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Sun, 21 Mar 2021 08:46:49 GMT
‘Go home,’ chant anti-Netanyahu protesters ahead of Israel’s snap polls
Thousands of Israelis rallied outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Jerusalem residence Saturday to protest his policies and premiership, days before a general election that could see the long-standing leader removed from power. 

Sun, 21 Mar 2021 07:37:37 GMT
Congo Republic voters cast ballots in presidential poll dominated by incumbent
Voters in the Congo Republic on Sunday cast their ballots in a presidential election boycotted by the main opposition and attacked by critics as tilted towards veteran leader Denis Sassou Nguesso. 

Sun, 21 Mar 2021 06:17:23 GMT
Anti-lockdown protests erupt across Europe as tempers fray over tightening restrictions
Demonstrators took to the streets in several European cities on Saturday to protest Covid-19 lockdown restrictions, with clashes between demonstrators and police erupting in the German city of Kassel while in London, police arrested dozens of people...

Sat, 20 Mar 2021 22:13:34 GMT
France denies Wales Six Nations Grand Slam with dramatic last minute victory
France denied Wales a second Six Nations Grand Slam in three years when Brice Dulin scored a stoppage-time try to give them a 32-30 home victory on Saturday.

Sat, 20 Mar 2021 16:45:23 GMT
France’s Senate approves the right of police to carry weapons off duty
France’s Senate passed Thursday Article 25 of a security law that allows off-duty police officers to carry their firearms into public establishments such as theatres and shopping centres, and forbids the management of such places from preventing i...

Sat, 20 Mar 2021 16:24:40 GMT
German police clash with protesters over Covid-19 restrictions
Protesters in a central German city clashed with police on Saturday over coronavirus measures, with officers using water cannons, pepper spray and batons against people trying to break through police barriers, the German news agency dpa reported.

Sat, 20 Mar 2021 15:54:24 GMT
Tanzanians line up to pay their last respects to late president Magufuli
Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Saturday led mourners in paying their last respects to her predecessor John Magufuli, who died suddenly this week after an illness shrouded in mystery.

Sat, 20 Mar 2021 15:32:06 GMT
Death sentence in Pakistan for two men convicted of gang raping French woman
A Pakistani court on Saturday sentenced two men to death over the gang rape of a French-Pakistani mother, lawyers said, an attack that prompted nationwide protests and tough new anti-rape legislation.

Sat, 20 Mar 2021 13:57:17 GMT
International spectators barred from attending Tokyo Olympics over pandemic
International spectators will not be allowed to enter Japan for this summer's Olympic Games amid public concerns over coronavirus, organisers said on Saturday, setting the stage for a drastically scaled-back event.

Sat, 20 Mar 2021 13:32:27 GMT
Inter-regional travel banned, schools remain open: France’s new partial lockdown rules
The Paris metropolitan area is one of 16 French regions that went into a partial lockdown Saturday that will last for at least a month. The new restrictions seek to limit trips outside the home except for work or essential activities. FRANCE 24 ta...

Sat, 20 Mar 2021 08:56:30 GMT
‘We will not be silent,’ vow Biden, Harris after attacks on Asian Americans
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris offered solace to Asian Americans and denounced the scourge of racism at times hidden “in plain sight” as they visited Atlanta, just days after a white gunman killed eight people, most of them...



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