RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil: Due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Brazil and the spread of the Omicron variant, the world-famous carnival festivities in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will be held on 21st April, instead of the final weekend of February. In a joint statement issued on January 21, the cities of Rio […]
ISTANBUL, Turkey: A Turkish journalist has been arrested for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, her lawyer said. Journalist Sedef Kabas was arrested after citing a proverb on television and social media referring to an ox. “Insulting our nation’s elected president with ugly and vulgar expressions is, in fact, an attack on the national will,” tweeted […]
PARIS, France: Two of the largest energy companies have announced that they are leaving Myanmar, citing human rights abuses and deteriorating rule of law since the February military coup. Total Energy and Chevron, two of the world’s largest energy companies, have come under increasing pressure over their roles in running the offshore Yadana gas field, […]
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota: The city of Minneapolis and its mayor are being sued by restaurant and bar owners, in response to new orders requiring them to check on the Covid status of customers prior to serving them. In the suit, which includes naming Mayor Jacob Frey, restaurant and bar owners object to a new rule that […]
US citizens in Ukraine advised to board commercial flights in case push comes to shove A spokesperson for the US Department of State has warned Americans currently in Ukraine that they should not “anticipate that there will be US government-sponsored evacuations,” suggesting that they use the available commercial flights instead. The official made the comment […]
BEIJING, China: Slovenia’s plans to upgrade relations with self-governing Taiwan have angered China, which accused Taiwan of ratcheting up diplomatic pressure on the island to force it into political concessions. Regarding the upgrading of relations, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said China was “shocked by this and strongly opposed to it,” but gave no […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico: In a blow to the country’s press corp, two Mexican journalists who had reported their country’s slide into drug and corruption-fuelled violence have been murdered within one week of each other. On January 17, Margarito Martnez Esquivel, a crime reporter and photographer who often collaborated with members of the foreign media, was […]
STOCKHOLM, Sweden: Sweden’s security service is investigating drone sightings reported over key Swedish sites, including nuclear plants. Sightings were reported at three nuclear sites, as well as over airports and the royal palace, but authorities have not speculated on who is responsible. Local media reported police and the coast guard are searching the sea and […]
BELLEVUE, Washington: Fire officials in Bellevue, Washington said two people escaped from a home that partially slid off its foundation and collapsed after a water main break and landslide in the Somerset neighborhood earlier this week. Local residents were evacuated while experts sought to determine whether the area remained safe. Firefighters were called to the […]
AL-ULA, Saudi Arabia: Shedding light on the lives of the ancient inhabitants of Arabia, archaeologists from the University of Western Australia (UWA) have determined that people who lived in ancient northwest Arabia built long-distance ‘funerary avenues’, major pathways flanked by thousands of burial monuments that linked oases and pastures. This, they said, suggested that complex […]
