Tue 08 February 2022: The latest flare-up in relations between Paris and Bamako came on Monday, when Mali’s prime minister accused France of attempting to partition the west African country during its military mission there. Choguel Kokalla Maiga criticized France, the former colonial power in a 45-minute speech to diplomats gathered at his request. But […]
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Tue 08 February 2022: Jagmeet Singh calls for emergency debate in Canadian parliament over ongoing trucker ‘occupation’ of capital, Ottawa. Canada needs to investigate foreign interference and support for an anti-government protest in the country’s capital, said New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Jagmeet Singh, as the convoy of truckers and their supporters continues to wreak havoc in Ottawa. […]
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Tue 08 February 2022: A drawing by Albrecht Durer bought at a yard sale for $30 proved to be worth over $10 million. Known as the “The Virgin and Child,” this drawing has been “the subject of significant interest since its rediscovery,” as per Agnews Gallery, the London auction house in possession of the artwork. […]
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Tue 08 February 2022: Advances in satellite technology have revealed that the world’s glaciers contain significantly less ice than previously thought, according to a study published in Nature Geoscience. The revised estimate reduces global sea level rise by 3 inches (7.62 centimetres) if all glaciers were to melt. But it raises concern for some communities […]
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Tue 08 February 2022: The United States and Germany are working in “lockstep” to deter Russian “aggression” in Europe, US President Joe Biden has said, as he met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the White House on Monday. Amid growing tensions in eastern Europe, Scholz held in-person talks with Biden on February 7 for the first time since […]
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Mon 07 February 2022: On Monday, Pope Francis stated that dumping plastic in rivers is “criminal” and should be prohibited. . “Throwing plastic into the sea is criminal. It kills biodiversity, it kills the earth, it kills everything.” He further added, “Looking after creation is an education (process) in which we must engage,” citing a […]
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Mon 07 February 2022: The majority of passports appear to be dull and boring. They are rarely checked, except when a stamp is required for travel or other reasons. Well, until now. Belgium has taken the lead in making them more attractive by providing passports with images of its well-known comic strip heroes. It will […]
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Mon 07 February 2022: US President Joe Biden and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron discussed the situation in Ukraine over the phone Sunday, according to a White House statement. The 40 minutes-long call allowed the two leaders to “share information about contacts made during the weekend” for good coordination ahead of the trip, the French […]
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Mon 07 February 2022: Australia’s borders will reopen to fully vaccinated travelers on February 21, according to Prime Minister Scott Morrison, lifting arguably of the world’s toughest and longest-standing pandemic travel restrictions. “It’s almost two years since we took the decision to close the borders to Australia,” Morrison said during a media briefing on Monday. […]
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Sun 06 February 2022: Britain’s Chancellor of Exchequer Rishi Sunak has reportedly admitted to attending Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s lockdown birthday party in 2020 but refused to say what happened when he entered the room and claimed that he was in the Cabinet Room for a Covid meeting. Johnson’s five aides, including longstanding policy chief […]
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