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Mon, 06 Sep 2021 08:26:11 GMTGerman industrial orders reach record high
German industrial orders climbed to a new high in July, official data showed Monday, as the economy continued its strong recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
The indicator rose 3.4 percent on the previous month to reach its "highest level since ...
Mon, 06 Sep 2021 08:08:16 GMTSix Palestinians escape Israeli jail, including top ex-militant
Six Palestinians broke out of an Israeli prison Monday through a tunnel dug beneath a sink, triggering a massive manhunt for the group that includes a prominent ex-militant.
The Israel Prison Service said an alert was sounded at roughly 3:00 am (00...
Mon, 06 Sep 2021 07:18:13 GMTPhilippines lifts lockdown in capital as virus surges
The Philippines will lift a stay-at-home order in the capital Manila this week as it trials "granular lockdowns", an official said Monday, in a bid to rein in coronavirus cases and revive the economy.
More than 13 million people in the national cap...
Mon, 06 Sep 2021 06:22:11 GMTDu Toit, Tuipulotu join Japan's Toyota Verblitz
Springbok flanker Pieter-Steph du Toit has signed with Japan's Toyota Verblitz as he attempts to recover from a shoulder injury, the team said Monday.
The Aichi-based rugby union club also acquired All Black Patrick Tuipulotu for the season from Ja...
Mon, 06 Sep 2021 06:12:11 GMTNew Zealand lifts lockdown, barring virus-hit Auckland
New Zealand will mostly lift its Covid-19 lockdown this week, with only the country's infection epicentre Auckland to remain under strict stay-at-home orders, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday.
About three million New Zealanders will no lon...
Mon, 06 Sep 2021 05:48:13 GMTArmed with voting rights, native groups join conservation fray
Newly armed with voting rights, indigenous peoples have come to the world's leading conservation congress meeting in the French city of Marseille both hopeful and wary.
They have demands, and will not go quietly into the night, their representativ...
Mon, 06 Sep 2021 05:26:15 GMTGreece faces criticism a year after migrant camp fires
One year after fire ripped through the notorious Moria migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, the authorities say they've tackled the critical overcrowding and brought order to the chaos.
Critics counter they achieved this through a policy of ...
Mon, 06 Sep 2021 05:20:16 GMTFrom Moria's ashes, a UN logbook shows Lesbos camp trauma
Unaccompanied children at the Moria migrant camp on Greece's Lesbos island had to deal with rats, flooding and the threat of electrocution: all carefully documented by the staff caring for them.
Daily entries written by Greek employees of the Inter...
Mon, 06 Sep 2021 04:24:18 GMTTessa Ganserer fights for trans rights in German election run
In 2018, Tessa Ganserer made history as the first openly transgender woman to serve in a German state assembly.
Today, the deputy for the Greens in the Bavarian regional legislature is setting her sights even higher with a run for the national parl...
Mon, 06 Sep 2021 03:56:17 GMTAfghan resistance calls for ceasefire as Taliban tighten control
The last anti-Taliban forces in Afghanistan have acknowledged suffering major battlefield losses and called for a ceasefire, as the top US diplomat flew to Qatar to try and handle the chaotic aftermath of the American withdrawal.
Following their li...
Mon, 06 Sep 2021 03:54:20 GMTIslamists' grip on power at stake in lacklustre Morocco election
Moroccans go to the polls Wednesday for parliamentary and local elections that will determine the fate of the Islamist party that has ruled since the Arab Spring uprisings.
First elected in 2011, the moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party ...
Mon, 06 Sep 2021 03:24:12 GMTSon of Kadhafi freed from Libyan jail: ministry
Saadi Kadhafi, a son of Libya's late dictator Moamer Kadhafi who was overthrown and killed in a 2011 uprising, has been freed from jail, a justice ministry source confirmed to AFP Sunday.
"Saadi Moamer Kadhafi has been freed from prison," following...
Mon, 06 Sep 2021 03:20:17 GMTIslamic State group menace rebounds in Afghanistan
The Taliban had barely completed their takeover of the Afghan capital Kabul when the local affiliate of the Islamic State group struck, sowing mayhem with a bloody airport attack.
It was a symbolic strike for the jihadist organisation, highlighting...
Mon, 06 Sep 2021 03:02:16 GMTAsian markets mostly up as weak US data soothes taper worries
Asian markets mostly rose Monday after a big miss on US jobs creation last month fuelled optimism that the Federal Reserve will hold fire on tapering its massive financial support programme, while Tokyo extended last week's rally on hopes for more e...
Mon, 06 Sep 2021 02:54:15 GMTHigh inflation looms over ECB meeting
Rising eurozone inflation provides the backdrop for the meeting of European Central Bank governors Thursday, with markets hoping for hints when policymakers might start easing their massive pandemic-era stimulus.
As the economic recovery gathered s...