Australian Border To Reopen For First Time In Pandemic
Australians will be eligible to travel when their state's vaccination rate hit 80%
Australia will reopen its international border from November, giving long-awaited freedoms to vaccinated citizens and their relatives.
Since March 2020, Australia has had some of the world's strictest border ... Read More
Ethiopians In three Regions Go To Polls In Delayed Election
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed
Ethiopians in three regions where elections had been delayed have headed to the polls to vote for their representatives, with one area also voting on whether to form its own regional state.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed will form ... Read More
South Africa Tells Western Envoys It Needs Funds To Shift Fr...
South Africa told visiting climate envoys from the United States, Britain, Germany and France that it needs major financial support to move away from coal, the environment department said on Wednesday.
South Africa is the world's 12th biggest carbon emitter, according ... Read More
‘We Live Day To Day’: Almost Half Of Argentines ...
Eduardo David Rodriguez, 40, gives instructions to children at a soccer school he manages for hobby, in Lomas de Zamora, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina September 28, 2021. Picture taken September 28, 2021. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian
Eduardo David Rodriguez takes ... Read More
Ghana President Heralds Historic Agreement To Build A World-...
H.E. Nana Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana, attends signing in New York between W.E.B. Du Bois Museum Foundation and Government of Ghana
NEW YORK – H.E. Nàna Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana, heralded plans to ... Read More
Poland Joins Calls For EU action On Energy Price Spike
FILE PHOTO: The sun appears through the clouds behind a disused gas holder in Manchester, Britain, September 23, 2021. REUTERS/Phil Noble
Poland has joined a growing group of countries seeking European Union action to curb surging gas and energy prices, as ... Read More
Most Of Africa Missed Covid 19-Vaccine Milestone, WHO Says
About 70% of African nations missed a target of vaccinating one out of every 10 people against Covid-19 by the end of September, the World Health Organization said.
The delivery of shots to the continent needs to double for African countries ... Read More
Ethiopia Orders Expulsion Of 7 Top UN Officials For ‘Meddl...
Northern Ethiopia has been racked by nearly 11 months of brutal conflict
Ethiopia’s government has ordered the expulsion of seven senior United Nations officials from the country for “meddling” in its internal affairs.
The move on Thursday came as humanitarian workers have ... Read More
Sarkozy: Ex-French President Gets Jail Sentence Over Campaig...
In March, Nicolas Sarkozy became the first former president of France to receive a custodial sentence
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to a year in prison for illegally funding his unsuccessful 2012 re-election campaign.
The 66-year-old was found guilty ... Read More
World Bank Chief: Sudan Improving From Situation Of Shortage...
Sudan has, for years, struggled with an array of economic woes, including a huge budget deficit and widespread shortages of essential goods and soaring prices of bread and other staples
Sudan is making progress as it reconnects with the global ... Read More