Pakistan has long been at the nexus of the illegal trade in falcons, with poachers capturing the birds of prey to sell mainly to clients in the Gulf, where falconry is a treasured tradition. But growing demand for the...
Saudi Arabia to reopen borders and airspace to Qatar, Kuwait says
#SaudiArabia will reopen its borders and airspace to #Qatar, the Kuwaiti foreign minister said Monday, more than three years after Riyadh sealed both and led an alliance to isolate Doha.
Iran starts 20% uranium enrichment, seizes S. Korean-flagged tanker
#Iran on Monday said it started enriching #uranium up to 20% purity at its Fordow facility, in its biggest breach of a 2015 #nuclear deal threshold as state media acknowledged that Tehran seized a South Korean-flagged...
In Georgia, Trump says he’ll ‘fight like hell’, Biden promises ‘new day’ with Senate runoffs
President-elect Joe #Biden and outgoing President Donald #Trump held dueling rallies in #Georgia on Monday to persuade supporters to turn out on Tuesday for runoff #US Senate elections that will determine the balance of...
Kenya reopens schools after 10-month virus closure
Millions of #Kenyan pupils returned to #school on Monday for the first time since classes were dismissed 10 months earlier due to the #coronavirus pandemic. Mask-wearing students had their temperatures checked before...
Biden, Trump warn of high stakes of Georgia Senate runoffs
President-elect Joe #Biden and outgoing President Donald #Trump held dueling rallies in #Georgia on Monday to persuade supporters to turn out on Tuesday for runoff #US Senate elections that will determine the balance of...
Coronavirus: What has Covid done for climate crisis? – BBC News
When Covid-19 sparked lockdowns around the world, emissions of one of the greenhouse gases responsible for climate change, atmospheric carbon dioxide, plummeted. But is this record drop a short-term effect of the 2020...