Palestinians lose eviction appeal in Jerusalem

The property is in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusalem, which has long been targeted by Israeli settler groups.

Dozens of Palestinians fear they are about to be forcibly evicted from the homes they’ve lived in since the 1950s.

And hundreds more face a similar fate in the same neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem.

Campaigners say their plight is part of a systematic process by Jewish settlers to take over the city.

Al Jazeera’s Harry Fawcett reports.

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CAR unrest: Govt and rebels hold talks in Sudan

14 armed groups and the government of Central African Republic meet in Khartoum for talks in an effort to bring peace.

Sudan is hosting rival leaders from the Central African Republic for peace talks.

In 2013, rebel fighters took over the capital but were pushed back after French and UN intervention. Since then the country has been on the brink of civil war and deep divisions remain,

Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque reports.

Al Jazeera captures evidence of food aid stolen in Yemen war

The WFP has accused both Houthis and Saudi-UAE coalition backed forces of diverting aid in areas under their control.

Al Jazeera has seen evidence of food meant for starving Yemenis being sold at a marketplace in the capital Sanaa.

The World Food Programme (WFP) has accused both Houthis and the Saudi-UAE coalition backed forces of diverting aid in areas under their control.

Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Jamjoom reports.

Social security tax: Palestinians protest new law

The Palestinian Authority has put its planned social security tax on hold after months of protests.

President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party has frozen the implementation of the Social Security Act – pending cabinet confirmation.

This comes as part of an announcement from Abbas’s Fatah party that it wants to set up a new government.

Al Jazeera’s Harry Fawcett reports from Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.

Brexit: UK Parliament to debate migration and citizen's rights

MPs are expected to debate migration and rights of citizens of UK and EU after Brexit.

British MPs are expected on Friday to debate migration and the rights of the citizens of the United Kingdom and the European Union after Brexit in the lead up to the crucial vote next week.

The government has already indicated it wants to reduce European immigration by 80 percent when it leaves the EU. Immigration was one of the main motivators for people who voted to leave.

Al Jazeera’s Laurence Lee reports from London.

Vanuatu trials vaccine drone deliveries

It is innovative, it is ambitious, but Vanuatu’s government wants to know if drone delivery of vaccines to remote locations is also practical and financially viable.

Life-saving vaccines by could soon be delivered by drone.

On-demand drone deliveries of vaccines have several advantages over more traditional means of transport to remote locations and Vanuatu’s government has commissioned two companies to test such a programme.

The tests under way on the remote Pacific island could revolutionise healthcare for some of the world’s poorest nations.

Al Jazeera’s Andrew Thomas reports from Vanuatu’s Erromango Island.

Loser in Guinea Bissau election cries foul, will contest result in court

BISSAU (Reuters) – The loser in Guinea Bissau’s presidential election, Domingos Simoes Pereira, will contest the result with the Supreme Court, he told supporters on Wednesday.

Former Prime Minister Umaro Cissoko Embalo was declared winner of the run-off vote by the electoral commission on Wednesday.

Stock Alert: Will NRG Energy Be Stronger In 2020?

Shares of NRG Energy, Inc. (NRG) closed Tuesday’s trading 1.33% higher at $39.75. The stock has been trading in a range of $32.63 to $43.66 for the past one year.

NRG Energy is a power manufacturer and distributor that serves approximately 3.7 million customers. In August last year, NRG added more than 600,000 customer equivalents by acquiring Stream Energy’s retail electricity and natural gas businesses.

The company’s “Transformation Plan ” which was launched in 2017, to lower its debt is on track. It had sold its South Central business to Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC in February last year. In September, the company had paid off $95 million debt associated with NRG Energy and JX Nippon’s joint venture Petra Nova carbon capture project. NRG also issued a $12 million letter of credit to cover certain project debt reserve requirements, which makes the remaining project debt non-recourse to NRG.

The company had a target of $590 million cost savings in FY2019, out of which $401 million was achieved by the end of the third quarter ended September 30, 2019. Starting 2020, the company has decided to increase its annual dividend to $1.20 per share from $0.12 per share in 2019.

In the third quarter, income from continuing operations was $374 million, or $1.46 per share compared with $287 million or $0.88 per share a year ago. Analysts were expecting $2.1 per share.

Revenue for the quarter rose to $2.996 billion from $2.960 billion in the corresponding quarter last year.