Asian stocks fall as virus worries return to haunt markets

A man wearing a protective face mask is reflected on a stock quotation board at a brokerage, in Tokyo, Japan November 6, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato By Stanley White Asian shares and U.S. stock futures fell on Wednesday as concern about a resurgence of coronavirus cases in some countries cast doubt on the strength of global

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Indonesian military says submarine missing with 53 on board

File – In this Jan. 18, 2017, file photo, Indonesia’s then Air Force Chief of Staff Air Marshall Hadi Tjahjanto talks to journalists after his swearing-in ceremony at the presidential palace. JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s navy is searching for a submarine that went missing north of the resort island of Bali with 53 people

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Rebels threaten to march on capital as Chad reels from president’s battlefield death

People drive past a Chad army tank near the presidential palace, after Chad’s President Idriss Deby, who ruled the country for more than 30 years and was an important Western ally, was killed on the frontline in a battle against rebels in the north, in N’djamena, Chad April 20, 2021. REUTERS/Oredje Narcisse Rebel forces set

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UK leader denies breaking lobbying rules with texts to Dyson

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a news conference at 10 Downing Street, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak, in London, Tuesday April 20, 2021. (Toby Melville/Pool via AP) LONDON (AP) — The British government said Wednesday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson did nothing wrong when he exchanged text messages with a wealthy industrialist and promised

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Holding on to power: Africa’s longest-serving leaders

Photo: Credit AFP/From top left, Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso, Cameroonian President Paul Biya, Equatorial Guinea’s Teodoro Obiang Nguema and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. After three decades in power, Chad’s President Idriss Deby Itno died on Tuesday from wounds suffered on the battlefield, the army said in a shock announcement just a day after the

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Somali businesses attacked in Ankara after newspaper’s racist reporting

Somali businesses have been the target of a fascist attack in Ankara’s central Kızılay neighborhood, just five days after a Turkish newspaper’s racist reporting on Somali nationals. According Duvar English report. Various reports said a mob on April 20 broke the windows of the Somali Restaurant and attacked its employees. “An irresponsible headline that you

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Chauvin guilty of murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death

In this image from video, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin, center, is taken into custody as his attorney, Eric Nelson, left, looks on, after the verdicts were read at Chauvin’s tria… By AMY FORLITI, STEPHEN GROVES, TAMMY WEBBER and STEVE KARNOWSKI MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of murder

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Somali Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the parliamentary decision for two-year extension has not changed

Photo/Somali Times The Somali government says the door to dialogue is open, but on the other hand the recent decision by parliament extending Farmajo’s term by two years has not changed. Somali Foreign Affairs Minister Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamud said there had been no change in the recent parliamentary decision following President Farmajo’s visit to Kinshasa.

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Chad President Idriss Deby dies on frontlines, army spokesman says

Chadian President Idriss Deby. REUTERS/Ammar Awad Chad’s President Idriss Deby has died while visiting troops on the frontline of a fight against northern rebels, an army spokesman said on Tuesday, the day after Deby was declared the winner of a presidential election. Deby, 68, came to power in a rebellion in 1990 and was one

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Report: Saudi crown prince backed Israel plan to overthrow Jordan king

Photo: Credit Associated Press Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is said to have supported an Israeli plot to overthrow the Jordanian King Abdullah II in exchange for guardianship of the holy sites in the occupied city of Jerusalem, Lebanon’s Al-Akhbar newspaper reported. The paper quoted a Jordanian

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