Tag: Al Jazeera

(Iran/Donald Trump) Iran imposes sanctions on Trump, senior US officials (Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera)

Iran’s foreign ministry has sanctioned outgoing United States President Donald Trump and nine other current and former senior officials of his administration. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/19/iran-designates-senior-us-officials-including-trump-terrorists

(Syria) Child dies as heavy rains turn Syria IDP camps into ‘lakes’ (Al Jazeera)

Tens of thousands of people affected by devastating floods, with many forced to sleep in open air after destruction of makeshift tents. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/19/syrias-rainstorm-kills-child-damages-displacement-camps

(USA/World) Will Biden make America great again? (Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera)

Biden needs a grand strategy to clean up Trump’s mess and restore America’s leadership in the world. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/1/19/will-biden-make-america-great-again

(USA/Donald Trump) Why Trump is not likely to pardon himself (Sahar Aziz, Al Jazeera)

By pardoning himself, the president would admit guilt for wrongdoing, which he would never do. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/1/19/why-trump-is-not-likely-to-pardon-himself

(UK/Pandemic) British firms call for $10.3bn in urgent COVID-19 aid (Al Jazeera)

British firms have asked for another 7.6 billion pounds ($10.3bn) of emergency government help, saying they cannot wait until finance minister Rishi Sunak’s March...

(Russia/Alexey Navalny) Russia: Is President Vladimir Putin afraid of Alexey Navalny? (Al Jazeera)

International condemnation is growing over the arrest of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny after his return to Moscow. Navalny spent the last five months in...

(Hondurans/USA) ‘I was so scared’: Guatemalan forces disperse migrant caravan (Sandra Cuffe, Al Jazeera)

Military and police forces in Guatemala cleared thousands of United States-bound migrants and asylum seekers off a highway on Monday after blocking their advance...

(USA/Pandemic) Biden team says US won’t lift COVID travel ban after Trump order (Al Jazeera)

US President-elect Joe Biden’s spokeswoman quickly dismissed Donald Trump’s announcement on Monday that a COVID-19 ban on travellers arriving from much of Europe and...

(USA/China/WHO/Pandemic) US urges China to allow WHO team to interview Wuhan front liners (Al Jazeera)

The United States urged China on Monday to allow an expert team from the World Health Organization (WHO) to interview “caregivers, former patients and...

(Canada/Alberta/USA/Keystone) Alberta leader asks Biden to ‘show respect’, hold Keystone talks (Al Jazeera)

The premier of Canada’s oil-rich province of Alberta is calling on United States President-elect Joe Biden to “show respect for Canada” and negotiate the...

(IMF/Sudan) IMF working ‘very intensively’ with Sudan for debt relief (Al Jazeera)

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is working “very intensively” with Sudan to build the conditions for broad debt relief and will assess progress on...

(Ethiopia) Starvation crisis looms as aid groups seek urgent Tigray access (Zecharias Zelalem, Al Jazeera)

Following his declaration of military victory against rebellious forces in Ethiopia’s Tigray nearly two months ago, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced that the rebuilding...

(Uganda) Uganda opposition says HQ raided as it readies election petition (Al Jazeera)

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine has said troops “raided” the headquarters of his party, whose officials are preparing to launch a legal challenge to...

(Egypt, UAE, Qatar) Egypt, UAE resume first Qatar flights after blockade (Al Jazeera)

The first direct flights between Qatar and two of the blockading nations – Egypt and the United Arab Emirates – took to the skies...

(USA) Trump and un-Americanism (Asma Barlas, Al Jazeera)

Watching the spectacle of US President Donald Trump’s supporters breaching the Capitol on January 6 in an effort to stop the Congress from certifying...

(China) Club of one: China’s economy grew faster than expected in 2020 (Azhar Sukri, Al Jazeera)

While much of the world struggles with the resurgent coronavirus and the economic pain that comes with it, China has recorded a positive growth...