[ad_1] BEIJING, Nov. 24 – Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday urged the country’s working class and working people to strive for new and historic achievements in the full construction of a modern socialist country. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman …
Read More »B-52 bombers just sent a warning to Iran: don’t build nuclear weapons
[ad_1] USAF Boeing B-52H Stratofortress take off with retractable landing gear and trailing edge wing … [+] flaps lowered at the 1998 Fairford Royal International Air Tattoo RIAT. (Photo by: aviation-images.com/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Universal Image Group via Getty Images Why did two American B-52 bombers fly from …
Read More »President-elect Biden reveals key foreign policy and national security choices
[ad_1] President-elect Joe Biden gave the first glimpse of his incoming administration, presenting a diverse team that he said would help “heal and unite America” and that he was “ready to lead the world, not withdraw from it.” Addressing the nation on Nov. 24 alongside Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, Biden …
Read More »Rock samples from China’s lunar mission could unlock the ‘riddle’ of the Moon’s history
[ad_1] A lunar expert says that any rock returned from the moon by China’s Chang’e 5 lunar probe could answer the unexplored ‘puzzle’ of the moon’s history. The probe is on its way to reach the moon by the end of the week. It is Beijing’s first attempt to recover …
Read More »Desert Locust Situation Update – November 24, 2020 – Ethiopia
[ad_1] Cyclone Gati brings heavy rains to northern Somalia On November 17 and 21, Cyclone Gati formed in the Indian Ocean and made landfall on the 22nd near Xaafuun and the extreme north of the northeast Somalia. It is the strongest storm recorded in Somalia. Double the annual average rainfall …
Read More »Ethiopia’s commission says the Tigray youth group killed 600 …
[ad_1] (Add comment from Prime Minister, details) NAIROBI, Nov 24 (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s state-appointed human rights commission said Tuesday that a group of Tigray youth stabbed, strangled and beat up some 600 civilians with the collusion of local security forces during a mass slaughter in the city of Mai Kadra. …
Read More »Saying “America is back,” Joe Biden introduces the foreign policy and security team
[ad_1] Joe Biden presents nominees and key appointments in foreign policy and national security. Wilmington, United States: President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled a list of veteran diplomats and lawmakers who will make up his national security and foreign policy team, saying, “America is back, ready to lead the world.” …
Read More »Africa’s confirmed cases exceed 2.08 million – Africa CDC
[ad_1] TRIPOLI, LIBYA – OCTOBER 18: A healthcare worker receives a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in a tent to combat the growing cases of the coronavirus pandemic in the Abu Selim city in Tripoli, Libya, on Oct. 18, 2020. (Photo by Mucahit Aydemir / …
Read More »Virtual session of the Cabinet of Presidencies of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
[ad_1] (MENAFN – Saudi Press Agency) NEOM, November 24, 2020, SPA – Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Prime Minister, chaired the virtual Cabinet session today.At the beginning of the session, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques expressed his gratitude to their Majesties, …
Read More »The ‘deplorable’ murder of an Afro-Brazilian man shows the need to address racism and discrimination
[ad_1] João Alberto Silveira Freitas was beaten to death by two private security guards in front of a Carrefour supermarket in the southern city of Porto Alegre last Thursday, the eve of Black Awareness Day in Brazil. Ravina Shamdasani, a spokesperson for OHCHR in Geneva, described the attack as a …
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