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March 2, 2021 at 4:14 pm Security services of the Palestinian Authority (PA) have arrested several Hamas members and activists in the occupied West Bank and put them in Al-Junaid Prison in the city of Nablus. They were later moved to the notorious Jericho Prison, which has been known to hold Hamas members and leaders, as well as critics of the PA. This came just a few days after the presidential decree which was issued to ban the detention and prosecution of individuals for reasons relating t...

Lockdowns, curfews, alcohol bans as nations fight resurgent virus AFP 1/2/2021 AFP © DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS London ambulance staff stretcher a patient into the Royal London Hospital in the east of the city Countries across the world tightened restrictions on their populations Saturday to fight a resurgence in the coronavirus, as the European Union offered to help drug companies expand vaccine production to improve distribution "bottlenecks". © JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER The illega...

Show must go on: Smooth start for post Brexit Channel freight Listen | Print By Clément MELKI with Joe JACKSON in Dover (AFP)     Jan 1, 2021 in World A steady flow of trucks in and out of France helped dispel fears of a chaotic start to Britains first hours outside the EU customs union, with a high-tech smart border system smoothing crossings by tunnel and sea. Lorries crossed into France and left the country for the United...

Marianne Williamson: Americas Crisis of Adulthood | Opinion Newsweek 21/12/2020 Marianne Williamson © Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP/Getty The German ambassador to France Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut takes part in the international ceremony marking D-Day commemorations for the 76th anniversary of the World War II Allied landings in Normandy on Omaha Beach in Vierville-sur-Mer, northwestern France, on June 6, 2020. One of my favorite stories from American history involves Dwight Eisenhower...

Coronavirus latest: New Covid variant could be ‘more infectious’ and has spread to Wales and Scotland The i 15/12/2020 Tom Bawden © Provided by The i If it is more contagious, that would help explain why London and the South East of England – where the variant is most prominent – are experiencing faster increases in new cases (Photo: Sameer Al-DOUMY/AFP/Getty) The newly discovered variant of Covid-19 has already spread from southern England to Wales and Scotla...