Dozens of refugees, migrants die as boat sinks in English Channel
Police and local official say at least 27 people have died after their boat sank off the coast of France.
At least 27 refugees and migrants have died seeking to cross the English Channel from France to England when their dinghy sank off the northern coast of Calais, French police and a local official have said.
Calais mayor Natacha Bouchart told BFM television on Wednesday that the death toll stood at 27, minutes after another mayor put the tally at 24. French police said at least 27 people had died.
The United Nations agency International Organization for Migration called the incident the largest single loss of life in the Channel since they started collecting data in 2014.
UN nuclear watchdog fails to reach access deal with Iran
The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog has said he has failed to reach a deal with Iran over renewed access to key nuclear sites after talks in Tehran.
Rafael Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said the failure was seriously affecting the agency’s ability to do its work and the chances of a restoration of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
He told a press conference he was “close to the point when I will not be able to guarantee continuity of knowledge”, adding: “We must reach an agreement. We must do it.” No date has been set for a further meeting, although Grossi said he would continue to contact Iran.
Several leading French politicians have called for search engines and app stores to hide the app and website of Wish following an investigation into the online marketplace.
Ministers Bruno Le Maire and Alain Griset, as well as France’s Secretary of State for the Digital Sector Cédric O, said in a joint statement that Wish had violated consumer rights by listing and selling products that were not compliant with European regulations.
More than 100 products sold on Wish were tracked as part of an investigation by the French administration in charge of consumer rights and fraud, with the findings revealing that more than half of the products were non-compliant, and a significant proportion were labelled as dangerous.
Ethiopia: Peace increasingly elusive as violence escalates
Growing pressure from the international community to end the violence is falling on deaf ears. As the conflict escalates, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed himself is now on the front lines to personally conduct war operations.
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and former soldier, arrived on the front lines of the ongoing Tigray conflict on Tuesday as a government spokesperson officially announced Wednesday. No details have been given on his precise location
Abiy's decision is being widely interpreted as an attempt to mobilize Ethiopians in the fight against Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) forces.
Japan will release state oil reserves for the first time ever
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
November 24, 2021 at 17:20 JST
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida declared on Nov. 24 that Japan will release its state oil reserves for the first time ever in a bid to ease the soaring price of crude.
It came on the heels of the Biden administration’s announcement that the United States is tapping into its own emergency oil reserves, as part of a coordinated effort with Japan, China, India, South Korea and Britain to suppress rising prices.
“In tandem with the United States, we decided to sell a portion of the state oil reserves in a way that won’t infringe on the oil stockpiling law,” Kishida said.
Russia's Putin tests experimental intranasal Covid-19 vaccine
Updated 1700 GMT (0100 HKT) November 24, 2021
Russian President Vladimir Putin has tested an experimental Covid-19 nasal vaccine that is not yet in clinical trial phase, his fourth vaccination in total, he said Wednesday.
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