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In a report submitted to the UN Security Council earlier in October, the Panel said the terrorist group was using people’s exposure to the bite of climate change to cement their influence in Somalia and the region. It says the group, which had already been damaging the environment through illegal charcoal exports, was now coming […]

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 captured the strategic town of Dessie in Amhara region that borders Tigray, according to a rebel spokesman and residents. An Ethiopia government spokesperson, however, denied Tigrayan fighters seized Dessie, saying […]

Saudi Crown Prince, M. bin Salman arrives at the opening session of the Future Investment Initiative Conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 26, 2021. (Bandar Algaloud / Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court / Handout via Reuters, File)  Saudi Arabia on Friday ordered the Lebanese ambassador to leave within 48 hours and summoned its ambassador to […]

italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi greets France’s President Emmanuel Macron at the G20 summit in Rome, Italy, on October 30, 2021. © REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane  Climate change and the relaunch of the global economy will top the G20 agenda as leaders of the world’s most advanced nations meet Saturday, the first in-person gathering since the pandemic.  Looming over […]

People walk on the streets, amid the coronavirus outbreak, in central Stockholm in April 2020.   –   Copyright  Anders Wiklund/ALI LORESTANI /TT NYHETSBYRÅN/AP  Sweden’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic has been “slow” and “insufficient”, a government-sponsored commission has said. The report has criticised the Swedish government’s response to the health crisis and prevent the spread of the virus. “Sweden’s […]

  October 28, 2021 (KHARTOUM) – The Security Council called to restore the civilian-led transitional institutions in Sudan and to release the political detainees, increasing regional and international pressures on the military junta. The 15-member body Thursday expressed serious concern about the recent military takeover and declaration of the state of emergency as well as […]

Mared Foulkes was studying pharmacy at Cardiff University while working part-time at a chemist’s (Picture: Daily Post Wales) A student took her own life after wrongly being told she had failed an exam and could not move on to the third year of her degree, an inquest heard. Mared Foulkes, 21, was studying pharmacy at […]

U.S. President Joe Biden, right, speaks with French President Emmanuel Macron during a NATO summit at NATO headquarters in Brussels, June 14, 2021.   –   Copyright  Brendan Smialowski, Pool via AP  French President Emmanuel Macron and his US counterpart, Joe Biden, will meet in Rome ahead of the G20 summit on Friday as they seek to mend relations following […]

  October 27, 2021 (KHARTOUM) – European, Troika and Switzerland envoys to Sudan said they only recognize the government of Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok and called to be allowed to meet him On Tuesday evening, the military council in Sudan released Hamdok from custody and escorted him to his house in Khartoum where he is […]

Despite the shortages of parts worldwide under the pandemic, South Korea’s No.1 conglomerate Samsung Electronics logged its largest-ever quarterly earnings in the third quarter of 2021, owing mainly to robust sales of chips and foldable smartphones. According to the earnings announced on Thursday, the tech giant posted 73.98 trillion won ($63.15 billion) in sales and […]