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The deal, which allowed Meng to return to China, could bring to an end a nearly three-year legal saga that has complicated relations between the United States, China and Canada. Meng left Canada Friday on a flight for China chartered by the Chinese government, state-run news agency Xinhua reported. In …

Image by SilvanaGodoy from Pixabay Opinion by Thomas Pogge Friday, September 24, 2021 Inter Press Service Sep 24 (IPS) – Impact Funds would make the business of innovation more cost-effective and enable a triple win for the potential beneficiaries of innovations. Globalized in 1995 through the TRIPS Agreement, humanity’s dominant …

The presentation was made at the Lagos House, Marina by the Managing Director, Outori Ltd and Lead, Fly Africa Initiative, Mr Wole Olagundoye. Sanwo-Olu received the certificate on behalf of Lagos State Government as holder of the world’s largest anniversary logo made with cupcakes mosaic. The record was in respect …

The US is granting two licences allowing various entities to provide humanitarian assistance to the country. Amid concern that sanctions on the Taliban would worsen a continuing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, the United States has taken steps to pave the way for aid to flow into the economically paralysed nation. …

An Italian court released the former leader of Spain’s Catalonia region on Friday, a day after his arrest, but ordered him to remain in the country while authorities consider whether to send him back to Spain to face trial, his lawyer said. Italian police detained Carles Puigdemont on Thursday night …

The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, including bombers, fighter jets, anti-submarine planes and airborne early warning and control planes, entered Taiwan’s ADIZ in two groups — one of 19 planes and a second cohort of five jets that came later in the day. A map released by Taiwan’s Defense Ministry …

Credit: World Bank Opinion by Ian Richards (geneva) Friday, September 24, 2021 Inter Press Service GENEVA, Sep 24 (IPS) – Last week the World Bank announced it was “discontinuing” its “Doing Business” report, which ranks countries on the ease of opening and operating a company. It cited the outcome of an …

In its updated handbook on security awareness and education, the scheme urged serving corps members to have someone to pay their ransom in case they’re kidnapped. A section of the handbook, which has since gone viral on social media states; “When travelling on high risks roads such as Abuja-Kaduna, Abuja-Lokoja-Okene …

Washington, DC – Democratic Party lawmakers in the United States have introduced a bill affirming support for the two-state solution and calling for “robust oversight” on US aid to Israel to ensure it is not used in human rights violations. The proposed legislation, introduced by Congressman Andy Levin on Thursday, …

Tropical Storm Sam formed in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday, becoming the fourth named storm to develop in less than a week and the 18th overall in a busy 2021 hurricane season. As of 11 a.m. Eastern time, the storm was more than 1,700 miles east of …