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Vaccine passports are a long-term solution to reopening travel corridors, Dubai Airports chief Paul Griffiths said. “Those digital systems should enable people to travel without having any problems at the airport because of course,…
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A veteran Mossad operative, who Israeli media said specialized in recruiting agents to work against Iran and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group, was named on Monday as the Israeli intelligence agency’s new chief. David Barnea, 56, and…
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League of Arab States Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit on Monday called on the Security Council and other UN bodies to establish a strategic working partnership with the league and its member states. The aim, he said, would be to lay…
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France’s Europe Minister Clement Beaune said Sunday that Turkey had set a “trap” for European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen by forcing her to sit off to the side on a visit to Ankara, in a photo-op faux pas quickly dubbed…
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A Houthi security official in Yemen who had been sanctioned for torture, sexual violence, and cruel treatment of women has died from COVID-19 according to Houthi media, while other media sources questioned the cause of the death. Sultan…
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Turkey’s lira plunged 15% to near its all-time low after markets opened following President Tayyip Erdogan’s shock weekend decision to oust a hawkish central bank governor and install a like-minded critic of high interest rates. The…
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Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin arrived in Seoul on Wednesday with top US diplomat Antony Blinken following for talks with South Korean officials to bolster a united front against an increasingly assertive China and the nuclear-armed North.…
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US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Saturday he was traveling to Asia to boost military cooperation with American allies and foster “credible deterrence” against China. Austin kicked off via Hawaii, seat of the American military…
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The secretary-general of the Gulf Cooperation Council, called on Tuesday for Iran to abandon its support to various terrorist groups currently active in the region, Saudi state news agency SPA reported. Nayef Al-Hajraf also said that…
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London’s post-Brexit financial services industry must compete more with New York and Singapore rather than with leading EU centers, the head of British bank Barclays said. “What London needs to be focused on is not Frankfurt or Paris,…
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