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After India-EU Summit, Is a Free Trade Agreement on the Cards? News18 3 hours ago © Provided by News18 After India-EU Summit, Is a Free Trade Agreement on the Cards? Even as the European Union has got politically weakened by Brexit, internal tensions between western European countries and eastern ones, notably Hungary and Poland, over issues of democracy and European values, problems of migration, Islamism, terrorism and rise of right-wing forces, and, in addition, economically enfeebled b...

As a result of the rally organised by the Yoruba Nation in Osogbo on Saturday, most businesses in the capital city shut down their operations over

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA U.S. Army Pfc. Jonathan Mondragon, a wheeled vehicle mechanic with the Cal Guard’s 749th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion in Benicia, performs a vehicle maintenance check on one of the battalion’s Humvees. Mondragon is on mission with Joint Task Force 749, where he is working as the morning All Partners Access Network operator in the operations section. (U.S. Air National Guard photo) Cal Guard soldier in Benicia adapts, overcomes various challenges By Calif...

Dive Brief: In light of recent incidents involving unreported cash payments by subcontractors on construction projects, Pittsburgh Mayor William Peduto has signed an executive order to combat construction fraud, promote worker safety and protect city tax revenue.  The Construction Fraud Executive Order cracks down on fraudulent construction companies that commit tax, insurance and workers’ compensation fraud. It also aims to stop the practice of paying workers in cash to avoid taxes. Such mo...

Leaders in Africa and around the world give lip service to addressing underlying causes of terrorism, violent internal conflicts, criminal violence and other threats. In practice, they prioritize militarized responses that are not only abusive of human rights but also ineffective and counter-productive. African conflicts are most often seen in terms of simplistic narratives and applied to the entire continent. But each country is distinct. Most are at peace, afflicted not by war and warlords, b...

AfricaFocus Bulletins with Material on Politics and Human Rights April 19, 2021  Confronting Global Apartheid Demands Global Solidarity http://www.africafocus.org/docs21/ga2104.php     "The COVID-19 pandemic has both revealed and deepened structural inequalities around the world. Nearly every country has been hit by economic downturn, but the impacts are unevenly felt. Within and across countries, the people who have suffered most are those already disadvantaged by race, class, gender, o...

HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — After traveling more than 1,500 miles and completing a 14-day quarantine, Daniel Marshall finally rolled up his sleeve to get his Covid-19 vaccine Wednesday. Marshall, a businessman and engineer, is among the American expatriates in the region who have already made their way to Guam for vaccination and vacation. No visiting American citizens are denied the federally funded vaccines, and Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero has tasked her chief medical adviser, Dr. M...

The clashes occurred as people in the mainly Muslim south were preparing to end Ramadan fasting.

THE ISSUE An article by Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Jessica Calefati, published in Saturday’s LNP | LancasterOnline, noted that all but a few state GOP lawmakers have been silent about COVID-19 vaccination, hampering efforts to persuade Republican holdouts to get vaccinated. Noted Calefati: “Communications and public health experts say these skeptics need reassurance from the Republican elected officials they trust the most.” “Do not buy into made-up dangers promulgated b...