DRC President Felix Tshisekedi, a critic of previous deals, will be seeking re-election in December Report from DRC state auditor calls for infrastructure investment to be increased by US$17 billion Politics could be at play in the latest falling-out between … Read More
Immunity acquired from past COVID-19 infection provides strong, lasting protection against severe outcomes from the illness at a level “as high if not higher” than that provided by mRNA vaccines, according to a study published Thursday in The Lancet. Researchers … Read More
Independent commission reaches conclusion after hearing evidence from over 500 survivors last year Catholic clergy in Portugal have abused nearly 5,000 children since 1950, an independent commission said on Monday after hearing hundreds of survivors’ accounts. Thousands of reports of … Read More
NEW DELHI: With an eye on building a self-reliant defence ecosystem, India is planning to significantly ramp up its arms exports to nearly $5 billion over the next two years. Continue reading HERE Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/97874264.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst __________________________________________________________________ [Disclaimer]
Moldovan Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita announced Friday she and her government were resigning after 18 months, as Russia’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine stifled her efforts to initiate reforms aimed at joining the European Union. At a news conference Friday in … Read More
Move shows ‘what is happening to the Uyghurs is unacceptable’, says MP after non-binding parliamentary ballot with prime minister’s support Canada’s parliament has unanimously passed a motion to take in 10,000 Uyghur refugees who fled China, but are now facing … Read More
LONDON, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Major central banks are steadily moving closer to a pause in their aggressive interest rate hiking campaigns. The U.S. Federal Reserve has just implemented its smallest rise of its tightening cycle so far. The European … Read More
All roads lead to Rome, as the saying goes, and the most prestigious is the Appian Way, the strategic highway for the Roman Empire now hoping to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A paved road of more than 500 … Read More
SANTIAGO/BRASILIA, Jan 30 (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s bid this week to rally support for Ukraine in the face of Russia’s invasion during his first South American tour fell flat, with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva reiterating … Read More
María Branyas Morera, born in 1907, now in Guinness record books after death of Lucille Randon, 118, in French town of Toulon María Branyas Morera has lived through two world wars, the Spanish civil war, the 1918 flu pandemic and … Read More