On Wednesday, US authorities deported dozens of Haitian asylum seekers to the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juárez. With this, the US appears to be acting against an earlier agreement with Mexico that was still concluded under Donald Trump’s presidency. Mexican authorities confirm the arrival of the deported Haitians. […]
Russian authorities have arrested more than 10,000 people in recent opposition protests, according to observers. Arresters are sometimes locked up for hours without food or the possibility to use a toilet, an analyst from protest monitor group OVD-Info told radio station Ekho Moskvy. Supporters of Navalny, a known opponent […]
Supporters of the Myanmar army chief have taken to the streets to celebrate the coup. Social media shows a crowd gathering in the centre of the country’s largest city, Yangon. There, people also waved flags from vehicles. In other parts of the city, the military coup caused anger, fear […]
The races in Formula 1 will start again next season on the hour instead of ten minutes past the hour, as was the case last season. The free practice sessions on Friday will be shortened; from 90 minutes to an hour. The GP of the Netherlands starts on Sunday, […]
The right-wing extremist Stephan Ernst has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Frankfurt for the political murder of the German regional administrator Walter Lübcke. Ernst shot the Christian Democratic politician in 2019 in the north of the state of Hesse. The suspect has long denied but eventually made a […]
The US Federal Investigation Service FBI has identified more than 400 suspects in storming the Capitol. Assistant director Steven D’Antuono said more than 130 people had been arrested. The FBI has received more than 200,000 digital tips about participants in the storming of Washington’s parliament building on Jan. 6 […]
British online clothing retailer Asos is in talks to buy British clothing brand Topshop and several other brands. The fashion company confirms the reports that it is the frontrunner in the purchase of, among others, Topshop from the ailing fashion group and parent company Arcadia. Asos would have to […]
Former US President Donald Trump has hired attorney Butch Bowers to defend him in the Senate’s upcoming impeachment trial. A source says the former George W. Bush administration employee will assist Trump. Bowers has not yet responded. The South Carolina attorney has assisted multiple Republican governors of the state […]
The Chinese decision to impose sanctions on top officials from Donald Trump’s tenure on the day of the US’s change of power is not well received by the new US administration Joe Biden. On Wednesday, China took punitive action against 28 people, including “lying and cheating” former Secretary of […]
On Tuesday, one day before his inauguration as the 46th president of the United States, US president Joe Biden delivered a speech with emotion, fighting back the tears as he commemorated his dead son Beau and thanked his home state of Delaware. Meanwhile, outgoing President Donald Trump said he […]
