Australia Delays Border Reopening For Migrant Workers Becaus...
A flight crew walk through the terminal at Sydney Airport, Nov. 29, 2021.
Australia has changed its plan to allow fully vaccinated skilled migrants, backpackers and international students into the country beginning December 1.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said there would be ... Read More
Barbados Becomes A republic And Parts Ways With The Queen
Barbados has officially removed Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state and became a republic in an overnight ceremony in the capital of Bridgetown.
Dame Sandra Mason was sworn in as president during a midnight event coinciding with the country's ... Read More
Biden Says Omicron Lockdowns Not Needed ‘For Now’...
Joe Biden
US President Joe Biden has called the Omicron Covid variant a "cause for concern, not a cause for panic" one day after it was detected in North America.
He said he saw no need for a lockdown "for now", adding, ... Read More
Magdalena Andersson: Sweden’s First Female PM Returns ...
Sweden's first female prime minister has been reappointed to the top job after political turmoil forced her to resign within hours of taking the post last week.
MPs backed Social Democratic Party leader Magdalena Andersson by a narrow margin in a ... Read More
Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey Expected To Step Down As Chief E...
Jack Dorsey
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is expected to step down as chief executive of the company, according to media reports.
Mr Dorsey founded Twitter in 2006, and has been serving as chief executive of both Twitter and payment firm Square.
He had ... Read More
Ethiopian Gov’t Forces In Control Of Chifra: State Media
Ethiopia’s state-run broadcaster has said government forces were in control of the town of Chifra in Afar region, their first major seizure since Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said earlier this week he would head to the front lines to lead ... Read More
Covid: South Africa’s President Calls For Lifting Of O...
Cyril Ramaphosa - South African President
South Africa's president has condemned travel bans enacted against his country and its neighbours over the new coronavirus variant Omicron.
Cyril Ramaphosa said he was "deeply disappointed" by the action, which he described as unjustified, ... Read More
Israel To Allow 3,000 Ethiopian Jews To Immigrate
Ethiopian immigrants arrive at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, Dec. 3, 2020. Israel’s government has approved entry for several thousand Ethiopian Jews Nov. 28, 2021.
Israel's government on Sunday approved the immigration of several thousand Jews from war-torn Ethiopia, ... Read More
Sudanese PM Dismisses Police Chief And His Deputy
Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said Saturday he dismissed the chief of police, Lieutenant-General Khaled Mahdi Ibrahim Al-Emam, and his deputy.
Lieutenant-General Anan Hamed Mohammed Omar was appointed as the new police chief and Major General Muddathir Abd al-Rahman Nasr al-Din ... Read More
Covid: Third Case Of Omicron Variant Detected In The UK
A third case of the Omicron coronavirus variant has been detected in the UK, the Health Security Agency has said.
It said the case involves a person who visited the Westminster area of London but who is no longer in the ... Read More