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  The Uppsala concert hall, where 1,000 people had gathered for a tribute concert to Abba legends Björn and Benny. Photo: William Brunius/TT Two people died and one was injured after an elderly man fell seven floors at a concert venue in Uppsala, central Sweden, hitting two people.  Around 1,000 people had gathered at the […]

In his closing remarks at the COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference, US President Joe Biden slammed China and Russia for not attending what is being considered the most important environmental summit ever. Biden unleashed on China and Russia in response to a question on the matter from CNN’s Phil Mattingly on Tuesday. President Joe Biden spoke […]

The situation across the Taiwan Straits is tense. As it is a complex interaction among three sides of China and the US, plus the island of Taiwan, uncertainties are prominent and misjudgment is more likely to occur. As a result, it has attracted increasing attention and speculation. Two J-10 fighter jets attached to an aviation […]

  KABUL: Two deadly explosions rocked Kabul after a group of gunmen blew their way into a military hospital on Tuesday morning, killing at least 19 people and wounding 43 others. Explosions were followed by gunfire in Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan military hospital in Kabul city, interior ministry sources have told media. Reports say gunfire […]

NAIROBI (HOL) – Senior Biden administration officials visited Somalia this week in what the White House said was aimed at bolstering the war against Al-Shabaab. According to a statement from the White House, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security Dr. Liz Sherwood-Randall, USAFRICOM Commander General Stephen Townsend, and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special […]

The pledge to protect and conserve global forests is unprecedented.   –   Copyright  AP The first major deal of COP26 is due to be signed later today (2 November), as more than 100 world leaders commit to ending deforestation by 2030. In an unprecedented move, leaders representing over 85 per cent of the planet’s forests will promise to halt and reverse […]

President Xi Jinping attends the 16th G20 Leaders’ Summit via video link in Beijing, Oct 31, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday called on the international community to take concrete actions to address climate change and energy issues. Xi made the remarks while addressing the 16th G20 Leaders’ Summit via video […]

On Sunday morning, protesters were back on the streets, again using rocks and tyres to block roads [Mohamed Nureldin/Reuters] Anti-coup protesters have manned barricades in Sudan’s capital Khartoum, a day after a deadly crackdown on mass rallies, as a defiant civil disobedience campaign against the military takeover entered its seventh day. Tens of thousands turned out […]

Climate activists have been staging protests ahead of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. On this Oct. 30, 2021 picture, Climate activists protest after arriving by train at Glasgow Central Station ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain. © Yves  The U.N. climate summit in Glasgow opened Sunday with appeals for […]

WhatsApp will stop working on millions of older phones from today, November 1. The Facebook-owned messaging app is stopping support for older versions of both the iOS and Android operating systems. WhatsApp will no longer run on older versions of operating systems (Credits: EPA) That means they will no longer receive security and software support which could […]