Russian government proposals that would have forced internet users to upload documents and postal addresses in order to access social networks and messenger apps have been shelved, officials told reporters on Thursday.Read More…
US man arrested after boarding plane in Mauritania & threatening to set it on fire, said he had ‘problems’ with the African nation
Authorities detained a man who boarded an empty aircraft at the airport in Mauritania’s capital and threatened to set it on fire, according to state media, apparently because he held a grudgeRead More…
Austria’s Kurz warns of ‘damage’ to EU unless Covid-19 vaccines distributed evenly among member states
The uneven distribution of Covid-19 jabs across the EU could cause lasting damage to some member states, the Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said, as leaders met to discuss the bloc’s troubled vaccineRead More…
Headmaster apologises, police called as parents protest at UK school after teacher shows Prophet Mohammed cartoon
Police were called to Batley Grammar School in West Yorkshire on Thursday as angry parents gathered at the school’s gates to protest the alleged showing of a Prophet Mohammed cartoon during aRead More…
Russian President Putin has done ‘terrible things’ & doesn’t care ‘what Western world thinks of him,’ says Canadian PM Trudeau
Russian President Vladimir Putin is not particularly interested in the West’s opinion of him. That’s according to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who noted on Wednesday that Putin says what he wants,Read More…
‘Shocked by pain’: Lazio and Italy football starlet Daniel Guerini, 19, dies in car crash that leaves his friend fighting for life
Champions League club Lazio are in mourning after Daniel Guerini, a 19-year-old who had featured for Italy at youth level, was killed in a car crash in his homeland after taking aRead More…
South Korea launches criminal probe into spreading of rumors that president secretly had Pfizer vaccine instead of AstraZeneca’s
South Korean officials have warned the public against undermining the vaccination campaign, after rumors appeared online that President Moon Jae-in was secretly inoculated with the Pfizer vaccine instead of the one byRead More…
Germany urges Brussels to buy Russia’s Sputnik V before regulatory approval as EU suffers from Covid-19 vaccine shortage — reports
Germany has asked the European Commission to begin negotiating with Moscow over Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine, despite it not yet receiving approval or registration from the EU’s regulatory body, the European MedicinesRead More…
Israel’s High Court bars Netanyahu from appointing top law enforcement & justice officials as it could affect his corruption trial
Israel’s High Court of Justice has ruled that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shouldn’t get involved in selecting high-ranking law enforcement and justice officials while he himself is on trial for “serious offences.”Read More…
COVAX scheme warns India’s export license hold-up is hurting vaccine rollout in poorer countries – GAVI
COVAX co-leader GAVI has warned that India’s delay in granting export licenses for Covid-19 vaccines amid a domestic spike in cases is hurting the rollout in poorer countries relying on the jabsRead More…