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Romanias PM Orban resigns after his party lost parliamentary election
Centre-right Popular Movement Party (PMP) founded by Romania's ex-president Traian Basescu and and left-wing party Pro Romania led by ex-prime minister Victor Ponta could not pass the 5% barrier for entry into parliament, according to preliminary data. [Full Article...]
Iran reports 11,561 new COVID-19 cases, 1,040,547 in total_china
On Sunday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry's Passport and Visa Department started issuing a new electronic visa for business purposes, after tourism and pilgrimage visas were deactivated on August 4 because of the pandemic, official news agency IRNA reported. [Full Article...]
Ghana begins presidential, parliamentary elections
Dis be Mahama message on election night. According to the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO), 235 incidents were recorded across the 4,000 polling stations it monitored. But he has disappointed some in his performance on tackling graft - the key issue on which he was elected four years ago. Mahama has also been criticised for poor economic decisions and racking up unsustainable d... [Full Article...]
PM Modi to Inaugurate India Mobile Congress
PM Modi also said that it is because of mobile technology that people are seeing billions of cashless transactions which boost formalisation and transparency. The government also looked into partnerships with two other Chinese drug manufacturers, Sinopharm and CanSino Biologics. On November 28, the Prime Minister held a three-city vaccine tour with a visit to pharma major Zydus Cadila's plant in... [Full Article...]
Watchdog: Trump adviser Navarro violated law against political activity
Navarro often attacked Mr. Biden about his relationship with China and at times accused him of being "compromised" and susceptible to being "bought" by China, even nicknaming him 'Beijing Biden.' Dr. The Office of Special Counsel recommended that Ms. Conway be fired for her repeated violations of the prohibitions on political activity. The White House lawyers asserted that such statements do not... [Full Article...]
Esther Dingley: Search halted due to bad weather
Dingley, of Durham, told her Facebook followers November 19 she had accepted a lift from a fellow hiker due to bad weather and had altered her plans, the Mirror reported Thursday. The couple have been travelling through Europe for six years, and were due to meet up on November 27. From experience, I'd say that if she was in the mountains we'd normally have found her by now - but we have no guara... [Full Article...]
Nepal and China to announce height of Everest on Tuesday
This is less than a meter higher than the previously recognized height. "The project was a matter of national pride for Nepal and a prestigious undertaking for the Nepali government. The announcement will also end geologists' speculation that the height of Everest could have changed due to the 2015 natural disaster with a possible shift in its position. [Full Article...]
Christchurch mosque shooting could only have been prevented 'by chance', inquiry finds
Anjum Rahman, of the Islamic Women's Council of New Zealand , says the royal commission of inquiry's report on the March 15 attacks failed to investigate "multiple areas of evidence". He visited dozens of countries around the world, including India, China, Russia, North Korea, and many countries in Africa and Europe. The report details his extensive world travels but also shows he had nearly no... [Full Article...]