Sun 22 January 2023: The French arm of the Russian state-owned RT television network said on Saturday it was shutting down after authorities used European Union sanctions to freeze its bank accounts. Late last February, shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine, the European Union said it would ban Russia Today on the grounds it had been spreading disinformation about the war. RT (Russia […]
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April 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO Sat 21 January 2023: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said that he hoped Swedish authorities would not allow a protest that includes burning the Quran. “This permission is granted to this person, despite all our warnings. This vile act will take place at around 1600 Turkish time (1300 GMT), […]
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Sat 21 January 2023: A recent high-tech research has uncovered approximately 1,000 ancient Maya villages, including 417 that were previously unknown, concealed for centuries by the deep forests of northern Guatemala and southern Mexico. These settlements were connected by what may have been the world’s first highway network. According to a statement released on Monday […]
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Sat 21 January 2023: Authorities in Mexico have issued a warning on a trending TikTok challenge that has left schoolchildren drunk. A substance called clonazepam, which is used to treat seizures, panic attacks, and anxiety, is consumed during the challenge with the motto “The last one to fall asleep wins,” according to a report by […]
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Sat 21 January 2023: A second charge alleging sexual misconduct by a Roman Catholic Cardinal has surfaced, the Canadian Press reported Friday. Cardinal Marc Ouellet, former archbishop of the Quebec City diocese in Canada and now head of the Vatican’s bishops’ office, was accused but the charge had not been publicly disclosed. But a letter dated June 23, 2021 and sent to the […]
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Sat 21 January 2023: Chris Hipkins, the country’s minister of police and education, won the election to lead the ruling Labour Party and will succeed Jacinda Ardern as prime minister. Following Ardern’s unexpected resignation, the senior politician must now receive the formal support of Labour lawmakers in order to become the nation’s 41st prime minister […]
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Sat 21 January 2023: The US has designated Russia’s Wagner mercenary group as a “transnational criminal organization,” putting additional pressure on the private army that has recruited tens of thousands of Russian prisoners to fight in Ukraine behalf of Russia. According to John Kirby, the national security spokesman for the White House, Wagner, which is […]
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Fri 20 January 2023: US General Mark Milley expressed strong doubt that Ukraine would succeed in driving Russian troops out its territory this year. At a US-hosted meeting on Ukraine in Germany, Milley told reporters, “From a military standpoint, I still maintain that for this year it would be very, very difficult to militarily eject […]
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Fri 20 January 2023: Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate are to stay in police custody for another month after a Romanian court extended their detention, according to multiple reports. Tate and his brother, Tristan, are to stay in Romanian custody until February 27, while police build their case, the judge ruled, according to the […]
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Fri 20 January 2023: Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has made the decision to remain in the United States at least through the end of February according to Brazilian media. The Metropoles newspaper reported on Thursday that Bolsonaro, who is currently staying at the Orlando home of well-known Brazilian professional mixed martial artist Jose Aldo, […]
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