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SCOTLAND – Can Scotland become independent? (Al Jazeera)

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says divorce with the European Union happened against Scotland’s will https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2020/12/26/can-scotland-become-independent

VENEZUELA – Venezuela says ‘overloading’ caused deadly migrant boat sinking (Al Jazeera)

Authorities in Venezuela have said a boat carrying dozens of migrants towards Trinidad and Tobago sank earlier this month because there were too many...

USA – Biden slams Trump for refusing to sign COVID relief bill (Al Jazeera)

Joe Biden, the president-elect of the United States, has urged Donald Trump to sign into law an $892bn COVID-19 funding and relief bill that...

CHINA/USA – China to leapfrog US as world’s biggest economy by 2028: Report (Al Jazeera)

China will overtake the United States to become the world’s biggest economy in 2028, five years earlier than previously estimated due to the contrasting...

USA – Trump defends veto of massive US defence spending bill (Al Jazeera)

President Donald Trump has defended his decision to veto legislation authorising the United States military’s $740bn annual budget, saying in a series of Saturday...

INDIA – India farmers agree to meet gov’t over new laws they want revoked (Al Jazeera)

Leaders of Indian farmers’ unions have agreed to meet federal ministers on Tuesday, possibly paving the way for the seventh round of talks with...

INDIA – Another BJP-governed Indian state plans anti-conversion law (Al Jazeera)

The government in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh has approved a bill to prevent “forceful” religious conversions, a legislation critics say is...

BANGLADESH – Bangladesh director arrested after film shows police in bad light (Al Jazeera)

A Bangladeshi film director has been arrested and charged after a scene depicting police harshly interrogating a rape victim and highlighting attitudes towards violence...

UGANDA – Uganda halts campaigning for January 14 vote in several districts (Al Jazeera)

Uganda has suspended all campaigning for January’s presidential polls in the capital and 10 highly-populated districts, citing coronavirus risks, but critics said the real...

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