Harris prepares for central role in Biden’s White House

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris speaks during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, to announce key nominees for the Justice Department. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) By ALEXANDRA JAFFE WASHINGTON (AP) — Kamala Harris will make history on Wednesday when she becomes the nation’s first female vice president — and the

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Why is the Somali foreign minister talking to the UN Security Council?

Photo/Somali Times Somali Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamud, who is in the United States, said in advance that he would meet with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the 15-member Security Council. The purpose of the meeting with the members of the Security Council was to brief them on the current situation in Somalia and

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Somali journalists demand Puntland governor Said Deni to release journalist Kilwe Adan Farah

Photo/Somali Times Somalia journalists have convened a meeting organized by the Somali Journalists Association, demanding the release of Kilwe Adan Farah. Kilwe, a journalist, was arrested 21 days ago in the Garowe town of Somalia, for reporting on inflation in the town. The secretary of the Somali Journalists Association, Abdalla Ahmed Mumin, who first spoke

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Toughest travel rules in a lifetime take effect for UK arrivals

Travellers are seen as an arrivals area of a terminal at Heathrow Airport, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, London, Britain, January 16, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville By Simon Calder The toughest travel rules in a lifetime for arrivals into the UK have taken effect. Anyone hoping to travel to the UK from

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World shares sink as virus fears offset recovery hopes

A man wearing a protective face mask walks past a screen displaying a graph showing recent Nikkei share average outside a brokerage, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan November 2, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato By Ritvik Carvalho LONDON (Reuters) – Global stock markets sank on Monday as soaring COVID-19 cases offset investor hopes

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China sends a naval fleet to the Gulf of Aden for the counter-piracy mission

Type 054A frigate YULIN (Photo: China Military) By Dorian Archus PLA Navy continues its activities in the East Africa Region. The 37th fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy on Saturday left the port city of Sanya in south China’s Hainan Province for the Gulf of Aden and waters off Somalia to escort

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Bomb explosion kills 6 in Somalia

At least six people, including Somali army soldiers, were killed, while eight others wounded in a bomb explosion aimed at targeting the convoy of the Lower Shabelle region’s governor and military officials on Sunday, an official said. The attack took place in the vicinity of Tehsile, lower Shabelle region, located about 50 kilometers (31 miles)

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Australian professor and his son freed after being allegedly tortured in Qatar

Prof Lukman Thalib, right, receives the outstanding teaching award at the Qatar University annual convocation in 2018. Thalib and his son were held for five months in Qatar and allegedly tortured. Photograph: Talib Family By Christopher Knaus Exclusive: Prof Lukman Thalib and son Ismail freed after being held in secret for five months An Australian

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Former Warlord Ali Mahdi warned of a return to destruction and civil war in Mogadishu

Photo/Somali Times/Former Warlord Ali Mahdi. Former Somali President Ali Mahdi Mohamed in an exclusive interview with outlet media strongly about the difficult situation in the country, especially the election stalemate. Former Warlord Ali Mahdi first warned of a return to destruction and civil war, and stressed the need for compromise. He also added that if

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US Ambassador to Kenya Kyle McCarter Resigns

Outgoing US Ambassador to Kenya Kyle McCarter. By Francis Muli US Ambassador to Kenya Kyle McCarter has resigned, following the end of US President Donald Trump’s tenure on January 20, 2021. McCarter will be leaving office the same day Trump leaves office to give way to Joe Biden, who will be sworn in on January

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