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Portuguese parliament approves surrogacy law
Portuguese parliament has approved the law authorising surrogacy, which is the commercial contract that allows the hiring of a woman to be pregnant...
Post-Pandemic Life: COVID isolation left us weary and frayed
COVID isolation — from which we are gingerly emerging but have not quite escaped — has shown us the limits of our cherished self-sufficiency. Alone,...
Foreign powers blamed for Solomon Islands unrest
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare on Friday blamed foreign interference over his government’s decision to switch alliances from Taiwan...
France opts for 3rd shots, not lockdown, to fight new wave
France has launched a plan to give COVID-19 booster shots to all adults, as it opted against a further lockdown or curfew to help combat a worrying...
Fukushima N-plant’s ice wall melting: Tepco
Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) will launch remedial works at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to strengthen an ice wall intended to halt...
US lawmakers visit Taiwan, China conducts military patrols
Five US lawmakers met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday in a surprise one-day visit intended to reaffirm America's “rock-solid” support...
Belgium detects first case of new COVID-19 variant in Europe
Belgium has detected the first case of the new coronavirus variant which was first found in South Africa, a virologist said on Friday.
UN envoy: Sudan's new deal saved the country from civil war
The deal struck in Sudan to reinstate the prime minister following a military coup is imperfect but has saved the country from sliding into civil...