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[ad_1] The United States is in the grip of a third wave of the coronavirus. (Archive) Paris France: More than 60 million cases of the new coronavirus have been detected worldwide, according to a count from official sources compiled by AFP at 1830 GMT on Wednesday. In total, there have …

[ad_1] Maradona then gave conflicting accounts of what had happened. At first he said that he had never touched the ball with his fist; then he said he had done it accidentally; then he attributed the objective to divine intervention, to “the hand of God.” This infuriated the English. “Shameless …

[ad_1] The government will promote a proposal to legalize dozens of outposts in the West Bank, many of which are built on private Palestinian land, Settlement Affairs Minister Tzachi Hanegbi announced on Wednesday. Responding to a query on the matter in the Knesset plenum, Hanegbi said he received the prime …

[ad_1] Tributes come from around the football world after the tragic death of Diego Maradona. The Argentine icon, best known for leading his country to victory at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, passed away at age 60 after suffering cardiac arrest at home. Maradona, considered one of the best …

[ad_1] As US President Donald Trump’s term draws to a close, his outgoing administration intends to further pressure Iran by introducing new punitive sanctions against the American adversary. On November 25, the top US envoy to Iran, Elliott Abrams, announced that Trump’s sanctions strategy would continue “for a further couple …

[ad_1] Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has called on the international community to refrain from interfering in what his government sees as a police operation against the forces of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, the ruling party of one of the 11 states. self-employed in the country. Restoring his administration’s …

[ad_1] Topline Argentine soccer superstar Diego Maradona, considered one of the sport’s greatest players of all time, died at the age of 60, several news organizations have confirmed, after suffering a fatal heart attack. A man takes a photograph of a wall emblazoned with an image of Diego Maradona in …

[ad_1] DUBAI: During the early hours of November 4, when the results of the US presidential elections monopolized the international conversation, clashes broke out in a country considered a strategic partner of Washington. Simmering tensions between Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s federal government and the authorities in the country’s Tigray …

[ad_1] In the center of Mekelle, the capital of the Tigray Highlands, is a complex of monuments and museums. In the scorching sun, old armored vehicles, planes and helicopters quietly rust. In the wide avenues of the city, statues commemorate the “martyrs” and the victories of the Tigray People’s Liberation …

[ad_1] By ALEXANDRA JAFFE, MATTHEW LEE and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) – In declaring “America is back,” President-elect Joe Biden presented his national security team with his first substantial offer of how he will change the “America First” policies of the Trump era by trust experts from …