November 2019

Palestinian Rights Activist Slams Israel's Travel Ban

Palestinian Rights Activist Slams Israel’s Travel Ban

November 3, 2019 3:14 pm

Laith Abu Zeyad, who works as Amnesty’s campaigner on Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, was stopped by Israeli authorities at the King Hussein/Allenby border crossing on October 26 while on his way to attend a relative’s funeral in Jordan.

After being held for four hours, he was told he was banned from travelling abroad for what Israel’s internal security service, the Shin Bet, called 

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Over A Dozen Killed In Car Bomb Near Turkey-Syria Border

Over A Dozen Killed In Car Bomb Near Turkey-Syria Border

November 3, 2019 3:03 pm

At least 13 people have been killed in a car bomb explosion in a Syrian town on the border with Turkey, according to the Turkish defence ministry.

The blast on Saturday ripped through a crowded market in Tal Abyad, a town controlled by Turkish-backed opposition fighters.

“Based on first findings, 13 civilians were killed and around 20 others injured” in the explosion, Turkey’s defence ministry said in a statement.

The northeastern town has witnessed some of the heaviest fighting since the Turkish military launched an operation in northeast Syria last month against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which is spearheaded

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Pig Deaths On Russia Border: African Swine Fever Spreads?

Pig Deaths On Russia Border: African Swine Fever Spreads?

November 3, 2019 3:02 pm

More than a year after African swine fever began ravaging hogs in China, the virus may be escaping along the same route it’s believed to have entered — via Russia.

While the swine contagion has been present in Russia for 12 years, it’s only been spreading actively in the country’s Far East for the past few months. Authorities have reported almost 60 outbreaks in wild and domestic pigs, most within a few miles of the border with China.

BBG GRAPHIC: PIGS/RUSSIA BORDER

Infected wild boar may be playing a role in cross-border spread, said Dirk Pfeiffer, a professor of veterinary medicine and life sciences

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$2trn? Aramco Courts Investors To Hit IPO Valuation Target

$2trn? Aramco Courts Investors To Hit IPO Valuation Target

November 3, 2019 3:01 pm

Possible failure to reach the coveted target had caused a dilemma for Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman: swallow the bitter pill of going ahead at a lower valuation, or postpone the initial public offering (IPO) once again. But on Friday he gave the green light for the debut to go ahead.

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India At Work: Labour Reforms Aim To Boost Wages

India At Work: Labour Reforms Aim To Boost Wages

November 3, 2019 3:01 pm

Mumbai, India – Each day is a new test of Deepak Kumar’s resolve as he waits with dozens of others outside the Khar railway station in India ‘s financial capital, Mumbai, hoping to be hired by local contractors for a day’s work on a construction site.

“It’s always the same risky work and the hours never change, but the pay varies a lot,” Kumar tells Al Jazeera. Beholden to the whims of the “bosses” of the construction firms, his income sometimes dips below the customary $7-per-day rate for inner-city Mumbai, pushing his finances to the brink, he says.

“Right now

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'Consensus On Principles': US-China Trade Deal In Sight

‘Consensus On Principles’: US-China Trade Deal In Sight

November 3, 2019 2:40 pm

Beijing’s state-run media outlet Xinhua said the world’s two largest economies had reached a “consensus on principles” during a constructive telephone call on Friday between their main trade negotiators.

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The optimistic notes offered reassurance to global markets after nearly 16 months of tit-for-tat tariffs.

US and Chinese delegates had made “enormous progress” towards finalising a “phase one” agreement, although the deal

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The Pocket-Sized Las Vegas Addicting Kenya's Youths

The Pocket-Sized Las Vegas Addicting Kenya’s Youths

November 3, 2019 2:39 pm

A young man had been found dead, hanging behind his mother’s house. The Kenyatta University

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Algeria Presidential Election: Five Candidates Announced

Algeria Presidential Election: Five Candidates Announced

November 3, 2019 2:38 pm

Algeria’s electoral authority has said the country’s presidential election next month will be contested by five candidates – all part of the political establishment that has drawn the ire of months-long protests demanding the departure of the ruling elite.

The contenders are former Prime Ministers Abdelmadjid Tebboune and Ali Benflis, former Culture Minister Azzedine Mihoubi, former Tourism Minister Abdelkader Bengrine and Abdelaziz Belaid, head of the El Mostakbal Movement party.

Mohamed Chorfi, the head of the electoral body, told reporters in the capital, Algiers, on Sunday that the final list of candidates for the December 12 poll will be passed

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Congolese Anti-Ebola Fighter Killed In Home Attack

Congolese Anti- Ebola Fighter Killed In Home Attack

November 3, 2019 2:37 pm
A radio host who helped spread the word in the fight against Ebola was stabbed to death at his home in the northeast Democratic Republic of the Congo, the army said on Sunday.

The motive for the murder in the town of Lwemba in the troubled Ituri region was unknown, but it came as health authorities were set to introduce a new vaccine against the disease in unaffected areas.

The attackers killed 35-year-old Papy Mumbere Mahamba and wounded his wife before burning down their home late on Saturday, General Robert Yav, the commander of Congolese army forces in the Ituri

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Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei Rules Out Talks With US

Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei Rules Out Talks With US

November 3, 2019 2:36 pm

“Those who see negotiations with the US as the solution to every problem are certainly mistaken,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday during a speech to mark the anniversary, according to his official website.

“Nothing will come out of talking to the US, because they certainly and definitely won’t make any concessions.”

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On November 4, 1979, less than nine months after the

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South Africa’s Zuma Delays Corruption Trial With Appeal

South Africa’s Zuma Delays Corruption Trial With Appeal

November 3, 2019 11:31 am
South Africa’s embattled former president Jacob Zuma has appealed a court decision  to try him for corruption, a judicial spokeswoman said Sunday, delaying yet again a long-awaited date with justice.Zuma is alleged to have taken bribes during a 1990s arms deal with five European companies, including the French defence group Thales.

If the trial takes place, it would be the first time Zuma faces a court on graft charges, despite a string of accusations over his long political career.

But in the latest twist to a 15-year-old judicial saga, prosecution spokeswoman Natasha Kara told AFP: “I can confirm that Mr.

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Uproar Over Confinement, Torture Facilities In The North

Uproar Over Confinement, Torture Facilities In The North

November 3, 2019 11:29 am

Recently, Nigerians were naturally horrified upon seeing the emaciated inmates who were released by security operatives following the discovery of rehabilitation centres in Kaduna, Kwara and some other northern cities, where they had been held in torturous confinement.

The revelation that such degree of dehumanisation had been going on under the nose of the authorities and within the communities triggered big shock among the citizenry.

People wondered how such atrocious activities could have been carried on and hidden for so long in open view, to the extend that the concerned state governments were ignorant of the goings on at the …

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