Arent We Missing Food Security Experts in the Incoming President-Elect Biden-Kamala Harris Administration?
URBANA, Illinois / ABUJA, Dec 17 (IPS) – Food insecurity across the U.S. continues to be on the rise because of the effects of...
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India’s Supreme Court suggests government delay farm laws
Author: AP ID: 1608199614573353400 Thu, 2020-12-17 10:01 NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court on Thursday suggested that the government consider delaying implementation of new agricultural...
France’s Macron has tested positive for COVID-19
Author: Reuters ID: 1608198443893286800 Thu, 2020-12-17 09:44 PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for COVID-19, the French Presidency said on Thursday. “The...
BioNTech: 140,000 in Britain jabbed with coronavirus vaccine
Author: Reuters ID: 1608202421373494600 Thu, 2020-12-17 10:50 FRANKFURT: Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine has been given to 140,000 people in Britain, and the feedback...
US Joint Chiefs chairman meets with Taliban on peace talks
Author: AP ID: 1608204880653644700 Thu, 2020-12-17 11:30 KABUL: The top US general held unannounced talks with Taliban peace negotiators in the Arabian Gulf to...
US plans new charges in 1988 Lockerbie airline bombing
Author: By ERIC TUCKER | AP ID: 1608211684163965200 Thu, 2020-12-17 12:44 WASHINGTON: The Justice Department plans to unseal new charges in the coming days...
Sweden registers a record 8,881 new COVID-19 cases
Author: Reuters ID: 1608210677363908300 Thu, 2020-12-17 13:07 STOCKHOLM: Sweden, whose unorthodox pandemic strategy placed it in the global spotlight, registered a record 8,881 new...
EU states to start COVID-19 vaccinations in 10 days
Author: Reuters ID: 1608208441583800400 Thu, 2020-12-17 12:32 BERLIN: European Union states will start vaccinations against COVID-19 in 10 days as Europe tries to catch...
Court keeps travel ban for pilots charged over Ghosn escape
Author: By MEHMET GUZEL and SUZAN FRASER | AP ID: 1608217092864251700 Thu, 2020-12-17 14:53 ISTANBUL : A Turkish court hearing the case against four...
Putin responds to CNN investigation, does not deny Navalny was tracked
During his annual press conference, Russian President Vladimir Putin responded to a recent investigation by the investigative group Bellingcat and CNN which uncovered evidence...
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