Bali reopened to international flights from select countries on Thursday
Including China, Japan and France, as the pandemic-struck Indonesian holiday island took a step toward welcoming back tourists. But authorities
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Surging prices and tight supply of fertilisers have swelled grain farmers’ costs and could prompt some to switch from maize to less fertiliser-reliant crops next spring
farm office FranceAgriMer said on Wednesday. Prices of natural gas, a key input for nitrogen-based fertilisers, have risen sharply around
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India’s main religious festival season is back in full swing with huge noisy crowds thronging markets and fairs
for the first time in two years, barely six months after a devastating Covid-19 surge. The coronavirus is still claiming
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A Lebanese court on Thursday dismissed the latest legal complaint brought against the lead investigator of the Beirut port blast probe
The probe into last year’s catastrophic Beirut port blast that left over 200 dead was suspended this week on the back of a
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Russia on Wednesday appointed a staunch supporter of Moscow’s annexation of Crimea as its ambassador to the Cape Verde Islands
A move observers say shows her fall from the Kremlin’s favour. Natalya Poklonskaya became the top prosecutor for Crimea after
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Italy from Friday will require all workers to show a coronavirus health pass
One of the world’s toughest anti-Covid regimes that has already sparked riots and which many fear will cause “chaos”. More
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Denmark World Cup berth completes ‘almost perfect’ year
With their qualification for the 2022 World Cup, Denmark not only showed their remarkable resilience in the wake of Christian
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The Lebanese pound sold for more than 20,000 to the dollar on Wednesday
Lebanese pound back in freefall after brief recovery, Losing almost all the value it regained following the announcement of a
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Somalia’s president said in a speech that the ICJ’s ruling on the border dispute with Kenya
Is an opportunity for the two countries to collaborate. President Farmajo spoke after the ICJ ruled in favour of Somalia
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The Court of Appeal in Botswana started hearing a government attempt at overturning a landmark ruling that decriminalised homosexuality
In 2019 Botswana’s High Court declared prison sentences for same-sex relationships as unconstitutional. The government wants the ruling overturned because
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