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Iraq's top court rejects fraud claims, ratifies election results
AFP, Published on 27/12/2021
» BAGHDAD - Iraq's top court on Monday ratified the country's October parliamentary election results after rejecting a complaint of irregularities filed by the pro-Iran Hashed al-Shaabi former paramilitary alliance.
Scientist E.O. Wilson, dubbed modern-day Darwin, dead at 92
AFP, Published on 27/12/2021
» WASHINGTON - Edward. O. Wilson, the trailblazing US scientist, professor and author whose study of insects and clarion call to protect Earth earned him the nickname "Darwin's natural heir," has died at age 92.
From the ski slopes to the tennis court Covid's shadow lurks
AFP, Published on 27/12/2021
» PARIS - Ski ace Mikaela Shiffrin and tennis star Andrey Rublev tested positive for Covid-19 just weeks from the Winter Olympics and Australian Open respectively as global sport once again felt the chill wind of the coronavirus.
India freezes accounts of Mother Teresa's charity
Reuters, Published on 27/12/2021
» NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government on Monday froze the bank accounts of Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity (MoC) in West Bengal, the state's political leader said on Monday, after weekend protests over Christmas celebrations.
Somalia's president says PM suspended as elections spat deepens
AFP, Published on 27/12/2021
» MOGADISHU - Somalia's long-running political crisis escalated on Monday as the president announced he was suspending Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble, who blasted the move as unconstitutional.
South Africa mourns anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu
AFP, Published on 27/12/2021
» JOHANNESBURG: South Africa on Monday began a week of mourning for the revered anti-apartheid fighter Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
Woman charged over fake Japan massage jobs
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 27/12/2021
» A woman has been charged with posing as a job broker and defrauding people of money paid in fees to secure jobs as masseuses in Japan, according to the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Division (ATPD).
Malaysia govt under fire over slow clean-up after deadly floods
AFP, Published on 27/12/2021
» Malaysia's government was under fire Monday as residents accused it of responding too slowly after the country's worst floods in years.
Hindu vigilante groups disrupt Christmas celebrations in Modi territory
Reuters, Published on 27/12/2021
» NEW DELHI: Hardline Hindu vigilante groups disrupted Christmas mass in parts of India, including in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's core territory ahead of local elections in the coming months, media reported on Monday.
Indonesia building medical tourism hospital in Bali
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/12/2021
» Indonesia is building a hospital that will be run in partnership with US-based Mayo Clinic as part of a bid to recoup $7 billion in outbound medical tourism.