Monday, April 29, 2024
Gas-rich Mozambique may be headed for a disaster

Gas-rich Mozambique may be headed for a disaster

The extractive gas industry in Mozambique has done more damage than good for Mozambicans. When, in 2010, US energy company Anadarko found major gas reserves off the...
Tunisia: Suicide attack targets US embassy

Tunisia: Suicide attack targets US embassy

Tunisia's interior ministry confirms explosion but does not give further details. Two suicide bombers have blown themselves up outside the United States embassy in the Tunisian...
Israeli MPs approve formation of Netanyahu-Gantz government

Israeli MPs approve formation of Netanyahu-Gantz government

Backing comes a day after the Supreme Court cleared PM Netanyahu to form a government. Israeli MPs have approved the formation of a unity government between Prime Minister Benjamin...
Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha freed from house arrest

Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha freed from house arrest

Court ruling lifts house arrest but forbids top opposition figure from conducting political activities and going abroad. A Cambodian court has lifted the house arrest of ...
Lebanon protesters form human chain across the country

Lebanon protesters form human chain across the country

Tens of thousands gather to hold hands across the country on the eleventh day of anti-government protests. Tens of thousands of Lebanese protesters have formed a human...
Thai king strips consort of all titles in shock move

Thai king strips consort of all titles in shock move

Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi dismissed for 'disloyalty' and 'ambition' to match queen's position, palace says. Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn stripped his 34-year-old consort of all titles for "disloyalty" and...
Chinese city bans eating dogs and cats in response to coronavirus

Chinese city bans eating dogs and cats in response to coronavirus

A city in southeastern China is reportedly banning the consumption of dogs and cats as well as wild animals due to the coronavirus pandemic. “Dogs and cats as pets...
Bhutan to impose 'sustainable development fee' on Indian tourists

Bhutan to impose ‘sustainable development fee’ on Indian tourists

This comes after sharp rise in visitors from India caused a strain on tiny Himalayan nation's ecology. Bhutan is introducing a "sustainable development fee" for regional...
Madagascar: People without face masks forced to sweep streets

Madagascar: People without face masks forced to sweep streets

New rule was announced on April 20 alongside the gradual lifting of lockdown measures in three main cities. Madagascar police have forced citizens caught outside without a coronavirus face...
Soldiers kill man in Kashmir, triggering anti-India clashes

Soldiers kill man in Kashmir, triggering anti-India clashes

Hundreds of people rally in disputed territory chanting anti-India slogans after Indian soldiers shoot young man dead. Indian soldiers fatally shot a young man at a checkpoint in the...

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