Chinese president holds talk with counterparts in Beijing

By Anadolu Agency Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday held talks with different world leaders who visited Beijing to attend opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics. Xi met his counterparts from Egypt, Serbia and five Central Asian states – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. During his meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi,

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Turkish president, first lady test positive for omicron variant of coronavirus

By Anadolu Agency ‘Thankfully, we are having a mild one,’ says Recep Tayyip Erdogan Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and first lady Emine Erdogan tested positive for the omicron variant of the coronavirus. “The results of the COVID-19 test that I had with my wife, after having mild symptoms today, were positive. Thankfully, we are

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Yemen war: Democrats introduce bill to stop US support for Saudi air force

Saudi F-15 fighter jets fly in formation with their US Air Force counterparts on 2 June 2019 (AFP) By Middle East Eye Two prominent House Democrats have introduced legislation that would prohibit US companies from providing maintenance services to the Saudi air force, the latest attempt by lawmakers to reduce Washington’s involvement in the devastating

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Special Report: Inside J&J’s secret plan to cap litigation payouts to cancer victims

A bottle of Johnson and Johnson Baby Powder is seen in a photo illustration taken in New York, February 24, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar/Illustration/File Photo By Reuters Johnson & Johnson created a plan last year to limit the financial bleeding from billions of dollars in jury awards to plaintiffs who alleged the company’s Baby Powder and

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Somalia President Farmajo and a delegation recently flew to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

A delegation led by Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has left Mogadishu’s Aden Adde International Airport for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The purpose of President Farmajo’s visit to Ethiopia is to attend the 35th African Union Summit which opens tomorrow in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. The AU Summit will be attended by African leaders

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Elizabeth the Steadfast: Queen marks 70 years on throne

File – This photo combo shows Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II during the State Opening of Parliament, London, in April, 1966 on the left and Nov. 15, 2006, on the right. Queen Elizabeth II will mark 70 years on the throne Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022 an unprecedented reign that has made her a symbol of stability

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Halle Berry on lack of Black actress winners at Oscars: 1 is not enough

Credit to Twitter Halle Berry By Anadolu Agency When Halle Berry won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2002, it was a milestone in movie history. She became the first woman of color to win the Oscar for her role as widowed waitress, Leticia Musgrove, in the 2001 film, Monster’s Ball. “This moment is

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Nigerian oil production and storage vessel explodes

Firemen try to extinguish a fire at the scene of an explosion after fuel tankers caught fire in flames at a commercial truck garage in Apapa district in Nigeria’s commercial capital of Lagos\ file. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye By Reuters An oil production and storage vessel exploded off the coast of Nigeria early on Wednesday with 10

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Somalia hopes of becoming a member of the African Union Security Council

A Photograph appear on the Internet Somalia’s ambassador to Ethiopia, Abdullahi Ahmed Jama said he was very hopeful that Somalia would be elected a member of the African Union Security Council. Speaking to state media on the sidelines of the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, the Ambassador said the Somali government had requested to

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Qatar rules out normalising relations with Israel, Syria

Qatari foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, is pictured at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo By Middle East Monitor Qatari Foreign Minister, Muhammad Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, has ruled out the prospect of his country normalising relations with Israel or Syria. In an interview with Axios news

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