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A There’s something increasingly ritualistic about the geopolitical standoff between the West and China. The Americans and Europeans wag their fingers at the Chinese for violating human rights in Xinjiang, democracy in Hong Kong, peace in the Taiwan Strait and so forth. The Chinese tell the Westerners to mind their own business and stop being hypocritical. On it goes, tit for tat. Whenever Chinese diplomats feel slighted, they behave like the “wolf warriors” they think their presiden...

Sunday, 4 April, 2021 - 08:00 Doctors in Kabaw treat an infant infected with the coronavirus. (Kabaw municipal council) Cairo - Jamal Gawhar Libyan authorities have warned on Saturday of a surge in COVID-19 infections as new cases were confirmed among children and infants. In the meantime, citizens are still awaiting the arrival of vaccines that have not been delivered on time according to the pledges of the outgoing Government of...

Sunday, 4 April, 2021 - 07:00 A ward for COVID-19 patients in Ariana city, Tunisia. (AFP) Tunis - Mongi Saidani Tunisian Health Minister Faouzi Mehdi has warned of a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic over a new surge in infections and deaths. He said the country has witnessed a spike in hospitalizations with COVID-19, in addition to recording 144 cases of the UK strain in 16 states. Mehdi noted a 19 percent increase in th...

Sunday, 4 April, 2021 - 07:45 A man receives the COVID-19 vaccine in Cairo. (AP) Cairo - Asharq Al-Awsat Egypt’s Health Ministry announced the opening of more COVID-19 vaccination centers across the country to avoid the overcrowding witnessed in recent days. Health Ministry Spokesman Khalid Mujahid said authorities have opened 40 more centers, taking the total to 139 throughout the country. He said that with the addition of thes...

A $68,750: That’s how much my husband and I will be paying in rent over the course of our two-year lease in New York City. It was startling to see the total amount on our agreement — this could buy a home (albeit a fixer upper) in some places in the US or constitute a hefty down payment in others. I had to confront the reality that this money wouldn’t go toward building equity. It wouldn’t be used as an investment with the ability to compound. Instead, it would subsidize the mortga...

Sunday, 4 April, 2021 - 09:45 Gaza City amid restrictions imposed on Saturday to curb the COVID-19 pandemic. (EPA) Ramallah - Asharq Al-Awsat A Palestinian Authority source welcomed Saturday the “step-by-step” policy taken by US President Joe Biden’s administration to restore relations with it. Political and security contacts have resumed since Biden took office, he told Asharq Al-Awsat, adding that relations are expanding a...

Sunday, 4 April, 2021 - 10:00 US Ambassador to Switzerland Edward McMullen greets Xiyue Wang in Zurich, Switzerland. (US Embassy in Switzerland) Washington - Muath Alamri The US called on Tehran to immediately and safely release all US citizens who are wrongfully detained in Iran. Speaking at a press briefing, State Department spokeswoman Jalina Porter stressed that the “abhorrent act of unjust detentions” for political gain m...

Sunday, 4 April, 2021 - 06:45 Internally displaced children ride in a pickup truck with their belongings in Afrin, northern Syria, Feb. 18, 2020. (Reuters) London – Ibrahim Hamidi Syria is currently divided into three “zones of influence” and “four governments”. Five armies and thousands of soldiers are deployed on its territories and hundreds of military bases have been set up there. One zone is home to the capital and ...

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× A crane lifts the wreckage of a truck which was hit by the train a day after the deadly train derailment at a tunnel north of Hualien, Taiwan April 3, 2021. REUTERS/Ann Wang 1/4 People watch as they drive through Easter themed tents after receiving kits to host their own Covid-19 pandemic safe celebrations during a drive-in Easter Eggstravaganza for children in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) 2/4 In this photograph taken on April 2, 2021 an owl is pictured at Yala...