WORLD - The African Mirror

Apr

11

2021

Harry to attend Prince Philip’s funeral on April 17

WORLD

BRITAIN’S Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth's husband who died on Friday aged 99, will have a ceremonial funeral on Saturday, April 17 without any public access or public procession, Buckingham Palace said. Following are details about the funeral. THE FUNERAL The funeral will take place at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle at 1500 local time on April 17. "It will be what's known as a ceremonial royal funeral," a Buckingham Palace spokesman said. "The plans for the funeral are very much in line with the Duke of Edinburgh's own personal wishes." There will be no public access, no public processions…

Jul

03

2021

By The African Mirror

Era ends, war looms as U.S. forces quit main base in Afghanistan

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AMERICAN troops pulled out of their main military base in Afghanistan yesterday, leaving behind a piece of the World Trade Center they buried 20 years ago in a country that the top U.S. commander has warned may descend into civil war without them. "All American soldiers and members of NATO forces have left the Bagram airbase," said a senior U.S. security official on condition of anonymity. Though a few more troops have yet to withdraw from another base in the capital Kabul, the Bagram pullout brings an effective end to the longest war in American history. The base, an hour's…

Jul

03

2021

By The African Mirror

Freed after 10 years in prison for abortion, woman seeks new footing

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LIAMAR RAMOS SARA Rogel, a Salvadoran woman who spent 10 years in prison on charges of violating the Central American country's harsh abortion ban when she terminated her own pregnancy, is trying to get her life back after being released last week. Rogel, who was sentenced to 30 years in prison, was arrested in October 2012 after going to a hospital with bleeding caused by what she said was a fall at home. But she was prosecuted for having an abortion. She was released on June 8 from a jail in Zacatecoluca, 35 miles (56 km) southeast of San Salvador,…

Apr

11

2021

By The African Mirror

Myanmar security forces with rifle grenades kill over 80 protesters

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MYANMAR security forces fired rifle grenades at protesters in a town near Yangon, killing more than 80 people, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) monitoring group and a domestic news outlet said. Details of the death toll in the town of Bago, 90 km (55 miles) northeast of Yangon, were not initially available because security forces piled up bodies in the Zeyar Muni pagoda compound and cordoned off the area, according to witnesses and domestic media outlets. The AAPP and Myanmar Now news outlet said yesterday that 82 people were killed during the protest against the February 1 military…

Jul

03

2021

By The African Mirror

Vietnam orders Netflix to remove Australian spy show over South China Sea map

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JAMES PEARSON NETFLIX Inc has removed the Australian spy drama "Pine Gap" from its services in Vietnam after a complaint from broadcast authorities in the Southeast Asian country about the appearance of a map that depicts Chinese claims in the South China Sea. The map, which briefly features on the screens of a control room at a spy base in two episodes of the six-part show, depicts China's unilaterally declared "nine-dash line" and is displayed within the context of maritime claims in the region. "Netflix's violations angered and hurt the feelings of the entire people of Vietnam," the Authority of…

Apr

11

2021

By The African Mirror

South Asia surpasses grim milestone of 15 million COVID-19 cases

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ANURAG MAAN and ROSHAN ABRAHAM Coronavirus infections in the South Asia sub-region surpassed the grim milestone of 15 million yesterday, a Reuters tally shows, led by India's record daily infections and vaccine shortages. South Asia - India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives, and Sri Lanka - accounts for 11% of global cases and almost 6% of deaths. The region accounts for 23% of the world's population of 7.59 billion people. India, the country with the third-highest coronavirus total, accounts for over 84% of South Asia's cases and deaths. The world's second-most populous country reported 145,384 new cases on Saturday, the…

Apr

21

2021

By The African Mirror

Can’t eat out? In locked down Paris, a chef can come to you

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MANUEL AUSLOOS PARISIANS yearning for haute cuisine dining since the COVID-19 pandemic closed down restaurants have found an alternative: private chefs who serve up meals in customers' homes. Fatiha El-Kaddaoui is a trained chef who takes bookings from private individuals, brings her ingredients to their home and uses their equipment to prepare and serve restaurant-quality dishes. She was busy before the pandemic. But now, she said, she is having to turn away up to 30 bookings per month. "There's very, very big demand," she said. "This demand exists because those people used to go to restaurants one, two, three times…

Jul

02

2021

By The African Mirror

Xi warns against foreign bullying as China marks party centenary

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YEW LUN TIAN and RYAN WOO CHINA’S President Xi Jinping has warned that foreign forces attempting to bully the nation will "get their heads bashed", and hailed a "new world" created by its people as the ruling Communist Party marked the centenary of its founding. In an hour-long address from Tiananmen Square, Xi pledged to build up China's military, committed to the "reunification" of Taiwan and said social stability would be ensured in Hong Kong while protecting China's security and sovereignty. "The people of China are not only good at destroying the old world, they have also created a new…

Jul

02

2021

By The African Mirror

Britain’s William and Harry put feud aside to unveil Princess Diana statue

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MICHAEL HOLDEN BRITISH Princes William and Harry have put their differences aside when they unveiled a statue to their late mother Princess Diana on what would have been her 60th birthday, saying they hoped it would be a lasting memorial to her life and legacy. The brothers, whose falling-out has been the subject of intense media scrutiny, looked relaxed together as they revealed the statue they commissioned in honor of Diana in the Sunken Garden of Kensington Palace in central London, her former home. The bronze statue depicts Diana, who was killed in a Paris car crash in 1997, surrounded…

Jul

02

2021

By The African Mirror

Biden mourns with Florida families

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KATANGA JOHNSON and STEVE HOLLAND PRESIDENT Joe Biden has pledged federal assistance and offered comfort to the families of those killed and missing in last week's Florida condominium collapse after the search-and-rescue operation was suspended due to safety concerns. Biden, whose personal experience with tragedy has marked his political career, traveled to Florida to reprise the role of "consoler-in-chief" a week after the 12-story Champlain Towers South partially caved in as residents slept. The confirmed death toll remained at 18 after the discovery of six more bodies in the ruins of the condo, including two children, aged 4 and 10.…