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Italy mayor accused of vaccine queue-jumping resigns
A town mayor in Italy’s Sicily region said Sunday he was stepping down after coming under fire for jumping the queue for coronavirus vaccinations. “I spent a sleepless night thinking
Schoolboy among five dead in Senegal unrest
A schoolboy was killed during violent protests in Senegal at the weekend, officials said, bringing the death toll from days of violence in the country to five. Clashes first erupted
China exports spike to highest in decades after Covid-19 hit
President Xi Jinping of China China’s export growth jumped to the highest in over two decades, official data showed Sunday, with imports also surging in a sharp bounceback from the
Pope Francis visits Iraqi Christians who suffered under IS
Pope Francis Pope Francis landed in northern Iraq on Sunday to cap his historic tour to the country with a visit to Christian communities that endured the brutality of a
Sisi says Egypt, Sudan reject Ethiopia Nile dam ‘fait accompli’
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned Saturday against Ethiopia continuing to fill its Nile dam, on his first visit to Sudan since the ouster of longtime autocrat
Eritrean troops killed hundreds in Ethiopia massacre ― HRW
Eritrean forces shot dead hundreds of children and civilians in a November massacre in neighbouring Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray region, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Friday. It was the second major
Pope Francis to meet top cleric Sistani on second day in Iraq
Pope Francis Pope Francis begins the second day of his historic Iraq visit on Saturday with an extraordinary meeting with Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the top authority for the country’s
Ivory Coast heads into elections after political turmoil
Ivory Coast was set to vote in a parliamentary ballot on Saturday in a key test of stability after presidential elections last year marked by violence. Grappling with a deep
After Floyd killing in US, no sweeping police reform but small, local steps
An unarmed Black man George Floyd is seen pinned to the ground by a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota. PHOTO: Al Jazeera George Floyd’s death at the hands of
‘Pilgrim of peace’ Pope Francis heads to war-scarred Iraq
Pope Francis Pope Francis starts a historic trip to war-battered Iraq on Friday, defying security fears and the pandemic to comfort one of the world’s oldest and most persecuted Christian
