All but one of the four candidates to succeed Hassan Rouhani are regarded as hardliners. Source link
Day: June 17, 2021
Appointed by, and reporting to, the Supreme Leader, Iran’s chief justice heads the country’s judiciary, whose courts and judges ensure the enforcement of Islamic laws (and define legal policy). The chief justice – currently a hardline cleric, Ebrahim Raisi – also nominates the six lay members of the Guardian Council. […]
Despite being one of the first countries to develop a jab, Covid cases are sharply rising in Russia. Source link
Why the stakes are so high in the nation’s first attempt at free and fair elections. Source link
The places that were best at keeping Covid at bay are now struggling with their exit strategies. Source link
A selection of the week’s best photos of Africans from across the continent and elsewhere. Source link
Covid has reached the remotest parts of Nepal – including the mountain village of Barpak, which is home to many British Army Gurkha veterans and their families. For more than 200 years, Gurkha soldiers have been recruited directly from Nepal to fight for the British Army. The UK-based charity Gurkha […]
Smaller cities around the US are offering incentives, sometimes up to $15,000, for young talent to move there. And with remote work on the rise, people are freer to relocate. Nearly one in four Americans is expected to be a fully remote worker in a few years. Source link
A painting by musician David Bowie found at a Canadian dump is set to be auctioned for thousands. Source link
After 20 years in opposition, he was finally elected president in 2000, but civil war broke out just two years later. Mr Gbagbo’s supporters were accused of carrying out xenophobic attacks in areas they controlled – against those from the mainly Muslim north, immigrants from neighbouring African countries, and Westerners. […]