EU queries Meta about ad-free subscriptions, shadow banning
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - The EU on Friday used new regulatory powers to query Meta about ad-free subscriptions to Facebook and Instagram as...Business Geostrategy Global
France calls for ‘independent probe’ into killing of Palestinians receiving aid in Gaza
Paris, France--France wants an independent inquiry into the deaths of scores of Palestinians during an aid delivery in the northern Gaza...Geostrategy
US, Iran edge closer to resuming nuclear talks: Experts
Talks between Iran and the five other countries still party to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal were launched in April...The deal gives IAEA inspectors access to surveillance equipment and to service cameras at Iranian nuclear facilities.
Several Iranian analysts say both sides have realized the current path cannot be continued.
Woman turns home into school in war-torn Yemen
Amina Mahdi had already been teaching children to read and write before the outbreak of the impoverished country's devastating war...More than 2,500 schools in the country are unfit for use, with some destroyed and others turned into refugee camps.
UNICEF has estimated that two million children were without school even before the coronavirus pandemic.
US to donate 500m additional Covid vaccines to the world
In his first speech to the UN as president, Biden told delegates that the US had put more than $15...The US and other rich countries drew flak for rolling out booster doses for their populations while much of the world faced vaccine shortages.
Just 3.6 percent of Africa's eligible population has been inoculated, compared with an average of more than 60 percent in Western Europe.
Saudi Arabia workshop woos German investors
The workshop discussed the most prominent ways to expand the current investments in line with Saudi Vision 2030.Saudi Arabia is opening up its economy while diversifying it to lessen its dependence on oil
It is believed to have investment opportunities worth SAR12 trillion (€2.7 trillion or $3.2 trillion)
US leftist Democrats object to Israel’s Iron Dome funding
The row underlined that progressives are becoming increasingly skeptical of no-strings-attached aid to America’s key ally in the Middle East.The row underlined that progressives are becoming increasingly skeptical of no-strings-attached aid to America’s key ally in the Middle East
Operational for a decade, the Iron Dome has intercepted and destroyed thousands of short-range rockets and artillery shells launched by Hamas militants from Gaza
Erdogan: Turkey will ratify Paris Climate Agreement
Turkish president told the UN General Assembly that Turkey will complete the ratification process in time for the November UN...Turkish president told the UN General Assembly that Turkey will complete the ratification process in time for the November UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow
Turkey in April 2016 signed the landmark agreement on limiting the dangerous emissions that contribute to global warming
Libya parliament withdraws confidence from unity government
Eighty-nine of the 113 MPs present in the eastern city of Tobruk voted to withdraw confidence from the Tripoli-based administration...Dbeibah's transitional administration took office in February with a mandate to guide the country to elections on Dec 24.
Speaker Aguila Saleh earlier this month ratified an electoral law seen as bypassing due process and favoring eastern-based military strongman Khalifa Haftar.
Canada elects PM Trudeau for third term
The 49-year-old Trudeau won the election, but did not get simple majority, which could make things difficult for him, just...The elections were tough for Trudeau, despite his conservative opponent being a relative newcomer to the arena
Trudeau had called snap elections, hoping to sail through thanks to his handling of the Covid-19 threat in Canada
US to return 3,500-year-old ‘Gilgamesh’ tablet to Iraq
It was seized by the US Justice Department in 2019, two years after US billionaire David Green opened a museum...UNESCO called the repatriation a 'victory' in the fight against illicit trafficking of cultural objects.
The rare fragment recounts a dream sequence from the Gilgamesh epic in Akkadian cuneiform script.
Tunisian president Saied promises to name a PM
On July 25, Saied sacked the government, suspended parliament, removed lawmakers’ immunity and put himself in charge of the prosecutionOn July 25, Saied sacked the government, suspended parliament, removed lawmakers’ immunity and put himself in charge of the prosecution
He has since renewed the measures for a second 30-day period, and has not responded to calls for a roadmap for lifting them
