As oil prices rally, old OPEC tensions set to rise
As members of the oil cartel OPEC and its allies meet this week to discuss adjusting output, analysts expect old tensions between oil producer giants to flare up again.
Month: March 2021
Painstaking study of ‘Little Foot’ fossil sheds light on human origins
Sophisticated scanning technology is revealing intriguing secrets about Little Foot, the remarkable fossil of an early human forerunner that inhabited South Africa 3.67 million years ago during a critical juncture … Read More
Syrian victims of chemical attacks file case with French prosecutors
Lawyers representing survivors of a chemical weapons attack in 2013 in Syria have filed a criminal complaint against Syrian officials whom they blame for the deaths of hundreds of civilians … Read More
Armenia struggles through crisis as war wounds fester
Anger caught in Mari Hovhannisyan’s throat as she demanded Armenia’s leadership resign, more than three months on from a disastrous war that saw swathes of territory lost to Azerbaijan.
30,000 jabs a day required to hit herd immunity in a year: Abiad
Lebanon needs to vaccinate 30,000 people per day to reach herd immunity target in one year, Dr. Firass Abiad, the leading expert on COVID-19 said Tuesday.
Morocco cuts contacts with German embassy in WSahara dispute
Morocco has suspended contacts with the German embassy, the foreign minister announced in a letter published late Monday, in what officials said was a protest over Berlin’s stance on the … Read More
Finland Declares State of Emergency For Tougher Covid Restrictions
Finland has declared a state of emergency, activating powers which allow it to introduce tougher restrictions to stem the rising tide of coronavirus infections…
‘Vaccine Passport’ is a Digital Green Pass to Kick-Start Travel in Europe
Hopes of foreign summer holidays were given a boost last night after the European Union said its ‘vaccine passports’ scheme could be opened up to the UK…
Saudi envoy disputes crown prince role in Khashoggi killing
Saudi Arabia’s UN ambassador Monday disputed the U.S. intelligence report which concluded that the Saudi crown prince approved an operation to kill or capture dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, saying in … Read More
UN chief: Appeal for Yemen raises ‘disappointing’ $1.7B
A United Nations appeal for aid to Yemen to alleviate the world’s worst humanitarian disaster raised some $1.7 billion Monday- a result the UN chief called “disappointing.”