Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday said Australia would welcome President-elect Joe Biden restoring the United States to the Paris climate accord, as he faced renewed pressure himself to boost efforts to cut Australia’s carbon emissions.
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Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas on Sunday called on US president-elect Joe Biden to enhance relations between the Palestinians and Washington, which collapsed during President Donald Trump’s term in office.
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President-elect Joe Biden has called for unity and promised a new day for America in his first national address since he won the tense US election and ended the era of Donald Trump.
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The total of confirmed corona virus cases has surged past 50 million following record numbers of new cases in several countries. Johns Hopkins university reports that more than 1.25 million people have now died after contracting the virus.
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Amnesty International has urged the authorities in Tunisia to stop using largely outdated, overly broad and repressive laws to crack down on freedom of expression online.
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project and 365 concerned Nigerians have filed an application before the Federal High Court, Abuja, asking the court to reject a suit which seeks to shut down Twitter. This will prevent it from operating within the Nigerian cyberspace, and ultimately restrict the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and media freedom in the country.
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The Presidency has assured that Nigeria will continue giving its unflinching support to ensure that Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala wins the race to become Director-General World Trade Organisation.
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The Debt Management Office said that a total of N195 billion has been disbursed to 270 exporters under the Export Expansion Grant (EEG) programme of the federal government.
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed 300 new cases of coronavirus in the country. This brings the total number of COVID-19 infections recorded in the country so far to 64,090.
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