another round of talks without agreement as they try to resolve difficulties with post-Brexit trade in Northern Ireland. Brexit minister David Frost said he and European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic met in London […]

Over 20 dead in Channel migrant boat disaster

Posted on November 25, 2021 by News Desk

Paris, Nov 24 (AFP/APP):Over 20 migrants seeking to cross the Channel from France to England died Wednesday when their boat sank off the coast of the northern port of Calais, in the deadliest disaster to hit the busy route, French police said. French patrol vessels […]

‘New waves’ of displacement reported in western Tigray: UN

Posted on November 25, 2021 by News Desk

Addis Ababa, Nov 24 (AFP/APP):The United Nations on Wednesday expressed worry over reports of large-scale displacement from western Tigray, part of the war-hit Ethiopian region where the US has previously warned of ethnic cleansing. The UN refugee agency UNHCR and other agencies have “received very […]

Sweden’s Prime Minister-elect resigns hours after appointed

Posted on November 25, 2021 by News Desk

Stockholm, Nov 24 (AFP/APP):Sweden’s Prime Minister-elect Magdalena Andersson on Wednesday tendered her resignation just hours after her appointment by parliament, after her budget failed to pass and the junior Greens Party left the coalition government. “There is a constitutional practice that a coalition government should […]

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S.African president wants travel bans ‘urgently’ lifted

New Covid variant throws sport in South Africa into turmoil

Two students, driver killed in Kosovo bus shooting

Tebboune faces another test as Algerians vote

Calm returns to Solomons capital after deadly riots

Violence against refugee women surged in 2020: UNHCR

Stalemate in UK-EU talks over Northern Ireland

Over 20 dead in Channel migrant boat disaster

‘New waves’ of displacement reported in western Tigray: UN

Sweden’s Prime Minister-elect resigns hours after appointed

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