Trudeau will not attend USMCA celebration in Washington The Canadian prime minister signaled last week he was unlikely to attend the meeting.By Maura Forrest
7 July, 2020 Comments Off on Trudeau will not attend USMCA celebration in Washington The Canadian prime minister signaled last week he was unlikely to attend the meeting.By Maura Forrest
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, and President Donald Trump talk prior to a NATO round table meeting in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, Wednesday, in Dec. 2019. | Frank Augstein/AP Photo BOTTAWA — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will not attend a meeting in Washington, D.C., this week to mark the start of the new North […]
Continue reading …Forum focuses on China-Arab strategic ties
7 July, 2020 Comments Off on Forum focuses on China-Arab strategic ties
The 9th ministerial meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum is held via video link on July 6, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua] President says mutual support reflects close bonds, cooperation between them China and Arab countries should enhance strategic communications and promote cooperation in all areas, including the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, President Xi Jinping said on […]
Continue reading …Defense Minister highlights value of unbiased approach to enhance Turkey-EU ties
7 July, 2020 Comments Off on Defense Minister highlights value of unbiased approach to enhance Turkey-EU tiesDefense Minister Hulusi Akar (Right) smiles during a news conference with EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell in Ankara on Monday, July 6, 2020 (IHA Photo) Turkey’s defense minister on Monday called on the EU to adopt an objective and unbiased approach toward his country for mutually productive relations. Hulusi Akar said some “unilateral, non-objective […]
Continue reading …Silvia Romano says Islam comforted her during captivity
6 July, 2020 Comments Off on Silvia Romano says Islam comforted her during captivity
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ALL RIGHTS RESERVED (ANSA) – ROME, JUL 6 – Silvia Romano, an aid worker who converted to Islam during an 18-month detention by Somali Islamist militants,, said Monday her new faith had comforted her during her ordeal. Speaking to online daily La Luce two months after being freed, Romano said “after […]
Continue reading …Italy migrant crisis: 180 migrants allowed off rescue ship
6 July, 2020 Comments Off on Italy migrant crisis: 180 migrants allowed off rescue ship
Image The decision to allow the group to disembark follows a week of tension on board the ship Image captionThe decision to allow the group to disembark follows a week of tension on board the ship Italy has given permission for 180 migrants rescued from the Mediterranean to disembark from a charity-run ship. The decision […]
Continue reading …Viewpoint: What Donald Trump gets wrong about Somalia
6 July, 2020 Comments Off on Viewpoint: What Donald Trump gets wrong about Somalia
In our series of letters from African journalists, Ismail Einashe considers how Somalia has become caught up in the US election campaign. President Donald Trump is making Somali-American congresswoman Ilhan Omar one of the bogeywomen of his campaign for re-election to the White House in November – and by proxy her country of birth, Somalia. […]
Continue reading …World faces alarming COVID-19 infection rates, WHO reports record daily increase
6 July, 2020 Comments Off on World faces alarming COVID-19 infection rates, WHO reports record daily increase
Traditional musicians are seen next to residents and tourists at a souvenir market, Tijuana, Mexico, July 4, 2020. (REUTERS Photo) The World Health Organization (WHO) reports a single-day record in global coronavirus cases as a spike in infections underlines how easily hard-won progress can be reversed As the coronavirus pandemic accelerates in many continents, the […]
Continue reading …Tourists flock to European holiday destinations amid ongoing pandemic
6 July, 2020 Comments Off on Tourists flock to European holiday destinations amid ongoing pandemic
Copyright Harry Nakos/Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Tourists have been on the move across Europe in the first big holiday weekend of the summer, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Despite an upturn in the cases of COVID-19 in Croatia in the last few days, the first major tourist weekend in July has been […]
Continue reading …Constitutional amendments will enable Russia to avoid Soviet Union’s mistakes – Putin According to Putin, the Soviet Constitution included a thesis of Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin that the republics should be given the right to pull out from the USSR
5 July, 2020 Comments Off on Constitutional amendments will enable Russia to avoid Soviet Union’s mistakes – Putin According to Putin, the Soviet Constitution included a thesis of Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin that the republics should be given the right to pull out from the USSR
© Alexey Druzhinin/Russia’s presidential press service/TASS MOSCOW, July 5. /TASS/. The right of the republics to withdraw from the Soviet Union was a time bomb and Russia should avoid such mistakes, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with Moscow. Kremlin. Putin on Rossiya-1 TV channel on Sunday. According to Putin, the Soviet Constitution included a […]
Continue reading …Italy could transfer migrants from Ocean Viking rescue ship on Monday
5 July, 2020 Comments Off on Italy could transfer migrants from Ocean Viking rescue ship on Monday
People rescued at sea sit on the deck of the Ocean Viking rescue ship, operated by French NGO SOS Mediterranee in the Mediterranean Sea on July 4, 2020. © Shahzad Abdul, AFP Italy is carrying out tests on 180 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean with a view to transferring them to a quarantine vessel in Sicily, […]
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