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Morocco and Israel ban inbound flights, while Germany and the UK announce more cases of the new variant.
POLITICO
The former president’s endorsement doesn’t guarantee a glide path to the GOP nomination.
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A study by Peking University mathematicians shows China could not afford to lift travel restrictions without more efficient vaccinations or specific treatments.
Beijing's crackdown on Hong Kong has played an important role in how Taiwanese view China, with opinion polls suggesting more people now support the self-ruled island becoming formally independent from the mainland.
The Dow dropped more than 1000 points before closing down 905 points while the S&P 500 had its worst day since February.
The Conversation
It is way too simple to say the current unrest is just due to Solomon Islands’ new allegiance towards China.
Asia Times
A little-known group of experts is developing a roadmap to reduce China’s reliance on foreign technology and promote self-sufficiency, a high-stakes gambit that could change how China interac…
the Guardian
Variant causing concern because of ‘extremely high’ number of mutations may be present across South Africa
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Within the shambles, there has actually been one encouraging sign. We're seeing a new generation of Liberal moderates belatedly raise their voices, writes Michelle Grattan.
The Conversation
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The federal government deploys AFP and ADF personnel to Solomon Islands amid civil unrest in the Pacific country. Here's why Australia is getting involved.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's willful manipulation of migrants, enabling their easy passage to and through his country toward the border of the European Union, is a classic assault on democracy by an autocrat who knows that any attempt to fight back risks undermining the bloc's sacred values.
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When Andrew Wilkie took on the country's most persuasive political operators, he wasn't prepared for the bloodbath that followed.
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Defence Minister Peter Dutton's comments on Taiwan and China have upset Chinese officials more than once, and it's a move that is about to draw heavy criticism from Shadow Foreign Minister Penny Wong.
"It's relentless -- relentless," sighed nurse Claudiu Ionita, standing in front of a line of gurneys in Bucharest University Hospital's morgue. On each gurney lay a body inside a black plastic bag.
Tehran signals it’s ready to keep weathering American sanctions if Vienna nuclear talks do not fulfil its expectations.
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VIENNA (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesters, many from far-right groups, marched through Vienna on Saturday after the Austrian government announced a nationwide lockdown beginning Monday to contain skyrocketing coronavirus infections.
Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East
The civil war further threatens Ethiopia as Tigray forces threaten to advance toward Abbis Ababa.
RNZ
The Cook Islands Prime Minister is calling on the international finance community to recognise the debt small island states are taking on for climate adaptation and mitigation.
Leftist and far-right presidential candidates are two clear frontrunners heading into Chilean elections on Sunday.
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Nobody can pretend ignorance anymore of the craven strategy of playing footsie with extreme views for easy political gain and the deadly Faustian bargain this has become, writes Virginia Trioli.
BERLIN: Germany's coronavirus situation is so grave that a lockdown, including people who have been vaccinated, cannot be ruled out, the health minister said on Friday (Nov 19), as Austria said it would go back i
AP NEWS
NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a surprise announcement Friday that he will withdraw agriculture laws that triggered a year of farmer protests, in what is seen as a major climbdown by his government.
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More than 100,000 people have crossed the Darién Gap jungle from Colombia to Panama so far this year. The environmental impact and threats from cartels are many.
Asia Times
The three-and-half-hour virtual summit meeting between President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping did not, and could not, solve the fundamental problems that have driven the two great pow…
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