Kazakhstan’s president on Friday rejected calls for talks with protesters after days of unprecedented unrest, vowing to destroy “armed bandits” and authorising his forces to shoot to kill without warning. He said earlier that order had mostly been restored across the country, after protests this week over fuel prices escalated into widespread violence, especially in […]
Continue reading …Healthcare workers were amongst the first to lead street protests against the February 1 coup A significant proportion of healthcare in Myanmar is now being delivered outside state hospitals, by doctors and nurses who oppose the military and are loyal to the National Unity Government challenging the junta’s legitimacy, medical workers in the country told […]
Continue reading …Just one year ago, Capitol Hill in Washington, DC was stormed by supporters of former US president Donald Trump, yet the US continues to suffer from the failure to handle the COVID-19 pandemic and the endless struggle between left and right, or red and blue, with many Americans and even observers worldwide believing they attached […]
Continue reading …January 5, 2022 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s coup leader rejected calls by the Troika and the European Union to appoint a new prime minister in accordance with the Constitutional Declaration, which gives the right of his nomination to the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC). After the resignation of Abdallah Hamdok, the Troika and the European […]
Continue reading …Dozens of protesters and at least a dozen security officers died in clashes in Kazakhstan’s largest city and former capital Almaty, with scuffles ongoing in various spots. Several armored personnel carriers and dozens of troops moving on foot entered the main square of Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city, on Thursday morning where hundreds of people were […]
Continue reading …The EU’s chief fear is no longer that it will be squeezed onto the diplomatic sidelines by the U.S. and China — because it is now more afraid of being squeezed out by the U.S. and Russia. EU foreign policy Josep Borrell said “Europeans must be part of the table” in the Ukraine talks | Stanislav […]
Continue reading …Novak Djokovic, the No. 1 tennis star in the world, was denied entry into Australia on Thursday after initially being granted a medical exemption for the country’s COVID-19 vaccination requirements so that he could play in the Australian Open. Novak Djokovic celebrates winning his match against Croatia’s Marin Cilic during the Davis Cup Semi-Finals between […]
Continue reading …Authorities in Kazakhstan declared a nationwide state of emergency and promised a tough crackdown on Wednesday as mass unrest plunged the country into chaos. Long seen as one the most stable of the ex-Soviet republics of Central Asia, energy-rich Kazakhstan is facing its biggest crisis in decades after protesters angry over rising fuel prices stormed […]
Continue reading …At least 13 people died after a migrant boat capsized in the Aegean Sea late Friday, adding to the toll of as many as 27 casualties over the course of three days in several separate incidents in Greek waters. A Greek coastguard vessel approaches the port of Preveza, northwestern Greece – Copyright Andriana Soldatou/mypreveza.gr via AP Earlier, 11 […]
Continue reading …2007. That’s when the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was initially scheduled for deployment in a very distant orbit, almost one million miles away from Earth, to look back in time to the beginning of the Universe. Yet here we are in 2021, and the thing is still on our planet. But that won’t be […]
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