Feet in a mortuary Only eight African countries out of more than 50 have a compulsory system to register deaths, a BBC investigation has found. This is not just a failure of the state to recognise individual tragedies but has enormous implications for the making of government policy. All but […]
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Michael Gove blamed for orchestrating No 10 aide’s departure
Multiple Whitehall sources told this newspaper that Mr Gove, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, had masterminded Oliver Lewis’s dramatic departure from Downing Street – Reuters Michael Gove has been accused of orchestrating the removal of the Prime Minister’s chief adviser on the Union in an attempt to retain […]
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Algeria’s protests are back and the president is worried
Thousands gathered in the town of Kherrata on Tuesday Mass street protests are back in Algeria and the government is nervous. Cries of “Algeria, free, democratic” have once again been heard as thousands from all walks of life thronged to Kherrata, a town 200km (120 miles) east of the capital, […]
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Lloyd Austin calls MBS just days after Biden’s snub of the Saudi crown prince
The New York Times For Black Aides on Capitol Hill, Jan. 6 Brought Particular Trauma WASHINGTON — Jabir McKnight woke up on the morning of Jan. 6 with an uneasy feeling. The day before had been great: He and another congressional staff member had celebrated Founders Day for their historically […]
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More deadly storms coming so prepare better, experts say
WASHINGTON (AP) — Deadly weather will be hitting the U.S. more often, and America had better get better at dealing with it, experts said Wednesday as Texas and other states battled winter storms that blew past the worst-case planning of utilities, governments and millions of shivering citizens. This week’s storms […]
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UK calls for conflict zone ceasefires to roll out vaccines
LONDON, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Britain will on Wednesday callfor a United Nations resolution to help negotiate ceasefires sothat people in conflict zones can be vaccinated againstCOVID-19, saying member states have a moral duty to protect thevulnerable. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will chair a virtual meetingof the U.N. Security Council […]
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American university hopes to fill higher-ed gap in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) — From afar, the sprawling complex of the newly inaugurated American University in Baghdad appears like a floating mirage. Encircled by blue waters of a man-made lake, former Saddam Hussein-era palaces have been converted to university departments promising a U.S.-style education to meet the needs of Iraq’s growing […]
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Israel, Cyprus reach tourism deal for vaccinated travelers
National Review Biden’s Executive Order on Housing: Replacing Old Sins with New Ones President Biden’s flurry of executive orders has now extended to housing policy — and to a pledge to reverse the Trump administration’s approach to “fair housing.” Specifically, that would mean reversing the Trump reversal of an Obama-era […]
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Irish government wants veto over EU legislation concerning Northern Irish Protocol
National Review Andrew Yang’s Baseless Call to Retire the New York City Flag On February 1, Andrew Yang — the New York author, entrepreneur, nonprofiteer, and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate now running for New York City mayor — tweeted that the official flag of his adopted city, a flag that […]
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Court rules against Arkansas’ Israel boycott pledge law
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday ruled that Arkansas’ law requiring state contractors to pledge not to boycott Israel is unconstitutional. A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a federal judge’s 2019 decision that dismissed the lawsuit by the Arkansas […]