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U.N. chief to China’s leaders: allow ‘credible’ visit by rights envoy

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Views: 2 UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told Chinese leaders on Saturday that he expected authorities to allow U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet to make a “credible visit” to the country, including Xinjiang, the United Nations said. Guterres met with China’s President Xi Jinping and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the […]

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Officials: Russia at 70 percent of Ukraine military buildup

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Views: 3 WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia has assembled at least 70 percent of the military firepower it likely intends to have in place by mid-month to give President Vladimir Putin the option of launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, U.S. officials say. © Provided by Associated Press In this photo taken from video and released by

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Poland receives US army equipment in effort to bolster eastern flank against Russia

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Views: 0 By Alicja Ptak © Reuters/AGENCJA WYBORCZA.PL A U.S. Air Force Lockheed C-130J-30 Hercules transport aircraft lands at Jasionka Airport near RzeszowWARSAW – U.S. military equipment has begun to arrive in Poland, the Polish defence ministry said on Friday, to reinforce NATO’s eastern flank as the West and Russia wrangle over Russia’s military presence near

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Nicaragua court finds two opposition heads guilty of ‘conspiracy’

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Views: 1 A court in Nicaragua has found two prominent opposition figures – among dozens arrested by the government of President Daniel Ortega in the lead up to last year’s election – guilty of “conspiracy”. Dora Maria Tellez, a former rebel who fought alongside Ortega and served in his government before becoming leader of the

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American hacker says he keeps turning off internet in North Korea

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Views: 1 An American computer hacker says that he is behind a revenge attack that has crippled North Korea’s Internet several times in the last month. © Getty Images/iStockphotoAmerican hacker keeps turning off Internet in North Korea – Getty Images/iStockphotoThe hacker, who goes by the name P4x, says he had been targeted by the hermit dictatorship’s spies

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US COVID-19 death toll tops 900,000, despite receding case rates

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Views: 2 It has been nearly two years since Patricia Dowd, a 57-year-old San Jose resident, died of the coronavirus, in early February 2020. Although the virus would soon change the global landscape, upending our world, at the time, most Americans were still unaware of the mysterious disease spreading across Wuhan, China. © Shannon Stapleton/Reuters,

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Chelsea news: Hakim Ziyech return ‘impossible’ as Blues told of Romelu Lukaku ‘mistake’

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Views: 29 Hakim Ziyech’s hopes of an international return with Morocco appear to be over after manager Vahid Halihodzic warned it would be ‘impossible’. The Chelsea winger missed out on this year’s Africa Cup of Nations after falling out of favour with his international side in September. That has meant the Blues could still. rely

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Major winter storm brings more ‘treacherous’ ice, snow and frigid temperatures across US

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Views: 1 A major winter storm that has already wreaked havoc across the United States with snow and ice was set to make its final push through the Northeast on Friday, bringing more dangerous conditions and cold weather.”Heavy snow and treacherous ice accumulations” are expected around the Northeast, the National Weather Service said, after the

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During PM’s visit: Pakistan, China all set to sign $10-15 bn pacts

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Views: 0 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China are all set to sign different agreements worth $10-15 billion during the ongoing visit of Prime Minister Imran Khan including rollover of $4 billion deposits, fresh loan of $4 billion, and other projects. However, both sides have so far been unable to make progress on the much-delayed multibillion-dollar project

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Watchdog says 100s of boys missing from Kurdish Syria prison

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Views: 2 BEIRUT (AP) — Hundreds of boys are missing from a Syrian Kurdish prison that held members of the Islamic State group and their families, after the U.S.-backed Kurdish forces fought IS militants for 10 days to retake the facility, an international human rights group said Friday. © Provided by Associated Press US backed Syrian

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