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The Telegraph China awards woman £5,400 compensation in first divorce ruling to put value on housework A divorce court in China has ordered a man… Read More »Secretary of State Blinken says U.S. will seek to rejoin UN Human Rights Council

The Daily Beast Biden’s Nominee for CIA Director Says China Is Top Priority REUTERSBill Burns, the career diplomat tapped by President Biden to run the… Read More »Lawyer: French man is in Iran’s prison over security charges

JERUSALEM (AP) — When it comes to obtaining hard-to-get coronavirus vaccines, Israel’s friends are discovering the road appears to run through Jerusalem. Israeli Prime Minister… Read More »Israeli PM: Giving vaccines to allies buys goodwill

AccuWeather The ‘average’ hurricane season has a new normal There are fewer than 100 days until the 2021 Atlantic basin hurricane season begins and you… Read More »Germany urges Iran to accept diplomacy in nuclear dispute

The Daily Beast The New Q: How COVID Conspiracy ‘Querdenken’ Infiltrated Germany’s Mainstream Politics GettyThis story was produced in partnership with Coda Story.On a bitterly… Read More »Niger election: Mohamed Bazoum wins landmark vote amid protests

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Slayings of human rights leaders and mass killings of civilians are increasing at a worrying pace in Colombia, according to a… Read More »UN registers steep rise in murders of Colombian activists

Miami Herald The Fed must maintain focus on finance, not online forum stocks | Opinion Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is due to deliver his… Read More »Israeli court delays Netanyahu corruption trial until April

Associated Press Israeli court delays Netanyahu corruption trial until April The Jerusalem court overseeing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial has delayed the opening of… Read More »Lawyer: Egypt releases activist after 30 months of detention

Luca Attanasio was travelling in a UN convoy in the east of the country Italy’s ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo has been killed… Read More »Italian ambassador to DR Congo killed in UN convoy attack

Tshegofatso Pule was missing for four days before her body was found The boyfriend of a South African woman, whose murder galvanised protests against violence… Read More »Tshegofatso Pule murder: Boyfriend charged over death of pregnant 28-year-old