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China industrial output, retail sales surge in pandemic rebound
China’s industrial output and retail sales surged in the first two months of the year, official data showed Monday, underscoring the country’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Industrial production spiked
At least 388,000 killed in Syria’s 10 years of conflict, monitor says
At least 388,652 people have been killed in Syria’s conflict since it erupted in March 2011, a war monitor reported Sunday. The toll includes 117,388 civilians, the Syrian Observatory for
US virus expert Fauci urges country to avoid Europe’s mistakes
The US government’s top infectious disease expert warned Sunday a new wave of coronavirus infections could be on the way, pointing to the climb in cases in Europe as something
Dozens of Myanmar protesters killed Sunday, capping bloody weekend
Myanmar police and military forces killed at least 38 protesters on Sunday, most of them the country’s largest city Yangon, an advocacy group said. At least 126 protesters have been
A decade of war in Syria killed over 388,000 — Monitor
The overall death toll for Syria’s civil war has reached 388,652 since it began a decade ago this month, a war monitor said on Sunday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for
Protesters in Argentina attack bus carrying president
Photo: Strait Times Dozens of protesters kicked and threw rocks at a minibus carrying Argentine President Alberto Fernandez on Saturday as he visited an area devastated by forest fires, TV
Chad president kicks off campaign for sixth term
Chadian President, Idriss Deby Chad President Idriss Deby Itno kicked off his campaign for a sixth term on Saturday, calling for unity after rival protests were banned and broken up.
Ivory Coast PM’s body flown home after death in Germany
The body of Ivory Coast Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko was flown home on Saturday, two days after he died in Germany. Bakayoko, who turned 56 last Monday and died following
Japan-trained Darfur rebel chief turned Sudan finance minister
Sudan’s new finance minister, Gibril Ibrahim, is a veteran rebel leader who fought against marginalisation under ousted president Omar al-Bashir. Now, the Japan-educated former professor holds the keys to the
Ancient Christian ruins discovered in Egypt
A French-Norwegian archaeological team has discovered new Christian ruins in Egypt’s Western Desert, revealing monastic life in the region in the fifth century AD, the Egyptian antiquities ministry said Saturday.
