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Dutch Go to the Polls With Rutte Set for Fourth Straight Term
(Bloomberg) -- Dutch voters go to the polls on Wednesday with Prime Minister Mark Rutte looking to clinch a fourth consecutive term, a result that would set…
Myanmar forces kill 44 protesters; martial law in Yangon townships
Myanmar security forces fired on pro-democracy demonstrators on Monday, witnesses said, a day after dozens of protesters were killed and attackers torched…
World Bank Adds Funding to the Regional Off-Grid Electricity Access…
WASHINGTON - The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved on Thursday, March 11, 2021 a total of $22.5 million in additional financing to the Regional…
Turkey, Russia, Qatar push for political resolution in Syria
Foreign ministers also reaffirm a commitment to Syria’s ‘sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity’.
Turkey, Russia and Qatar are making a…
Saudi Female Activist Loses Court Appeal Against Sentence
By Agence France-Presse*
RIYADH - Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul on Wednesday lost a court appeal against a prison sentence, as well as restrictions…
Royals’ comments raise race issue in Commonwealth nations
By GERALD IMRAY*
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — In countries with historic ties to Britain, allegations by Prince Harry and Meghan that an unnamed member of…
Female Farmers Protest India’s Agricultural Laws
By VOA News*
In India, International Women’s Day has been marked by sit-ins and hunger strikes led by female farmers against the country’s new agricultural…
Syria President Bashar Assad and wife catch COVID-19 as country battles…
BY GEORGE BAGHDADI*
Damascus — Syrian President Bashar Assad and his wife Asma both have tested positive for the coronavirus, but a presidential spokesman said…
Pope Francis heads to war-ravaged Iraq in historic trip
Pope Francis is scheduled to travel to several parts of Iraq from March 5-8 in his first-ever visit to the Arab country which comes after a spate of rocket…
Hong Kong probes death of man who received COVID-19 vaccine
By ZEN SOO*
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong authorities on Tuesday reported the death of a chronically ill man, two days after he received a COVID-19 vaccine and…