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Ally of poisoned Kremlin critic Navalny jailed in Moscow for extremism
Pavel Zelensky, a member of the Anti-Corruption Foundation team of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, was jailed by a Moscow court today until Feb. 28 on charges of inciting extremism on the internet, according to a court statement.
16 January 2021, 15:53 PM
Biden nominates veteran diplomats for top State posts
Democratic President-elect Joe Biden today nominated US foreign policy veteran Wendy Sherman, a key negotiator of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, to be the No. 2 official at the State Department.
16 January 2021, 15:47 PM
Dutch government quits
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s government resigned yesterday over a child benefits scandal, threatening political instability as the country battles the coronavirus pandemic.
15 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Friends with benefits or ideological foes?
Iran has for years faced accusations of cooperation with al-Qaeda despite stark ideological differences, but while mutual interests may have sometimes converged any relationship has been marked by distrust, analysts say.
15 January 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Laws meant to finish farmers’
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra yesterday protested outside Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal’s official residence, in solidarity with those farmers who have been protesting against the central government’s recently introduced agricultural laws.
15 January 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Catastrophic’ warming awaits us
The world is on course for a “catastrophic” temperature rise this century, the United Nations said Thursday as it confirmed that 2020 rivalled 2016 as the hottest year on record.
15 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Covid cases in Europe top 30m
More than 30 million coronavirus cases have been officially recorded in Europe, according to an AFP tally based on official health statistics at 0800 GMT yesterday.
15 January 2021, 18:00 PM
UN rights body picks Fiji in first ever presidential vote
The UN Human Rights Council elected Fiji’s ambassador as its 2021 president in an unprecedented secret ballot after a diplomatic stand-off blocked the usual consensus decision.
15 January 2021, 18:00 PM
46 Pygmies killed in militia attack in eastern DR Congo
Forty-six Pygmies have been massacred in eastern DR Congo’s Ituri province by the notorious Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) militia, local sources said yesterday.
15 January 2021, 18:00 PM
US troop levels cut to 2,500 each in Afghanistan and Iraq
The US military has cut troop levels in Afghanistan and Iraq to 2,500 each, their lowest levels in the nearly two decades since the wars began, the Pentagon announced yesterday.
15 January 2021, 18:00 PM
North Korea shows off new submarine-launched missile
This picture taken on Thursday and released from North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) yesterday shows what appears to be submarine-launched ballistic missiles during a military parade celebrating the 8th Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) in Pyongyang.
15 January 2021, 18:00 PM
US capital locks down
The center of Washington was in lockdown Thursday as more than 20,000 armed National Guard troops were mobilized following the deadly assault on the Capitol and the threat of more violence at the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden.
15 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Twitter says White House Twitter accounts will be transferred to Biden admin
Twitter Inc on Thursday said it will transfer institutional White House Twitter accounts to Biden administration when the US President-elect swears in on January 20.
15 January 2021, 13:26 PM
Oil prices ease as pandemic overshadows Chinese and US data
Oil prices dipped today as surging coronavirus cases in Europe and new lockdowns in China renewed worries about global oil demand and eclipsed bullish signals from Chinese import data and U.S. crude oil stocks draws.
14 January 2021, 18:27 PM
Trump impeachment trial could begin on Inauguration Day
President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial could begin on Inauguration Day, just as Democrat Joe Biden takes the oath of office in an ever-more-extraordinary end to the defeated president’s tenure in the White House.
14 January 2021, 18:21 PM
‘Fugitive’ US pigeon caught in Australia
An American pigeon believed to have strayed 14,480 kilometres from home had Australian authorities in a flap yesterday after it turned up in a Melbourne backyard having evaded strict quarantine rules.
14 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Covid infection largely protects health workers
Healthcare workers who have recovered from Covid-19 are largely protected against falling ill again for at least five months, a British study has found, but researchers warned some people could still carry and transmit the virus.
14 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Presidency not for a woman!
Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte yesterday declared that the presidency was no job for a woman because of their emotional differences to men, and dismissed speculation that his daughter would succeed him next year.
14 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Maria Ressa charged again with cyber libel
Embattled Philippine journalist Maria Ressa faces a third cyber libel charge, her lawyer said yesterday, this time for a story over students allegedly paying a professor for passing grades.
14 January 2021, 18:00 PM
What’s next?
The US House of Representatives impeached President Donald Trump on Wednesday for a second time -- just days before he is scheduled to leave office -- raising questions about what happens next. Here are some of the possible scenarios:
14 January 2021, 18:00 PM