In a COVID hotspot, Canada’s election prompts little enthusiasm
After Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called a snap election last month, he defended the decision to hold a vote during the coronavirus pandemic by saying Canadians...
S.Africa says UK climate envoy to visit to discuss helping shift from coal
Britain's envoy to the U.N. Climate Change Conference plans to visit South Africa ahead of the November talks, officials said, to discuss helping it end...
The world should not yet engage with the new Taliban government
I left Afghanistan, my beloved country, just a few days after the Taliban took control of Kabul. I did not want to leave, but I...
EXCLUSIVE: Eritrean and Tigrayan forces killed and raped refugees – HRW
Eritrean soldiers and Tigrayan militias raped, detained and killed Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray, an international rights watchdog said on Thursday. Human...
Taiwan plans $9 bln boost in arms spending, warns of ‘severe threat’
Taiwan proposed on Thursday extra defense spending of T$240 billion ($8.69 billion) over the next five years, including on new missiles, as it warned of...
Massoud has a lobbyist in US; Taliban are also looking for one: Report
Panjshir leader and the face of Northern Resistance Front, Ahmad Massoud has signed up a lobbyist in the United States this week, a New York Times report...
World Bank to discontinue ‘Doing Business’ reports after irregularities found
World Bank Group has decided to discontinue ‘Doing Business’ reports that used to assess investment climate in countries after data irregularities were found in 2018...
UK sets out plans to replace and repeal regulations copied from EU
Britain is to begin replacing or scrapping European Union regulations that were copied into British law before the country's exit from the bloc, Brexit minister...
U.S. Senate’s McConnell tells Yellen Democrats must raise debt ceiling themselves
Mitch McConnell, the Senate's top Republican, has told Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen that congressional Democrats will have to raise the U.S. debt ceiling on their...
Iran approves U.S. firm J&J’s shot as it fights fifth COVID wave
Iran’s new government has approved use of U.S. firm Johnson & Johnson's (JNJ.N) COVID-19 vaccine, a senior official said on Thursday, as the Islamic Republic fights a...