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January 2022

What is Lunar New Year? Traditions and celebrations for the Year of the Tiger.

Lunar New Year, commonly referred to as Chinese New Year, is one of the most important holidays of the year for over 1 billion people around the world.Before the coronavirus pandemic, it often prompted the world’s largest annual migration of people, traveling for family reunions and feasting.© Steven Saphore/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock A Lunar New Year celebration in Sydney’s …

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Hungarian PM Orbán to visit ally Putin in Moscow

Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, will travel to Moscow on Tuesday in a visit that has drawn criticism from the country’s political opposition and is being watched nervously in other European capitals. Orbán, who has developed a reputation as Vladimir Putin’s closest ally inside the European Union, is due to meet the Russian president just …

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Donald Trump Says He Wanted Mike Pence to Overturn the Election for First Time

Donald Trump has admitted that he wanted former Vice President Mike Pence to have “overturned the Election” while the 2020 results were being certified during his ceremonial role as presiding officer of the Senate. In a statement released on Sunday night attacking bipartisan efforts to reform the Electoral Count Act, the former president suggested Pence …

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Pictorial: Rihanna, A$AP Rocky expecting first child

A$AP Rocky, Rihanna poses with baby bump. Photo: Daily Mail 31 January 2022 Globally-renowned Barbadian singer, Rihanna Fenty, has flaunted her baby bump as she revealed that she was expecting a baby with her lover and rapper, A$AP Rocky. The duo was photographed in Harlem as Rihanna, displayed her baby bump in loved-up photos with …

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Frank Lampard: Everton appoint former Chelsea boss as new manager to replace Rafael Benitez

Everton Football Club can confirm the appointment of Frank Lampard as the Club’s new manager. The former England midfielder has agreed a two-and-a-half-year contract – until June 2024 – and will take charge of the First Team for the FA Cup fourth-round tie against Brentford at Goodison Park on Saturday 5 February. The appointment of …

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Olympics-China names speed skater, skeleton athlete as Games flag-bearers

BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese delegation’s flag-bearers at the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics will be speed skater Gao Tingyu and skeleton athlete Zhao Dan, the delegation said on Sunday. © Reuters/ERIC GAILLARD FILE PHOTO: Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics The 24-year-old Gao became China’s first male speed skater to win a medal at …

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Roadside bomb kills six in Kenya

Agency Report 31 January 2022 Six people died on Monday when a minibus was destroyed by a roadside bomb during an ambush by armed men in northeastern Kenya near the border with Somalia, police have said. The assailants opened fire on the 14-seater vehicle after it ran over the explosive device about eight kilometres (five …

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Australia to host ‘Quad’ meeting of foreign ministers

| 4 SYDNEY (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to travel to Australia in February to meet counterparts from Japan, India and Australia to discuss Indo-Pacific coordination, the Australian government said on Monday. © Reuters/LEAH MILLIS Secretary Blinken holds a joint press availability with Australian Foreign Minister PayneThe two-day meeting of the …

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Qatar emir meets Biden in shadow of Ukraine tensions

US President Joe Biden will build on attempts to ensure energy back-up for European allies when he hosts Qatar’s emir Monday in a White House meeting overshadowed by fears that Russia could cut exports over the Ukraine crisis. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani will be the first Gulf state leader to visit Biden since he …

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The Rwanda-Uganda border at Katuna has finally opened this morning despite the disruption brought about by the morning downpour.

The first truck to cross from Rwanda into Uganda got stuck in the middle of the road which is under construction especially in the no-man’s land.   Buses and other official vehicles were seen in the queue on the Rwandan side of Gatuna, ready to be cleared and cross over to Uganda. Uganda officials were …

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