European Parliament approves political boycott of Beijing’s ‘Genocide Olympics’
The European Parliament registered 585 votes in favor, 46 against and 41 abstentions, approving a request for a political and diplomatic boycott of the so-called 'Genocide Olympics' in Beijing, in rejection of the human rights violations perpetrated by the Chinese Communist regime in Hong Kong. This outcome also involves the call ...
US puts sanctions on 4 Ukrainian officials for helping Russia
The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned some Ukrainian officials, claiming they helped Russia set the pretext for its further invasion of Ukraine. According to the Associated Press, the United States implemented the new sanctions on Thursday, January 20. The sanctions name two current parliament members of Ukraine, including Taras Kozak and Oleh ...
Cornered by scandal Boris Johnson announces he is lifting restrictions over Covid
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson continues to fight for his political life after admitting last week that he attended a Downing Street garden party in May 2020, when the nation was under strict shutdown rules over Covid. His latest announcement was to lift all Covid restrictions from next week. Amid the ...
Djokovic holds majority stake in Danish drugmaker developing Covid pill
Tennis superstar Novak Djokovic, who was deported from Australia for his unvaccinated status, reportedly holds a significant stake in a drug manufacturer developing Covid pills in Denmark. Djokovic and his wife, Jelena, have invested in QuantBioRes A/S and are holding an 80% stake in the Copenhagen–based company, which is experimenting with ...
Djokovic to sue Australia for $6 million claiming “illtreatment” by government
Tennis star Novak Djokovic is speaking with his lawyers to sue the Australian government for millions of dollars after being detained for several days while waiting for the country's immigration authorities to grant him a visa to enter, which was ultimately denied. The Djokovic scandal in Australia does not come to ...
China faces a double danger from Omicron and Delta as it prepares for the Winter Olympic Games
With only three weeks until the Winter Olympic Games, COVID variants are showing signs of spreading, with new cases of both omicron and delta strains, despite rigorous efforts to avoid entrance into Beijing and vows from Chinese officials to “operate under the state of emergency." Beijing's first omicron sufferer, according to ...
Former pope Benedict XVI, accused of knowing of priests that abused children but failed to implement canon law
The law firm Westpfahl Spilker Wastl (WSW, for the German acronym) accuses Pope Benedict XVI of knowing that priests abused children, at least in four cases, but failed to detain them when he was archbishop of Munich, Germany, from 1977 to 1982. "In a total of four cases, we came to ...
Chinese regime uses illegal operations and family intimidation to force dissidents to return from abroad, NGOs allege
Since 2014, the Chinese regime has forced nearly 10,000 overseas Chinese to return to China under a program that uses coercive methods ranging from family intimidation to threats by Chinese agents operating on foreign soil, human rights groups allege. A report by Safeguard Defenders, a human rights NGO based in Spain, ...
Tsunami in Tonga caused oil spill in Peru’s sea with devastating ecological consequences
Peru warned about the ecological disaster caused by the waves resulting from the volcanic eruption in Tonga on Saturday Jan. 15 2022, according to Reuters. After heavy waves and flooding over the weekend caused by the oil spill from Repsol's Mare Dorium ship in the Lima coastal district of Ventanilla, Peruvian ...
Tonga tsunami update: damages, casualties and communication
The underwater volcanic explosion near the Tonga Islands on Jan. 15 generated a tsunami that cut off phone and Internet connection, thus isolating the Pacific island from the rest of the world and causing serious damage to the capital Nuku'alofa. Satellite photographs display the smoke and ash in the air for ...
Germany warns that if Russia invades Ukraine it could suspend huge gas pipeline they built together
Newly sworn-in German Chancellor Olaf Scholz suggested Tuesday, Jan. 18, that he would not hesitate to halt the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline megaproject linking Russia to Germany if the Kremlin decides to invade Ukraine after diplomatic talks over the tense military standoff failed last week. Scholz met in Berlin with ...
Global air travel chaos due to 5G activation near US airports
The activation of 5G mobile technology deployed in the United States is causing scheduling chaos for airlines in many countries, forced to cancel or reschedule dozens of flights due to the technical restrictions involved. The new regulations affect companies in Emirates, Korea, Japan, Germany, India, and Singapore at least, in what ...
Chinese Communist regime threatens to punish athletes who protest during the Olympics
The so-called "Genocide Olympics" set to begin in Beijing, China, on Feb. 4 have generated massive protests around the world, but now an official says athletes protesting on their territory are subject to "certain punishments." Although the International Olympic Committee (IOC) allows on-field gestures if they do not disrupt order and ...
Possible traitor of Anne Frank and her family revealed 77 years after the surrender to the Nazis
An international investigation led by former FBI agent, Vincent Panoke, points to the possible informer of the hiding place where the teenage author of "The Diary of Anne Frank" was hiding. The diary recounts the rawness of the Nazi persecution of Jews during World War II. A Jewish notary in Amsterdam, ...
Bitcoin falls 30% from record high to below $42,000
Bitcoin continued to drop on Tuesday, Jan. 18, extending its slide after hitting a record high in November 2021. Data from CoinDesk shows that the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market value fell more than 1% in morning trading, hovering around the $41,500 level. According to Fox Business, Bitcoin hit an all-time high ...
Russia now plans to invade all of Ukraine, say US and British top officials
Senior officials from the U.S. State Department and the British Ministry of Defense claim that Russia may be planning an invasion of all of Ukraine and not just the troubled Donbas region as initially believed. Speaking anonymously to the media, a senior State Department official said that Putin might be planning ...
Blinken to meet with Russian and Ukrainian officials as tensions rise over possible invasion of Ukraine
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, to defuse a crisis with Moscow over a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine. The State Department said Blinken would travel to Kyiv on Wednesday to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, then move on to Berlin where he ...
Concerns grow for Australian writer tortured and isolated in Chinese jail
Concerns are growing over the health condition of Chinese-Australian writer Yang Hengjun, who was detained in China three years ago on charges of espionage by the Chinese Communist Party in a closed-door trial, as is common under the totalitarian regime. The 56-year-old Yang Hengjun, who has again pleaded not guilty to ...
Boris Johnson waits for the ‘Partygate’ investigation before deciding on his resignation
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is clinging to the hope that the investigation into his involvement in several "parties" he allegedly attended during the pandemic will favor his political future before deciding on his possible resignation. Expectations are growing as senior civil servant Sue Gray examines the facts and allegations that ...
NATO announces measures to respond to attacks in space
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) published on Monday, January 17, a series of measures defining its "general space policy," intended to protect its members from possible space attacks, citing specific threats that could lead to major catastrophes. The document officially published by the NATO allies indicates that their collective defense ...
