World
Key news going on in the world. As well as commentary and expert opinions for the Mainland Times on how it will affect our lives.
Pfizer to offer low-cost medicines to 45 lower-income countries
Pfizer has announced it is to supply all its current and future patent-protected medicines and vaccines on a not-for-profit basis...
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Egypt says climate finance must be top of agenda at Cop27 talks
Financial assistance for developing countries must be at the top of the agenda for UN climate talks later this year,...
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Crypto Pirates launches NFT sale that provides early access to the P2E game
Crypto Pirates is a Play2Earn NFT game currently in development, but it launches the NFT collection sale. Their owners will...
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Bid to overturn Sierra Leone loitering laws that activists claim ‘criminalise poverty’
A case has been filed against the government of Sierra Leone to overturn the country’s loitering laws, which activists and...
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Sudan: at least 168 people killed in violence in Darfur region, aid group says
Clashes between rival groups in Sudan’s Darfur killed at least 168 people on Sunday, an aid group has said, in...
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Over 160 passengers still missing from train attacked in Nigeria
More than 160 passengers who were on a train that was attacked in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna last...
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UN refugee agency condemns Boris Johnson’s Rwanda asylum plan
The UN’s refugee agency has condemned Boris Johnson’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda as “a symbolic gesture” that...
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Sending UK asylum seekers to Rwanda will save money, says minister
Britain will save money in the “longer term” by sending some asylum seekers to Rwanda, a minister has said after...
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UK asylum seekers to be housed in no-frills hostel in Rwandan capital
Asylum seekers flown to Rwanda by the British government will be put up in a no-frills hostel a mile away...
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South African police disperse crowd calling for aid after flooding
Police in South Africa have used stun grenades to disperse a crowd calling for more and better official aid for...
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