UNITED NATIONS (AP) – Two days after launching a $397 million plea to aid almost 5 million Syrians across the border in the rebel-held northwest, the United Nations issued a $1 billion appeal to assist 5,2 million earthquake sufferers in Turkey. U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric was bombarded with questions aboutContinue Reading
Paris : (AFP) – Three individuals were convicted by a French anti-terror court in connection with a scheme by far-right extremists to attack President Emmanuel Macron. The three men, who belonged to a Facebook group known as the “Barjols,” were convicted of conspiracy to commit a terrorist act after theContinue Reading
The Chinese billionaire chairman of investment bank China Renaissance has gone missing, according to the business, whose shares fell in Hong Kong on Friday. Bao Fan, who is also the bank’s executive director, is a significant player in the Chinese IT sector and has been instrumental in the birth ofContinue Reading
TAIPEI, (Reuters) – According to the Financial Times, the Pentagon’s senior China official, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Michael Chase, has landed in Taiwan for a visit, which might escalate tensions between Beijing and Washington. Taiwan’s Defense Ministry and the Pentagon both refused to comment. “Although we do not haveContinue Reading
ANKARA: (Web Desk) – Under the “Turkey One Heart” initiative, which included the involvement of eight Turkish stations, prominent Turkish performers contributed $6 billion for earthquake-ravaged nation brethren. More than 38000 people have died as a result of the earthquake as of today. Hundreds of thousands of people, including children,Continue Reading
Spain’s parliament adopted a measure offering paid medical leave to women suffering from severe period pain on Thursday, making it the first European nation to do so. The measure, which passed with 185 votes in favour and 154 against, is intended to shatter a taboo on the issue, according toContinue Reading
BEIJING, (AP) – The US Navy and Marine Corps are conducting joint drills in the South China Sea, amid rising tensions with Beijing following the downing of a suspected Chinese spy balloon. The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier strike group and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit have been performing “integrated expeditionaryContinue Reading
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi will go to China in the coming days for a three-day visit aimed at expanding economic relations, according to state media on Sunday. According to Iran’s state news agency IRNA, Raisi will depart for Beijing on Monday evening in response to an official invitation from ChineseContinue Reading
Thai police claimed Sunday that a British mafia lord has been apprehended in Thailand after being on the run for five years. Richard Wakeling left the United Kingdom in 2018 after attempting to smuggle £8 million ($9.6 million) worth of liquid amphetamine into the nation in 2016. The 55-year-old wasContinue Reading
ABUJA: President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has celebrated the completion of a $1.5 billion deep seaport built by China in the commercial centre of Lagos, which officials believe will help the struggling economy of the West African country thrive. According to Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Lekki Deep Sea Port,Continue Reading
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