US to require negative COVID tests for travellers from China
Restrictions come in response to surge of infections across China after Beijing lifted strict policies to contain the virus.The United States will require negative COVID-19 tests for travellers from China, US health officials have said, after Beijing’s decision to lift stringent restrictions to contain the virus. The officials said on Wednesday that the new policy
Ethnic Serbs erect more roadblocks as tensions soar in Kosovo
Kosovo has demanded barriers erected by Serb protesters be removed while Serbia has put its army on high alert.Ethnic Serbs have erected more roadblocks in northern Kosovo and defied demands to remove barriers put in place earlier, a day after Serbia put its troops near the border on a high level of combat readiness. The
In 2022, Kenya celebrated the Queen and forgot its own struggle
“Partners. Allies. Friends.” That is how British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly announced on Twitter that the British government was committing 80 million British pounds ($96m) in funding for Kenya. The funds have been allocated to “give the people of Nairobi an accessible and efficient railway system”, Cleverly said during his recent trip to the country.
Israel announces arrest of November Jerusalem bombing suspect
Islam Faroukh, a Palestinian mechanical engineer, was arrested a few days after November’s bombing attacks in Jerusalem.Israeli authorities have announced the arrest of a suspect in the Jerusalem twin bombings that killed two people last month, charging that he identified with the ISIL (ISIS) group. After a news blackout was lifted, the Shin Bet intelligence
Netanyahu closer to far-right Israel gov’t with new legislation
Amendments include revising ministerial fitness standards, meaning officials with suspended sentences can serve in government.Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu has moved one step further towards establishing a government after parliament approved divisive legislation that will benefit his far-right and ultra-Orthodox coalition partners. One of the highly controversial amendments on Tuesday will allow an Israeli politician
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