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Varosha high on EU agenda says Borrell
The issue of Varosha, the fenced-off area in Famagusta that the Turkish side plans to open, and has partially done so, will remain a top priority for the EU, Commission…
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UK Christian charities urge prime minister not to cut development aid budget
The Archbishop of Canterbury who leads the Anglican church, and charities such as Christian Aid have appealed to the UK government not to cut billions from Britain's international development budget.
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‘Foundational and necessary change’ needed to heal post-COVID world
With the COVID-19 pandemic precipitating one of the world’s worst health, socioeconomic and humanitarian crises in over a century, the UN chief told a high-level discussion on Tuesday to seize…
Books
Mother of 7 busted with cocaine in books, make-up kits and deodorant containers
A Guyanese woman who is originally from Plaisance, but now works in neighbouring Suriname as a vendor, was busted at the Cheddi Jagan Airport with more than 4 pounds of…
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Pope Benedict XVI’s former butler, Paolo Gabriele, dies aged 54 – Vatican News
Paolo Gabriele died on Tuesday after a long illness, leaving behind a wife and three children.
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Actor-turned-MP Nusrat Jahan expresses her view on ‘love-jihad’: ‘Love and jihad don’t go hand-in-hand. Don’t make religion a political tool’
Actress and now, a Trinamool Congress MP, Nusrat Jahan, while attending an event, put forth her views on ‘love-jihad’. She categorically pointed out that ‘love’ and ‘jihad’ are two separate…
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Woman fined for ‘offending religion’ after parading a huge vagina through the streets during Women’s Day march on Spain’s Costa del Sol
n');document.write('n nn');} A WOMEN’S rights campaigner has been fined for ‘offending religion’ after parading a huge vagina through the streets during a Women’s Day march in Malaga in 2013. The woman…
Europe
ECDC opens ESCAIDE 2020 digital conference
The ESCAIDE 2020 plenaries and sessions will focus on issues shaping infectious disease epidemiology & microbiology in the next decade and beyond, with a special focus on the latest research…
Europe
‘Let’s rebuild a strong EU-USA alliance’, EU chiefs tell Joe Biden
European Union chiefs Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel heralded "a new beginning" of EU-US relations on Monday during phone conversations with President-elect Joe Biden. Von der Leyen, the…
Europe
EIB supports digitalisation of Serbian schools with €65 million
©free Modern IT equipment and high-speed internet for primary and secondary schools across Serbia. 50 000 teachers to improve their digital skills and 700 new jobs to be created. Investment…