People watch a live broadcast of Mr Xi’s speech during the introduction of the Communist Party of China’s Politburo Standing Committee, on a screen at a mall in Qingzhou, in eastern Shandong province on Oct 23. AFP China has been locked into a zero-Covid policy since […]
Educational material about malaria. The government’s commitment to eradicating malaria by 2024 is facing a tough challenge. The infection rate this year is 2.5 times higher than last year, with 8,229 cases and counting. Rungrawee Tipmontree, chief of the Malaria Taskforce of Vector-Borne Diseases Division […]
Challenger Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has won Brazil’s election after defeating incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro in a razor-close vote on Sunday. According to the country’s election authority, Lula secured 50.8 percent of the vote compared to 49.2 percent for Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro had been leading […]
The drones used to attack Russian ships in the Black Sea in Crimea were equipped with Canadian-made parts used in the navigation systems, according to Russia’s defence ministry. It said 16 Ukrainian drones attacked the fleet in the Black Sea in the annexed Crimean Peninsula […]
Earlier this year Imran Khan lost a crucial no-confidence vote in parliament. It led to his resignation. But since then he has held regular rallies as he ramps up pressure on the government to call an early election. Khan and his supporters are now marching on the […]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said he hopes US President Joe Biden has the wisdom to deal with a global confrontation similar to the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, referencing the war on Ukraine. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has triggered the biggest hostilities between Moscow and […]
After decades on the outskirts, hidden in a side wing of the Planetarium, the Prater Museum will move to the center of the “Wurstelprater”. A new museum is being built on the former site of an amusement arcade on the Straße des Ersten Mai, which […]
At least 60 people were killed and dozens injured when a suspension bridge in India’s western Gujarat state collapsed, plunging hundreds of people into the water below. More than 400 people were on the bridge over the Machhu River in the town of Morbi on […]
Voting is under way in Brazil’s most polarised presidential elections to date with left-wing former president Luiz Incio Lula da Silva aiming to defeat right-wing incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the run-off vote. Lula, who was president from 2003 to 2010, won the first round on […]
The incumbent and a former president are facing a run-off election in Brazil. As people brace for a tense second vote between Lula and Bolsonaro, correspondent Monica Yanakiew takes us through some of the issues dividing the country. Article source: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/between-us/2022/10/30/brazil-election-a-country-divided
