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New Fine Gael leader Simon Harris (right) at Aras an Uachtarain meeting the President of Ireland Michael D Higgins to receive the seal of office after being appointed Ireland's new Taoiseach, April 9, 202
NORWAY: The office of the County Governor of Oslo and Viken in Norway said today that it was revoking a decision by Drammen city council to only take Ukrainian refugees and not others, saying it was contrary to the Norwegian constitution and discrimination laws.
The council had faced wide criticism in Norway after deciding on February 13 to only accept Ukrainian refugees. Up to a third of the population of Drammen are immigrants or have immigrant background.
CHINA: National People’s Congress chairman Zhao Leji will lead a delegation to North Korea this week, both countries announced today, in what was described as a goodwill visit.
Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO reports from the start of Kunming’s Belt and Road media forum, where 200 journalists from 71 countries celebrated a new openness and optimism, forged by China’s enormous contribution to global development
We must remember Morocco’s land grab of the Sahrawi people’s territory continues with French and British support, writes BERT SCHOUWENBURG, looking into the origins of the annexation