The 2020 Tokyo Olympics kick off exactly a year from now. Games were originally set to begin this weekend but were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. And as Mayu Yoshida reports, due to the delay and burdens...
Nile dam dispute: Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan agree to resume talks – BBC News
The first-year target for filling the controversial mega dam on the River Nile has been reached, Ethiopia says. This would allow the first set of turbines to be tested. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s announcement...
Adviser to Azerbaijan’s president: ‘We are expecting provocation from Armenia at any moment’
n an interview with FRANCE 24, Hikmet Hajiyev, a senior adviser to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, reacted to the recent flare-up in violence between Armenia and Azerbaijan. At least 16 people have been...
US orders Chinese consulate in Houston to be closed | DW News
In a further escalation of tension between the world’s two biggest economies, the United States has ordered China to close its consulate in Houston, Texas. The US State Department said it was a necessary measure...
Labour pays damages to former employees to settle defamation claims – BBC News
The Labour Party has agreed to pay substantial damages to seven former employees, who’d gone to court claiming they’d been defamed by the party, after criticising how it dealt with claims of antisemitism...
‘Modern-day slavery’ revealed in UK garment factories
An investigation has revealed up to 10,000 people may be working in slave-like conditions in the UK city of Leicester. Thousands of undeclared migrants and immigrants were forced to work during the nation’s lockdown...
Militarization of US democracy? Trump deploys federal agents to Portland protests
Why has Donald Trump deployed federal agents in camouflage – many unidentified – to the streets of Portland, Oregon? The Department of Homeland Security overruled objections from local authorities, insisting that the...