China’s birth rate dips to record low: Official figures

By Anadolu Agency China is struggling with a declining population figures as new data released on Monday showed the national birth rate had fallen to a record low in 2021. The data released by China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed that the nationwide birth rate fell to as low as 7.52 births for every

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Texas synagogue hostage-taker was a British citizen; two arrested in England

A law enforcement vehicle is parked at a school in the area where a man believed to have taken people hostage at a synagogue during services that were being streamed live, in Colleyville, Texas, U.S. January 15, 2022. REUTERS/Shelby Tauber By Reuters A gunman who took four people hostage at a Dallas-area synagogue and was

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Djokovic flies out of Australia after losing court appeal

Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic walks in Melbourne Airport before boarding a flight, after the Federal Court upheld a government decision to cancel his visa to play in the Australian Open, in Melbourne, Australia, January 16, 2022. REUTERS/Loren Elliott By Reuters Tennis superstar Novak Djokovic flew out of Australia on Sunday after a court upheld

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Who will be next president Somalia’s Farmajo or warlord Deni?

File Photo/Somali Times What has Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo done for Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo since coming into power, Farmajo has rallied Somalis around a strong and central state; contrary to the decentralised system in place. On his government’s rebuilding of the Armed Forces, Somali ministers Insitution also builds Somalia’s foreign ministry. Somalia’s president Mohamed

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Iran, Saudi Arabia ‘preparing to reopen embassies,’ says Iranian lawmaker

By Anadolu Agency Six years after snapping their diplomatic ties, arch-foes Iran and Saudi Arabia are slowly moving toward rapprochement and preparing to reopen embassies, according to a senior Iranian lawmaker. Jalil Rahimi Jahanabadi, a member of the Iranian Parliament’s national security and foreign policy commission, in a Twitter post on Saturday, said the two

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Tennis star Djokovic loses deportation appeal in Australia

Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic rides in car as he leaves a government detention facility before attending a court hearing at his lawyers office in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. A federal court hearing has been scheduled for Sunday, a day before the men’s No. 1-ranked tennis player and nine-time Australian Open champion was

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Mogadishu deputy governor says no one can issue a political demonstration letter

The Benadir regional administration, which is currently embroiled in a crisis with the government led by former corrupt Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble, has announced another demonstration. The deputy governor of Benadir region for security and politics, Ali Yare Ali, told reporters that can issue a political demonstration letter other than the regional administration will

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Johnson’s office apologises to Queen for party on eve of Philip’s funeral

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends the weekly Prime Minister’s Questions at the parliament in London, Britain, January 12, 2022. UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS Reuters By Guy Faulconbridge and Kylie Maclellan British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office apologised to Queen Elizabeth on Friday after it emerged that staff partied late into the night in

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All to play for as Djokovic returns to immigration detention hotel

Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic practices on Rod Laver Arena ahead of the 2022 Australian Open at Melbourne Park, in Melbourne, Australia, January 11, 2022. Kelly Defina/Pool via REUTERS By Reuters Clinging to his dream of winning a record 21st major title at the Australian Open, tennis world number one Novak Djokovic returned to an

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Djokovic faces deportation as Australia revokes visa again

File – Defending men’s champion Serbia’s Novak Djokovic practices on Margaret Court Arena ahead of the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 13, 2022. Tennis star Djokovic faces deportation again after the Australian government revoked his visa for a second time. Immigration Minister Alex Hawke said Friday, Jan. 14, he used his

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