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Published by Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will hold a virtual meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Monday night U.S. time, the White House said Friday, but officials stressed it is unlikely to yield a long list of specific outcomes. “The two leaders will discuss ways to responsibly manage the competition […]

Published by Al-Araby The UN rights chief called Friday on Myanmar to immediately release all detained media workers after a US journalist was slapped with an 11-year prison sentence. “I urge the military authorities to immediately release all journalists being detained in relation to their work,” Michelle Bachelet said in a statement. Her comment came

Published by Reuters By Manas Mishra and Michael Erman (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson plans to spin off its consumer health division that sells Listerine and Baby Powder to focus on pharmaceuticals and medical devices in the biggest shake-up in the U.S. company’s 135-year history. The move by the world’s largest health products company comes

Published by Al-Araby At least five Syrians from the same family were killed on Thursday when Russian and Assad regime planes bombed the Brouma farms near Maaret Misreen in rebel-held northern Idlib province, the Syrian Civil Defence and local sourcesreported. The Syrian Civil Defence, known as the White Helmets, said that several air raids hit

Published by Relaxnews Several automakers joined more than 30 countries in pledging to phase out sales of fossil fuel vehicles by 2040 at the COP26 climate summit in Scotland on Wednesday. China’s BYD Auto, Ford, General Motors, Jaguar Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo were among 11 companies making the pledge. Other major manufacturers such as

Published by PsyPost Although the COVID-19 pandemic profoundly impacted all our work and living arrangements, one thing particularly stood out for dads. During the nationwide lockdowns, fathers ditched the office and came home in their millions. The UK Fatherhood Institute, a thinktank, realised this was a unique social experiment and conducted research into “lockdown fathers”

Published by Al-Araby Forces from the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Israel and the United States Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) began a multilateral maritime security operations exercise in the Red Sea on Wednesday, NAVCENT said on Thursday. This is the first publicly acknowledged naval exercise between the United States, Israel and the two Gulf countries.

Published by Reuters By Sudarshan Varadhan CHENNAI (Reuters) – Heavy rains that have killed at least 25 people in southern India and Sri Lanka are likely to ease in the next few days, weather officials said on Thursday. A bulletin of the Indian Meteorological Department forecast light to moderate rainfall in most affected areas, with

Published by Reuters By Dmitry Antonov and Robin Emmott MOSCOW/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union accused Belarus on Wednesday of mounting a “hybrid attack” by pushing migrants across the border into Poland, paving the way for new sanctions against Minsk in a crisis that threatens to draw in Russia and NATO. Russia took the rare

Published by Al-Araby Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers said Wednesday that the threat posed by the Islamic State group in the country was “more or less under control” despite recent bloody attacks that have killed dozens. Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told a news conference that IS was “not a great threat”, adding that around 600 members or sympathisers