Putin Describes US House Speaker Pelosi’s Taiwan Trip Carefully Planned Provocation
The US adventure with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to Taiwan is a carefully planned provocation, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday in his address to the participants and guests of the 10th Moscow Conference on International Security. "As you know, the US has recently once again deliberately tried to add fuel to the fire and rock the situation...
Boris Johnson Self-isolating After Meeting With MP Who Tested Positive For COVID-19
Boris Johnson is self-isolating after an MP he had a meeting with later tested positive for COVID-19. The prime minister said he had been notified by NHS Test and Trace that he has to self-isolate as he has been in contact with someone who has tested positive. Mr Johnson tweeted: "I have no symptoms, but am following the rules and will be...
Crocodile Claims Life Of Plantation Worker In Indonesia
A woman working on a palm oil plantation in central Indonesia was attacked and killed by a crocodile, according to local police, and her body was later found in the animal's clutches. Indonesia is home to several species of crocodiles that regularly attack and kill humans. The 44-year-old woman was working with a colleague in West Kalimantan province on the island...
Russia Suspends Grain Export Deal With Ukraine
The Russian Defence Ministry on Saturday said Moscow has moved to drop its implementation of grain export deal brokered by U.N which has seen more than 9 million tons of grain exported from Ukraine, a development that has brought down global food prices. The Ministry cited an alleged Ukrainian drone attack against Russia’s Black Sea Fleet ships moored off the...
Floyd Mayweather Jnr Rated Greatest Boxer Of All Time
Unbeaten American boxer, Floyd Mayweather Jnr has been ranked the greatest boxer of all time while former undisputed world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson did not make the cut. The top 10 list, compiled by respected boxing outlet BoxRec, sees Mayweather Jnr come out comfortably on top, having never tasted defeat during 21 years as a professional. Philipino great Manny Pacquiao ranks...
US Sanctions Hong Kong’s Police Chief, Justice Secretary
Hong Kong's police chief, justice secretary, and other officials were sanctioned by the United States on Monday due to human rights issues following China's crackdown in the financial center. The sanctions on Police Commissioner Raymond Siu Chak-yee and the others will block any interests they hold in the United States and generally criminalize financial transactions with them under US law. The...
Senegal: Nine Feared Dead As Protesters Clash With Police After Sonko’s Conviction
No fewer than nine persons have been confirmed dead in the violent clashes that erupted between supporters of Ousmane Sonko, the opposition leader convicted of "corrupting youth" and the police, the Interior Ministry has announced on Friday. Clashes broke on Thursday shortly after the court verdict which sentenced him to two years Imprisonment. There are fears among his supporters that he...
Iran protesters demand leaders quit after they took responsibility for Ukrainian plane crash
Protests erupted across Iran for a second day on Sunday, increasing pressure on the Islamic Republic’s leadership after it admitted its military shot down a Ukrainian airliner by accident, despite days of denials that Iranian forces were to blame. “They are lying that our enemy is America, our enemy is right here,” one group of protesters chanted outside a university...
PM Liz Truss Tweets Concern For Queen Elizabeth
British Prime Minister Liz Truss Thursday tweeted her concern for the Queen. “The whole country will be deeply concerned by the news from Buckingham Palace this lunchtime. My thoughts - and the thoughts of people across our United Kingdom - are with Her Majesty The Queen and her family at this time.” Truss met the Queen on Tuesday to make her appointment as...
China Fines Comedy Troupe $2m For Joke About The Military
A Chinese comedy troupe has been slapped with a 14.7m yuan ($2.1m; £1.7m) penalty over a joke about the military that invoked a slogan from President Xi Jinping. The quip, which likened the behaviour of a comedian's dogs to military conduct, irked authorities. They said Shanghai Xiaoguo Culture Media Co and comic Li Haoshi had "humiliated the people's army". The company accepted...
