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No reduction of troops in Sahel: Macron

“Significant changes will undoubtedly be made to our military system in the Sahel in due course, but they will not take place immediately,” Macron said after he participated in a virtual summit

February 17, 2021

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UN calls for free, safe elections in Iraq

Any Iraqi who wishes to participate in these elections, as a candidate or campaigner, must be able to do so without fear of intimidation, attack, abduction or assassination,said UN envoy…reports Asian Lite

February 17, 2021

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Pak objects to UNSC reforms

Akram stressed that progress in the reform process can be made only through consultations, mutual accommodation, and innovative compromise and not through bullying and coercion….reports Asian Lite News Pakistan has objected to

February 17, 2021

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Zimbabwe extends lockdown again

President of Zimbabwe extended nationwide lockdown into another two weeks in order to control further spread of Covid. He, however, increased business operating hours from seven to nine and a half hours

February 17, 2021

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Japan begins nationwide inoculation drive

Around 40,000 medical workers will receive the first jabs, double the number initially planned, with 12 of around 800 workers at the medical centre in the capital first to be vaccinated on

February 17, 2021

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Nigeria to vaccinate 109 mn people in two years

The government of Nigeria prepares to vaccinate millions of its citizens in two years. According to a senior official, “approximately 109 million citizens will be eligible for the Covid-19 vaccination”. Xinhua news

February 17, 2021

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Hungary set to receive Chinese vaccines

Chinese vaccines will be soon reaching Hungary. A Hungarian cargo plane loaded with China’s Covid-19 vaccines took off from China’s capital Beijing. The country has ordered enough supplies from China’s Sinopharm to

February 17, 2021

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Russia ready to foster ties with new WTO chief

WTO members on Monday agreed by consensus to appoint Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala as the organization’s seventh director-general….reports Asian Lite News Economic Development Minister Maxim Reshetnikov said Russia has expressed willingness to foster cooperation

February 17, 2021

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NZ pulls back troops from Afghanistan by May

“After 20 years of a NZDF presence in Afghanistan, it is now time to conclude our deployment,” Ardern said in a statement….reports Asian Lite News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Wednesday

February 17, 2021

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Trump slams GOP leader McConnell after being acquitted

“Mitch is a dour, sullen, and unsmiling political hack, and if Republican Senators are going to stay with him, they will not win again,” Trump said in a statement released through his

February 17, 2021

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