January 14, 2023 The discovery of classified documents at Joe Biden’s residence has cast a shadow over his political future. But comparisons with Donald Trump must be taken with caution. DW takes a closer look. Biden has said he takes classified documents and material ‘seriously’ | Image: Patrick Semansky/AP Photo/picture alliance By Alex Berry | DW News ...
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Somali Leader Urges People To Flush Out Al-Shabab ‘Bedbugs’
January 14, 2023 Al-Shabab has been waging a bloody insurgency against the internationally-backed central government for 15 years Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud attends a rally against the Al-Shabab terrorist group in Mogadishu on Thursday. The president has declared ‘all-out war’ against Al-Shabab. PHOTO: AFP By AFP MOGADISHU – Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud called Thursday ...
Read More »Sri Lankan Court Orders Ex-leader To Pay Victims Of 2019 Easter Bombings
January 14, 2023 The Supreme Court said inaction by former President Maithripala Sirisena and four others led to the attacks, which killed nearly 270 people. The court said inaction by former President Maithripala Sirisena, center, “resulted in disastrous consequences for this country.”Eranga Jayawardena / AP file By The Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka’s ...
Read More »US Democrats Urge Biden To Expel Bolsonaro Following Brazil Election Riots
January 14, 2023 Democratic lawmakers called Thursday on President Joe Biden to revoke the visa of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, saying the United States should not offer refuge to anyone involved in riots against Brazil’s newly elected government. Supporters of ex-Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, pray for his health outside his rental house at the Encore Resort at ...
Read More »Turkey Summons Swedish Envoy, Warns Over NATO Membership Bid
January 13, 2023 Turkey angered by protest in Sweden seeks further crackdown Effigy of President Erdogan was hung in Stockholm on Thursday Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan | Photographer: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg By Selcan Hacaoglu and Niclas Rolander | Bloomberg ANKARA – Turkey summoned Sweden’s ambassador after supporters of the Kurdish militant group PKK and its affiliates ...
Read More »Ethiopia’s, Somalia Cooperation on Aviation Strengthens Integration, People to People Ties : Somalia Aviation Authority
January 12, 2023 By Ethiopian News Agency ADDIS ABABA – Strong cooperation in civil aviation sector will enable Ethiopia and Somalia strengthen their economic integration and people to people ties, Director General of Somalia Civil Aviation Authority, Ahmed Moulin Hasson stressed. Somalia’s Transport and Civil Aviation Minister, Fardowsa Osman Egal and her delegation recently paid official working ...
Read More »French, German Foreign Ministers Hail Tigray Peace Progress In Ethiopia
January 12, 2023 German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Annalena Baerbock (L), Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (C) and French Foreign and European Affairs Minister, Catherine Colonna (R), pose for a photograph at the prime minister’s office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on January 12, 2023. © Amanuel Sileshi, AFP By France 24 with Agence France-Presse The ...
Read More »Swedish Miner Finds Europe’s Largest Rare Earth Deposit
January 12, 2023 Deposit holds more than 1 million tons of rare minerals Application for exploration concession expected in 2023 The deposit was discovered near the Arctic town of Kiruna, Sweden. Photographer: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images By Jonas Ekblom | Bloomberg STOCKHOLM – The largest known deposit of rare earth minerals in Europe has just been discovered ...
Read More »Saudi Arabia Mulls Opening All Land Borders To Pilgrims After Limits On Arrival Numbers Dropped
January 12, 2023 Ministry confirms those planning Hajj are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID Chief of the Saudi Directorate of Passports, Lt. Gen. Sulaiman Abdulaziz, cited a study with relevant agencies in the country to allow pilgrims to enter the kingdom through all land crossings. Photo: Agence France-Presse (AFP) By Ramadan Al Sherbini, Correspondent | ...
Read More »Roundup: Uganda Declares End Of Ebola Outbreak
January 12, 2023 Ugandan Minister of Health Ruth Aceng cheers up after making an announcement in the Central Region district of Mubende, Uganda, on Jan. 11, 2023. Uganda on Wednesday said the Ebola Sudan Virus outbreak in the country has ended after no new case was reported over a period of 42 days. Photo: Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua By ...
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