Senegalese President Sall postpones presidential vote
Dakar, Senegal Reuters President Macky Sall postponed Senegal’s planned 25th February presidential election, announcing in a televised address to the nation on Saturday that he had cancelled the relevant law due to electoral issues he warned would fuel disputes. With little more than three weeks to go before the vote, the unprecedented step of delaying […]
Myanmar junta officially postpones election promised after 2021 coup – state TV
Chiang Mai, Thailand Reuters Myanmar’s ruling junta has officially postponed an election promised by August this year after its 2021 coup, state television reported on Monday night. Junta leader General Min Aung Hlaing, in a meeting on Monday with the army-backed National Defence and Security Council, extended a state of emergency by six more months. […]
Pope’s trip to Lebanon in June postponed for health reasons – sources
Vatican City Reuters Pope Francis’s planned trip to Lebanon next month has been postponed because the 85-year-old pontiff has experienced difficulty walking recently, sources said on Monday. In recent weeks, the Pope has suffered a flare-up of pain in the right knee in addition to a long-time case of sciatica, which also causes pain in […]
UN delays crucial climate summit for a year, cites pandemic
Reuters The coronavirus pandemic has prompted the United Nations to delay until late 2021 a crucial climate summit that had been scheduled for Britain this year, officials said on Thursday. This year’s meeting, known as the COP26 summit, had been billed as the most important climate change summit since the 2015 talks that produced the […]
STOP THE CLOCK: JAPAN AWAKES TO REALITY OF TOKYO GAMES POSTPONEMENT
JACK TARRANT and JU-MIN PARK, of Reuters, report from Japan as news that the Olympics Games have been postponed sinks in…
Tokyo 2020 Games will be postponed, says IOC member Dick Pound
Toronto, Canada/Tokyo, JapanReuters The International Olympic Committee has decided to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games because of the coronavirus pandemic, IOC member Dick Pound said on Monday. Major sporting nations Australia and Canada had already withdrawn on Monday as organisers came under global pressure to postpone the event for the first time in its […]