An Australian green energy project could provide nearly all of Singapore’s electricity
Deep in northeast Australia’s outback, underneath grassy eucalypt woodlands and vast grazing lands scattered with cattle stations, lies one of the world’s largest known...
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How the pandemic brought a rising tide of hunger to Europe
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Opinion: How to distribute Covid-19 vaccines fairly around the world
As the number of countries that have authorized the use of a Covid-19 vaccine grows, many are sighing with anticipated relief. Yet now comes...
US surpasses 19 million COVID-19 cases: Johns Hopkins
Author: AFP ID: 1609124034469061400 Mon, 2020-12-28 06:27 WASHINGTON: The United States surpassed 19 million coronavirus cases Sunday, figures from Johns Hopkins University showed, adding...
‘I would never go back’: Horrors grow in Ethiopia’s conflict
Author: By NARIMAN EL-MOFTY and HALELUYA HADERO | AP ID: 1609139652589485100 Mon, 2020-12-28 07:05 HAMDAYET, Sudan: One survivor arrived on broken legs, others on...
Analysis: China’s UK envoy leaving after combative tenure
One of China’s original “wolf warrior” diplomats is set to resign, ending a combative tenure dominated by controversies over Beijing’s policies in Hong Kong...
Pakistan ‘concerned’ by Afghan doubts over its commitment to peace
Author: Mon, 2020-12-28 00:43 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Sunday said it was “concerned about some negative comments” from Afghanistan about its commitment to the peace process...
US government shutdown averted as Trump relents, signs massive budget bill
Author: AP ID: 1609120329638922600 Mon, 2020-12-28 05:20 WEST PALM BEACH, Florida: President Donald Trump has signed a $900 billion pandemic relief package that will...
The pandemic shut down her chateau. Then she became a YouTube star
What do you get when you put a former opera singer, two ex-boyfriends, her French mother, an adopted Scottish brother, a Dutch tango instructor,...
Japan will ban entry to foreign nationals after Covid-19 variant detected in country
Japan will ban foreign nationals from entering the country from Monday through the end of January after several cases of the new Covid-19 variant...
Eating too much sugar on antibiotics could squash helpful gut bacteria 
Electric stoves could help people with asthma breathe easier 
World News in Brief: Russian attacks intensify, UN team tours West Bank, ‘unlawful’ elderly deaths 
Mothers get nearly eight times more paid leave than fathers – and women pay the price