Tag: Al Jazeera

Putin: Nord Stream 2 could help lower Europe’s high energy prices (Al Jazeera)

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that a new pipeline to Germany has been filled with natural gas, noting that it could help quickly...

Guatemalans still seek justice, 25 years after civil war’s end (Sandra Cuffe, Al Jazeera)

Julia Poyon was three years old when Guatemalan soldiers broke down the door to her family’s home and took her father away. Now decades...

Year ahead: China’s economic shift may yield winners and losers (Charu Sudan Kasturi, Al Jazeera)

When America sneezes, the world catches a cold. So goes the saying. Now, as China embarks on what could be its most far-reaching economic...

Too many COVID-19 vaccine doses are being wasted (Oyeronke Oyebanji, Al Jazeera)

Since the Omicron variant of COVID-19 was detected, the stark global inequities that have characterised this pandemic have once again come to the forefront....

Curfew imposed in North Darfur after gunmen loot UN food warehouse (Al Jazeera)

Authorities in Sudan’s North Darfur state have announced a night curfew after unidentified gunmen looted a World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse and facilities used...

Tensions boil as Palestinian prisoners face collective punishment (Al Jazeera)

Tensions have reached boiling point in several Israeli prisons holding Palestinian prisoners, with rights groups saying authorities are keeping a number of inmates, including...

Three Palestinians wounded by Israeli tank fire on Gaza (Al Jazeera)

Three Palestinians have been injured by Israeli army tank fire that came after an Israeli civilian was lightly wounded by gunfire from Gaza along...

2021: The year of failed political leadership (Nanjala Nyabola, Al Jazeera)

2021 was the year of political leadership, or more importantly, lack of it, and an invitation to reflect on the social consequences of leadership...

Lawyer says Salvadoran gov’t quashed probe of gang pact: Reuters (Al Jazeera)

A former senior Salvadoran anti-corruption prosecutor said President Nayib Bukele’s government shut down his unit’s investigation into its alleged negotiations with violent street gangs to help expand...

Mexico plans to end oil exports in 2023 to reach self-sufficiency (Amy Stillman, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

Mexico plans to end crude oil exports in 2023 as part of a strategy by the nationalist government of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to...

SpaceX satellites’ near-misses fuel US-China tensions (Julie Johnsson, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

A pair of dangerously close space encounters is adding to tensions between the U.S. and China, while underscoring the potential peril to astronauts as...

Christians on edge in India’s Karnataka ruled by Modi’s BJP (Maitreyee Boruah, Al Jazeera)

Just days before Christmas, as Pastor Peter Benjamin prepared to address a prayer meeting and assessed the crowd in front of him at India’s...

India fears new COVID wave as Omicron infections spread (Al Jazeera)

The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is raising fears of a third wave of the pandemic in India. The country on Wednesday reported a total of nearly 800 Omicron...

Gambia court rejects challenge to Barrow election victory (Al Jazeera)

The Gambia’s Supreme Court has dismissed a plea by the country’s main opposition party to annul the outcome of the December 4 presidential election,...

Somalia’s allies fear instability as political crisis deepens (Al Jazeera)

Somalia’s allies and international observers have expressed alarm over the escalating power struggle between the country’s president and prime minister, as heavily armed factions patrolled parts...

Palestinian Authority’s Abbas visits Israel’s Gantz in rare trip (Al Jazeera)

Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas has held talks with Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz during a rare visit to Israel. In a statement on...