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Russia will fully reopen schools across the country from next week and the second wave of the COVID19 outbreak may have passed its peak, authorities said on Friday, as the national case tally passed the 3.5 million mark.

Russia will announce its exit from the Open Skies treaty in the coming days, a pact that allows unarmed surveillance flights over member countries, the Kommersant newspaper cited unnamed official sources as saying on Friday.

At age 22, poet Amanda Gorman, chosen to read at the inauguration of Presidentelect Joe Biden, already has a history of writing for official occasions.

North Korea displayed what appeared to be a new submarinelaunched ballistic missile (SLBM) at a parade on Thursday night, state media reported, capping more than a week of political meetings with a show of military might.

Investors shrugged off U.S. President Donald Trump’s record second impeachment and focused instead on reports on Thursday that his replacement, Joe Biden, will lay out a new U.S. $2 trillion stimulus programme later.

Ugandans began voting on Thursday in a presidential election pitting longtime leader Yoweri Museveni against an opposition galvanized by a popular singer despite a campaign marked by brutal crackdowns.

The cave painting uncovered in South Sulawesi consists of a figurative depiction of a warty pig, a wild boar that is endemic to this Indonesian island.

More than 300 workers are seeking to clear obstructions while drilling a new shaft to reach the chamber and expel dangerous fumes.

The search at the crash site of the downed Boeing 737-500, that was traveling from Jakarta to Pontianak, was temporarily suspended on Wednesday after bad weather whipped up high waves.

Three United Nations peacekeepers were killed and six wounded in central Mali on Wednesday after a convoy struck an explosive device and came under fire, the U.N. said in a statement.

An Ethiopian military aircraft crossed the SudaneseEthiopian border‮ ‬in a ‮"‬dangerous and unjustified escalation", Sudan's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

Sudan has lifted a ban on travellers coming from Britain, the Netherlands and South Africa as of Wednesday until April 11, the country's civil aviation authority said in a statement.

Ahlam Hamid fled from her home in Sudan's Darfur region 17 years ago when government troops and militiamen, some on horseback, raided her village and clashed with rebels.

Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka made a strong start to her 2021 season with a comfortable 62 62 victory over Veronika Kudermetova of Russia to clinch the WTA 500 event in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday and extend her winning streak to 15 matches.

Syria said Israel bombed Iranianbacked militia bases near the Iraqi border in the early hours of Wednesday, with military defectors and Western intelligence sources describing the raid as one of Israel's most extensive in recent months.

The U.S. State Department this month told European companies which it suspects are helping to build Russia's Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline that they face the risk of sanctions as the outgoing Trump administration prepares a final round of punitive measures a...