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The UK, Denmark and the Netherlands have approved four agreements with Somaliland to fund infrastructure and boost economic growth. The biggest project will upgrade the road between the self-declared republic’s second-largest city, Burao, and the port of Berbera. It will add 82km of all-weather asphalt, resurface bridges and renew drainage to benefit 50,000 regular road users and […]

Hong Kong officials including Chief Executive Carrie Lam (second from left) attend th opening ceremony for China’s new Office for Safeguarding National Security, July 8, 2020.   –   Copyright  Hong Kong Government Information Services via AP  Beijing’s national security office was inaugurated in Hong Kong on Wednesday, just over a week after China’s central government imposed a tough new […]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel. BERLIN — Just after Germany agreed last month to rescue Lufthansa with a €9 billion emergency injection, the airline announced it would resume service on a route that had been dormant for months: Frankfurt-Shanghai. Whether serendipity or design, the move by Germany’s flag carrier symbolized the priority Berlin places on repairing […]

AP Photo/Sergei Poliakov   –   Copyright  People enjoy the beach in the Black Sea in Odessa, Ukraine, Sunday, July 5, 2020 Tens of thousands of people descended on Black Sea beaches in Russia and Ukraine over the weekend but despite significant COVID-19 outbreaks in both countries, there was little evidence anyone was heeding public health advice. Few were seen […]

MOFA Spokesperson Joanne Ou. (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has hit back at China, which criticized Taiwan for enhancing its ties with the self-governing African territory of Somaliland through the establishment of reciprocal representative offices and appointment of government envoys. “The Taiwanese government and people have sought to develop […]

Stage three restrictions are being reimposed in metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell shire as coronavirus infections rise. Life for millions of Victorians will change drastically again, with new coronavirus orders coming into effect in fewer than two days. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced these new measures in an hour-long press conference today. Missed it? Catch up […]

Basic education minister Angie Motshekga. File photo.Image: GCIS Basic education minister Angie Motshekga said on Sunday that less than one percent of the country’s teachers had been infected by the coronavirus since the return of grade 7 and 12 pupils on June 8. That translated to 2,740 infected teachers out of about 440,000 teachers in SA. […]

ILRI/Barbara Wieland Researchers from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) work to control bird flu in Indonesia. Preventing the Next Pandemic: Zoonotic diseases and how to break the chain of transmission identifies seven trends driving the increasing emergence of zoonotic diseases, including a growing demand for animal protein, unsustainable farming practices and the global climate crisis. It also […]

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, and President Donald Trump talk prior to a NATO round table meeting in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, Wednesday, in Dec. 2019. | Frank Augstein/AP Photo BOTTAWA — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will not attend a meeting in Washington, D.C., this week to mark the start of the new North […]

The 9th ministerial meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum is held via video link on July 6, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]  President says mutual support reflects close bonds, cooperation between them China and Arab countries should enhance strategic communications and promote cooperation in all areas, including the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, President Xi Jinping said on […]