BEIRUT — Syrian government forces have taken control of several towns in northwestern Idlib province, a war monitor and Syrian state media reported, amid a renewed push by President Bashar al-Assad to recapture the last rebel stronghold. Read More …read more Source:: Nationalpost
Continue ReadingBEIJING/SHANGHAI — The ability of the new coronavirus to spread is strengthening and infections could continue to rise, China’s National Health Commission said on Sunday, with nearly 2,000 people in China infected and 56 killed by the disease. Read More …read more Source:: Nationalpost
Continue ReadingLen McCluskey has said while Labour “never handled the anti-Semitism issue correctly”, some in the party “used” it to undermine Jeremy Corbyn. The Unite general secretary has thrown his weight behind Rebecca Long-Bailey in the Labour leadership contest. Speaking to the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show on Sunday morning, McCluskey said the row over anti-Semitism in […]
Continue ReadingBEVERLY HILLS — Sean “Diddy” Combs wanted to address what he called “the elephant in the room.” At Clive Davis and the Recording Academy’s annual Pre-Grammy Gala on Saturday night, where Combs was set to receive the coveted Salute to Industry Icons Award, the Bad Boy Records founder stood in front of the industry’s most […]
Continue ReadingKABUL — Afghan forces used ground attacks and air strikes in multiple operations against the Taliban during the last 24 hours, killing 51 fighters in an escalation that signaled renewed deadlock in peace talks. Read More …read more Source:: Nationalpost
Continue ReadingThe smartest insight and analysis, from all perspectives, rounded up from around the web: “Davos is cloaked in white, but its agenda is green,” said Peter Coy at Bloomberg Businessweek. Don’t snicker. Yes, there was the typical swarm of private jets to whisk “some of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful people” into Switzerland, where […]
Continue ReadingELAZIG — A thousands-strong rescue operation to pull survivors from collapsed buildings in eastern Turkey began winding down on Sunday, a day and a half after a powerful earthquake killed dozens. Read More …read more Source:: Nationalpost
Continue ReadingNAIROBI — Burundi’s ruling party, the CNDD-FDD, picked its secretary general, Evariste Ndayishimiye, as its candidate in a presidential election scheduled for May, it said on Sunday. Read More …read more Source:: Nationalpost
Continue ReadingChina’s health minister has warned that the coronavirus’ ability to spread “seems to be getting stronger” as the US plans to evacuate its citizens from Wuhan. Fifty-six people are now known to have been killed by the outbreak, which has accelerated in China and seen the lockdown of a number of major cities and attractions. […]
Continue ReadingBAGHDAD — Iraqi populist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called for demonstrations against the U.S. embassy on Sunday in Baghdad and other cities, a statement from his office said. Read More …read more Source:: Nationalpost
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