#China’s #crackdown in #HongKong escalated dramatically on Wednesday with police arresting as many as 50 opposition figures in their largest operation since a draconian security law was imposed on the…
Continue ReadingWith mounting desperation, Donald #Trump declared he would “fight like hell” to hold on to the presidency and appealed to Republican lawmakers to reverse his election loss to Joe #Biden…
Continue ReadingVoters cast ballots on Tuesday in a pair of #US Senate runoff elections in #Georgia that will determine control of the chamber – and with it the ability to block…
Continue ReadingThe emergence in Britain and South Africa of two new #variants of Sars-CoV-2, which are potentially far more infectious versions of the #virus, has prompted widespread concern. One mutation has…
Continue Reading#Qatar’s ruling emir arrived in #SaudiArabia for a Gulf summit and was greeted with an embrace by the kingdom’s crown prince on Tuesday, following an announcement that the kingdom would…
Continue ReadingAfter an unprecedented campaign that mobilized President Donald #Trump and his successor Joe #Biden, the people of #Georgia started voting Tuesday in two US Senate runoffs that could shape the…
Continue ReadingBerta Cáceres, a prominent Honduran environmental activist, was killed in her home in 2016. Since then, the investigation of her murder has drawn international scrutiny as it moved closer to…
Continue ReadingMillions of #Kenyan pupils returned to #school on Monday for the first time since classes were dismissed 10 months earlier due to the #coronavirus pandemic. Mask-wearing students had their temperatures…
Continue Reading#France is stepping up its #Covid-19 #vaccine rollout by widening further its first target group to include more health workers and simplifying a cumbersome process to deliver jabs more quickly,…
Continue ReadingSchools and colleges across #Britain closed on Tuesday ahead of a national #lockdown as the country battled to control surging #coronavirus cases that are threatening to overwhelm its healthcare system.…
Continue ReadingSpaceX is set to significantly ramp up its Starship development program in the new year, in more ways than one. SpaceX CEO and founder Elon Musk noted on Twitter on…
Continue Reading#SaudiArabia will reopen its borders and airspace to #Qatar, the Kuwaiti foreign minister said Monday, more than three years after Riyadh sealed both and led an alliance to isolate Doha.…
Continue ReadingRyan Reynolds had the “honour” of delivering one of the clues on what would be Alex Trebek’s final “Jeopardy!” episodes. Heading into the last few shows, Reynolds joined his fellow…
Continue Reading2020 may have been a ghost town when it came to new MCU content, but that’s anything but the case in 2021. From the long-awaited releases of Black Widow and…
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