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Winter Olympics opening ceremony: Beijing 2022 Games are officially open after stirring ceremony at the Bird's Nest

The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics are underway, after a stirring opening ceremony. Australia's team make their entrance to the Bird's Nest stadium where a shirtless American Samoan steals the show. Look back on all the action.

ABC News · Feb 4, 2022

Biden Joins Sheikh Al-Azhar, Pope Francis in Calling for ‘Human Fraternity'

US President Joe Biden joined Pope Francis and a leading Sunni imam on Friday in calling for greater global cooperation to fight the coronavirus pandemic, climate change and other world crises on the second anniversary of a landmark Christian-Muslim peace initiative. The Vatican released a statement from Biden marking the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 4, 2022

Sudan's Burhan Says Army Will Only Hand Over Power to Elected Gov’t

Head of Sudan’s Sovereign Transitional Council General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said in controversial statements from Darfur that the army will only hand over power to an elected civilian government or if a national consensus is reached. His remarks were made on Wednesday while presiding over a meeting of the Permanent…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 4, 2022

U.N. has millions in Afghanistan bank, but cannot use it

The United Nations has about $135 million in the bank in Afghanistan but is unable to use it because the Taliban-run central bank cannot convert it to the afghani currency, a senior U.N. official said on Thursday.

Reuters · Feb 3, 2022

Myanmar military fails sovereignty test

After seizing power from an elected civilian government on Feb 1 last year, Myanmar's military junta under the State Administration Council (SAC) has fallen short of the four categories that constitute the definition of a sovereign state.

Bangkok Post · Feb 3, 2022

Ukraine’s fears over close ties between Russia and Hungary stretch beyond Putin and Orban

Fears of war – and a cosy relationship between Moscow and Budapest – have moved the spotlight onto a western region of Ukraine that has a large Hungarian population, reports Kim Sengupta in Kiev

The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2022

Dozens escape security crackdown, poverty in Lebanon to join ISIL

Security sources say at least 48 young men have disappeared from Tripoli and are suspected of joining ISIL in Iraq.

Al Jazeera · Feb 3, 2022

EU lawmakers urge scrutiny of Egypt's human rights record

European parliamentarians have urged their governments and the United Nations to bring Egypt’s “devastating” human rights situation under more global scrutiny

The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2022

Myanmar’s UN envoy under fire for proposing ‘power share’ with military

Pro-democracy groups condemn Noeleen Heyzer’s comments in a TV interview, and maintain the junta is losing its grip

The Guardian - UK · Feb 3, 2022

Lebanon: US dollar savers fear they’ll foot crisis bill

Lebanese with savings trapped in US dollar accounts fear banks will be bailed out at their expense.

Al Jazeera · Feb 3, 2022