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Gambian MPs vote to uphold skin-bleaching ban
Gambian lawmakers on Monday rejected a government proposal to lift a ban on skin-lightening products, which are widely used across Africa. Skin lightening is also practised in other parts of
10 people killed in US Colorado supermarket shooting
A shooting at a US state, Colorado, supermarket killed 10 people Monday, including a police officer who was the first to respond to the scene, authorities said. Police arrested a
Biden eyes $3trn package for infrastructure, schools, families
Fresh off passage of the COVID-19 relief bill, US President, Joe Biden, is assembling the next big White House priority, a sweeping $3 trillion package of investments on infrastructure and
Putin slams Sputnik V vaccine criticism, to get jab on Tuesday
Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday dismissed foreign criticism of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine and said he would get the jab himself on Tuesday. Speaking
Netanyahu ahead but win uncertain in new Israel vote
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli voters readied for a fourth election in under two years Tuesday, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead in the polls but uncertain of clinching a governing majority. The
Volcano flares to life in Iceland for first time in 900 years
A long-dormant volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland flared to life at the weekend, spilling lava down two sides in that area’s first volcanic eruption in nearly 900
Egyptian author, women’s rights icon El Saadawi dies
World-renowned Egyptian author Nawal El Saadawi, an outspoken champion of women’s rights in the Arab world, has died at the age of 89, her family said. El Saadawi passed away
Chinese police retrieve thousands of relics robbed from Song Dynasty tombs
Police in the east China city of Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, have recovered thousands of cultural relics robbed from ancient tombs, which were discovered by workers at a local construction site.
BBC journalist freed in Myanmar as anti-coup protests roll on
A BBC journalist held in Myanmar has been freed, the broadcaster said on Monday, as demonstrators took to the streets for fresh anti-coup protests against the military. Myanmar’s junta has
US Defence Secretary visits Afghanistan ahead of troops withdrawal
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan, weeks before a planned withdrawal of all remaining US troops. After meeting President Ashraf Ghani in Kabul, he
