Ongoing clashes in Sudan’s restive Darfur have killed at least 83 people in two days, state media said Sunday, just over two weeks after a long-running peacekeeping mission ended operations
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During the late 1990s, Taiwan was often touted as a best-case scenario of democratization. Despite internal national identity divisions, its authoritarian past, and the military threat from China, Taiwan went through a remarkably smooth and peaceful democratic transition.
Oil and gas industry interest in remote surveys is surging amid pandemic lockdowns
Hundreds of Guatemalans partly burned the Congress building Saturday in a protest demanding the resignation of President Alejandro Giammattei, following the passage of a budget that has sparked outrage in the impoverished Central American nation.
The largest proportion of indigenous people, who make up around two-thirds of the population in Bolivia. The country has the second-largest reserves of natural gas in South America, but there have been long-running tensions over the exploitation and export of the resource.
The world has witnessed general elections in two major countries New Zealand and USA, recently. both the elections were fought on some common issues in center, namely- performance of current government in handling COVID-19 pandemic coupled with socio-economic factors racism, immigration and economic growth. the result of both the elections signifies the larger picture of post COVID-19 era.
During the celebrations of the Taiwan holiday, President Tsai Ing-wen gave a speech in which several observers glimpsed an “olive branch” towards Beijing.
It’s not as good as the elections, of course, but there is also a nice rivalry to win the race for who raises more funds between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was widely expected to win a second term, buoyed by the compassionate and yet decisive leadership style under the crisis brought by the pandemic this year.
As the nation’s biggest banks prepare to report their latest earnings next week, these titans of Wall Street face a conundrum.