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DUBAI: Samira Azzam was one of Palestine’s greatest female authors of the 20th century. And yet she is relatively unknown today — her work in radio broadcasting, short-story writing and journalism largely forgotten.  Born in 1927 to a middle-class Christian family in the coastal city of Acre, Azzam became a…

With Russia's best and largest nuclear submarine now out of commission, the next-best option in its submersible fleet still dwarfs the largest U.S. crafts in some regards. Following months of speculation, Vladimir Maltsev, head of the Russian Movement for Navy Support, confirmed to the Russian press on Monday that the…

The Chinese balloon saga threatens to be a watershed moment in the world’s dangerous new superpower rivalry: For the first time, Americans experienced a tangible symbol of the national security challenge from Beijing. The craft, described by US intelligence as a surveillance balloon, presented a comparatively low-tech, modest security threat…

Women trying to stay warm on Metcalfe Street in freezing temperatures in Ottawa Friday. Photo by Tony Caldwell /POSTMEDIA Although the capital area woke up to another extremely deep freeze, Environment Canada is suggesting relief is near. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.…

Sunny, then becoming a mix of sun and cloud in the afternoon with an extreme cold warning in effect. Today’s photo was posted on Instagram by @anacf.photo. Sunny, then becoming a mix of sun and cloud in the afternoon with an extreme cold warning in effect.  Advertisement 2 This advertisement…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — With next year’s Paris Olympics on the horizon and Russia’s invasion looking more like a prolonged conflict, Ukraine’s sports minister on Friday renewed a threat to boycott the games if Russia and Belarus are allowed to compete and said Kyiv would lobby other nations to join.…

TORONTO — Extreme cold gripped much of Ontario on Friday, prompting warnings from Environment Canada, while homeless advocates said warming centres in Toronto were at capacity during the frigid conditions. Environment Canada warned of wind chill values between -30 C and -40 C across much of southern and eastern Ontario,…

Advertisement Media scholar, Farooq Kperogi, on Saturday said that the alleged cold war between Bola Tinubu, presidential flag-bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 election, and President Muhammadu Buhari “will graduate to a real hot war”. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that writing his weekly column, Kperogi said the…

The flags of South Africa, China, India, Russia and Brazil, the five members of BRICS. China, India, Brazil and South Africa are among the nations that have resisted giving up their own interests to punish Russia following the Ukraine war. Photo: Shutterstock Formed during the Cold War, the non-aligned movement…

SHANGHAI, Jan 1 (Reuters) - China and the United States must pursue dialogue rather than confrontation and avoid the mistakes made during the Cold War, top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi said on Sunday in his first public comments since his appointment as head of the ruling Communist Party's foreign affairs…