An American former Marine has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for espionage in Russia. He himself says that he has been trapped. The United States wants the man to be released immediately due to lack of evidence. 50-year-old Paul Whelan was arrested in a hotel room in […]
Iran says it has asked France for help in the investigation into the accidental downing of the Ukrainian passenger plane on January 8. Iranian researchers want to have the black boxes read in France. The plane with 176 people on board, including 57 Canadians, was shot down with two […]
In the Chinese capital Beijing, a corona infection has been diagnosed for the first time in almost two months. According to Chinese media, this is a 52-year-old man who developed a fever and sought medical attention. It is still unclear how the man contracted the virus. He wouldn’t have […]
The Moroccan government has announced that the tight lockdown in the country will be eased gradually tonight and not everywhere at once. In principle, the state of emergency declared March 20 to stop the spread of the coronavirus will remain in effect for another month, until the evening of […]
North Korea cuts all communications with its neighbour South Korea. The country does so out of dissatisfaction with the propaganda that South Korea spreads in the north via balloons. Meanwhile, the UN warns of rising food shortages and widespread famine in North Korea. For two years now, there has […]
Italy has started using a corona warning app. Innovation Minister Paola Pisano confirmed on Monday that the app was launched in four regions on a trial basis. According to the Italian news agency ANSA, about two million Italians have already downloaded the app. Although the app can be downloaded […]
Two agents in Buffalo, New York, have been suspended after a video surfaced on social media showing them knocking over an elderly protesting man during a demonstration against police brutality and racism. The 75-year-old protester was injured and taken to a hospital, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said Thursday (local […]
In Hong Kong, protesters clashed hard with riot police on Thursday. In the Mong Kok district, people took to the streets again to demonstrate against their own government. The widespread student protests on Chinese Tiananmen Square, precisely 31 years ago, were also discussed. The demonstration was banned because of […]
In Chile, more than 100,000 people are now infected with the coronavirus. More than 1,100 people have died to date after being infected with the virus in the South American country. This is evident from figures from the American Johns Hopkins University. There have recently been demonstrations against government […]
The authorities in Singapore are trying to create new housing for about 60,000 foreign workers by the end of the year. They want to reduce the crowds in residential complexes to combat the spread of the coronavirus. In the affluent city-state with 5.7 million inhabitants, more than 35,000 people […]