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ALGERIA – Algeria frees top officials jailed during mass protests (Al Jazeera)

An Algerian military appeals court on Saturday acquitted three top officials who were jailed in 2019 during mass protests, sources close to the officials said. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/2/algeria-frees-top-officials-jailed-during-mass-protests

JAPAN – Japan’s Suga insists delayed Tokyo Olympics will go ahead in 2021 (Al Jazeera)

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga began 2021 promising that the delayed Tokyo Olympics would go ahead in July, even as Japan contends with a...

AUSTRALIA – Australia’s NSW told to mask up, as cluster of COVID cases grows (Al Jazeera)

The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) on Saturday made masks compulsory in Sydney, reduced the size of gatherings and imposed new restrictions...

CHINA/TAIWAN – ‘Cheap trick’: China rebuffs Taiwan’s latest offer for talks (Al Jazeera)

China has rebuffed the latest offer of talks from Taiwan, saying the government was engaging in a “cheap trick” and provocation, claiming the island...

FRANCE – Mass New Year party breaks up in France amid coronavirus fears (Al Jazeera)

Revellers on Saturday began leaving an illegal New Year rave party in northwestern France that drew about 2,500 people, led to clashes with police...

LESBOS – Europe’s ‘scapegoat’ (Al Jazeera)

More than a million refugees have made the desperate journey to Europe in the last five years, risking it all. Once they get there, they...

PERU – Peru farmworkers lift roadblock as gov’t talks begin (Al Jazeera)

Protesting farmworkers in Peru have lifted a roadblock as discussions with the government about a contentious agricultural law began on Friday following the deaths of...

CHINA/USA – Top Chinese diplomat says relations with US at ‘new crossroads’ (Al Jazeera)

China’s relationship with the United States has reached a “new crossroads” and could get back on the right track following a period of “unprecedented...

USA – US judge rejects lawsuit against Pence over electoral count (Al Jazeera)

A federal judge has rejected a lawsuit from a Republican congressman that sought to allow Vice President Mike Pence to reject Electoral College votes...

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