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In the presence of Belarusian opposition politician Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the documentary film Courage about the protests in Belarus is scheduled to celebrate its premiere this Friday at the Berlinale. Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, has also been announced for a panel discussion relating to the film about the protests in […]
Former Prime Minister Ukhnaa Khurelsukh has won Mongolia’s presidential election, National News Agency, Montsame reported, citing preliminary results. Khurelsukh won with 99.3 per cent of the polling stations counted, the candidate of the Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) secured about 68 per cent of votes, Montsame reported. The election authority was due to announce the […]
At least 100 people were killed in a “barbaric attack” by gunmen targeting a village in north-eastern Burkina Faso, said the West African country’s president, Roch Kabore, on Saturday. Kabore said he had ordered three days of national mourning over the attack on the village of Solhan in the conflict-ridden Sahel region. Security forces […]
Brazilian football federation (CBF) president Rogerio Caboclo was temporarily removed from his position late Sunday, in connection with sexual assault accusations. Caboclo has been initially suspended for 30 days by decision of the CBF ethics commission. He was accused of sexual and moral assault by a employee of the confederation. Caboclo denies all accusations. […]
The African Union (AU) has decided to suspend Mali again following a second military coup in nine months. The AU’s decision comes a few days after the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), also announced the suspension of Mali from its institutions. In its statement, the AU called for the military to “urgently […]
China has announced that it will allow couples to have up to three children, after census data showed a steep decline in birth rates. China scrapped its decades-old one-child policy in 2016, replacing it with a two-child limit which has failed to lead to a sustained upsurge in births. The cost of raising children […]
China reported the world’s first human infection of the H10N3 bird flu strain on Tuesday but said the risk of it spreading widely among people was low. A 41-year-old man was admitted to hospital with fever symptoms in the eastern city of Zhenjiang on April 28 and was diagnosed with H10N3 a month later, […]
Planning is already underway for the 94th Oscars, which will be held on March 27, 2022, the film academy and ABC said Thursday. After a year of disruption, innovation and catastrophically low ratings, the Academy Awards are getting back to business as usual. The show will return to the Dolby Theatre for its ABC […]
Zinedine Zidane, Real Madrid’s coach, has decided to leave the Spanish club. Zidane, in his second spell at the club, saw his side come up just short in LaLiga this season, with Atlético Madrid holding on to win the title on the last day with a victory over Real Valladolid. The news was broken […]
Mali’s interim president and premier have been released, a military official said Thursday, three days after they were detained and stripped of their powers in what appeared to be the country’s second coup in nine months. “The interim president and prime minister were released overnight around 1:30 am (0130 GMT). We were true […]
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