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A woman reads a prefectural decree installed on the entrance gates of the Grand Mosque of Pantin, near Paris, France, Oct. 20, 2020. (Reuters Photo)  France will inspect 76 mosques in the coming days in a “massive and unprecedented” operation against so-called separatism, the country’s interior minister said Wednesday. Gerald Darmanin said state services will […]

In this Jan. 11, 2010 photo Former French President Valery Giscard d’Estaing arrives for the funeral of Philippe Seguin, the President of the Court of Accounts, in Paris.   –   Copyright  AP Photo/Eric Feferberg Valery Giscard d’Estaing, the president of France from 1974 to 1981 who became a champion of European integration, died on Wednesday. He was 94. Giscard […]

A video screen for members of the news media featuring US President-elect Joe Biden as he sits in a nearby room in Wilmington, Delaware, on December 2, 2020, on a video call with small business owners and workers impacted by the current economic crisis. © Leah Mills, Reuters Biden, who has pledged to act quickly to […]

© kremlin.ru; (bottom left) © AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko; (bottom right) © REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva President Vladimir Putin has ordered the start of large scale vaccination against coronavirus in Russia, by the end of next week. Medics and teachers will be the first to get the shots and participation will be voluntary. Russia’s pharma industry is ready […]

December 1, 2020 (GADAREF) – Sudanese army handed back 50 Ethiopian soldiers who crossed the border area of Al-Fashaqa in Gadaref state, Sudan Tribune has learnt on Tuesday. The Ethiopian force consists of 31 soldiers belonging to the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF), 13 from the Ethiopian Federal Police, 6 from the Ethiopian Customs Authority, […]

In this Oct. 15, 2020, file photo Attorney General William Barr speaks during a roundtable discussion on Operation Legend, a federal program to help cities combat violent crime in St. Louis. (AP Photo) US Attorney General Bill Barr said Tuesday that the Justice Department has found no evidence of voter fraud significant enough to reverse […]

Stockholm’s Haninge suburb outside the house where a mother reportedly locked her son up for 28 years, leaving him undernourished and with almost no teeth   –   Copyright  AFP A 70-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of locking her son inside their apartment for 28 years in eastern Stockholm in Sweden. The man, who is 41 years old, […]

The UK had previously secured 40 million doses of the jab (Picture: Reuters) The UK has become the first country in the world to approve the Covid-19 Pfizer vaccine. The Department of Health said it will be rolled out from next week after being approved for use by the UK’s health regulation authority. A spokesman […]

A volunteer is vaccinated with CoronaVac, in Diyarbakır, southeastern Turkey, Nov. 25, 2020. (DHA Photo)  Health Minister Fahrettin Koca confirmed the date of the first coronavirus vaccination on Tuesday, saying health care workers will be the first to be inoculated after Dec. 11. “We will be delivered at least 10 million doses of the vaccine […]

TEHRAN — Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the Vienna-based international organizations has urged the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to clarify its position on the assassination of Iran’s top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. “The IAEA is first expected to pronounce clearly its position in relation with the terrorist act and strongly condemn it in […]