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The Nobel Peace Prize 2021 was awarded jointly to Rappler co-founder Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov, the editor of Russia's Novaya Gazeta newspaper. The duo won the Prize "for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace," the Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Friday.
The death toll from a prison riot in Ecuador rose to 118 on Thursday with more than 80 injured, officials said.Two more bodies were found dead after the ...
Ecuador’s president has declared a state of emergency in the prison system following a battle among gang members in a coastal lockup that killed at least 116 people ...
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was handed a one-year prison sentence by a Paris court on Thursday after being found guilty of illegal campaign financing over his failed ...
China's central bank has announced that all transactions of crypto-currencies are illegal, effectively banning digital tokens such as Bitcoin. "Virtual currency-related business activities are illegal financial activities," the ...
Filipino boxing star Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao announced his presidential bid in the 2022 election as a candidate from the PDP-Laban faction on Sunday. "I boldly accept the challenge ...
King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, has sent a message of condolences and compassion to the President of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, Mr. Abdelmajid Tebboune, following the ...
French protests against the country's vaccine health pass continued for the tenth straight Saturday, with tens of thousands of people marching in Paris and other cities in opposition ...
Health care workers in France face suspension from their jobs starting Wednesday if they haven’t been vaccinated against COVID-19. With about 300,000 workers still not vaccinated, some hospitals fear staff shortages will add to their strain. Vaccines are now compulsory for medical care, home care and emergency workers in France, and Wednesday is the deadline ...
The German company BioNTech is to apply for approval of its coronavirus vaccine, jointly developed with US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, for use in children aged between 5 and 11 ...
