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Climate activists staged protests at airports across Sweden on Sunday, police said, causing brief air traffic delays as they called for the government to stop subsidising the aviation industry. Climate activists staged protests at airports across Sweden on Sunday, police said, causing brief air traffic delays as they called for the government to stop subsidising […]

  A community in Daoli district of Harbin, Northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, starts nucleic acid testing for all its residents on October 31, 2021 after Harbin reported one confirmed case and two positive cases on October 30. Photo: VCG More regions including East China’s Jiangxi Province and Northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province are grappling with a […]

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (L) meets with U.S. President Joe Biden during the G-20 leaders summit, Rome, Italy, Oct. 31, 2021. (AP Photo) While Ankara described the two leaders’ meeting as positive, Washington said that defense partnership and Turkey’s importance as a NATO ally were reaffirmed President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and United States President Joe […]

Captured Ethiopian government soldiers and allied militia members sit in rows after being paraded by Tigray forces through the streets in Mekelle, capital of the Tigray region [File: AP Photo] Ethiopia government spokesperson, however, denies Tigrayan fighters seized Dessie in the Amhara region, saying the town was still under government control. Tigrayan forces said they […]

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (R) and U.S. President Joe Biden shake hands ahead of the opening session of the G-20 summit at La Nuvola conference center, in Rome, Italy, Oct. 30, 2021. (AP Photo)  President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and United States President Joe Biden will hold a meeting in Rome Sunday on the sidelines of […]

Leaders pose for the family photo of the G20 summit at the La Nuvola conference center, in Rome, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021.   –   Copyright  Erin Schaff/Pool Photo via AP The leaders of the world’s major economies endorsed a 15% global minimum corporate tax as they gathered in Italy this weekend as Rome hosts its first G20 summit. The […]

A screenshot from the viral video of Nimco Happy singing her song Isii Nafta’ in 2017. Photo: TikTok/ nimcoshappy  It’s usually a tune you’d hear at Somali weddings, but now Isii Nafta has gone viral worldwide after stars such as Bella Hadid, Cardi B and Trevor Noah posted about it on social media. The song, which is […]

  Members of the Coronavirus Commission presented the report’s findings in a press conference on Friday. Photo: Christine Olsson/TT The Coronavirus Commission, appointed to examine Sweden’s coronavirus strategy, has presented its second interim report on Sweden’s response to the pandemic.  What’s the Coronavirus Commission? In June last year, Sweden appointed a panel to investigate the […]

Lebanon’s Information Minister George Kordahi speaks at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon September 13, 2021. (Reuters)  Lebanon’s Information Minister George Kordahi said on Wednesday his country “cannot remain subject to blackmail” in response to calls for his resignation after his statements about Saudi Arabia and the UAE’s involvement in the Yemen war. “I am […]