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The blockage of Egypt’s Suez canal by a giant container ship is causing a “traffic jam” of vessels, according to a merchant seaman on a nearby ship. Joe Reynolds, chief engineer of the Maersk Ohio, told the BBC the number waiting at the southern entrance in the Red Sea was “growing exponentially”. “It’s going to […]

France, Belgium and Poland on Saturday tightened curbs as coronavirus cases surged in Europe while the Philippines prepared for a giant lockdown and Chile confined over 80 percent of its population. A health worker collects a swab sample from a man in Barcelona LLUIS GENE AFP/File France has admitted that the situation is “critical” and added […]

 U.S. Democrats have seized on new voting restrictions in Georgia to focus attention on the fight to overhaul federal election laws, setting up a slow-building standoff that carries echoes of the civil rights battles of a half-ce A poll worker talks to a voter before they vote on a paper ballot on Election Day in […]

For now at least, the Biden team is avoiding escalation wurging allies behind the scenes to step up pressure on Pyongyang. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Joe Biden says North Korea is his top foreign policy issue. Just don’t expect him to do much about it — at least not in public. Take this week’s fire […]

  China UK Photo:VCG China’s countermeasure of sanctioning nine UK individuals and four entities was a reciprocal move based on evidence and an equal relation with nations that the West must get used to, Chinese analysts and sources said, warning that more countermeasures are on the way against certain UK lawyers who have colluded with […]

At least 32 people were killed and 66 injured Friday when two trains collided in southern Egypt, the health ministry said, the latest deadly rail accident to hit the country. Passenger trains collided in southern Egypt. (Supplied) A statement said dozens of ambulances rushed to the scene in the Tahta district of Sohag province, some […]

The government will not issue IDs to Somali immigrants on the Lamu-Somalia border.Speaking during a meeting between the immigrants and security officials in Kiunga town on Thursday, Lamu county commissioner Irungu Macharia said despite having lived in Kenya, the law doesn’t provide for the immigrants to be issued with IDs. Lamu security officers during a […]

Crowds called for staff at Batley Grammar School to resign after pupils were allegedly shown cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. Headteacher Gary Kibble (inset) has apologised (Picture: SWNS) A crowd of angry protesters have gathered at the gates of a school after a teacher allegedly showed pupils cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. There have been […]

Eritrea will pull its troops out of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Friday, a potential breakthrough in a drawn-out conflict that has seen atrocities carried out against civilians.The announcement comes as Abiy, winner of the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize, faces mounting pressure to end fighting in which both Eritrean and […]

 European leaders have backed tightening the criteria to authorise the export of EU-made coronavirus vaccines in a bid to secure supplies for citizens inside the bloc. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen waits for the start of a video conference meeting with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the European Council.   –   Copyright  Stephanie Lecocq/AP The move […]