Former US President Donald Trump on Thursday gave his “fullest support” to the re-election campaign of Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro, whom he called a “great man”. “Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, the ‘Trump of the Tropics’ as he is nicknamed, has done a great job for the wonderful people of Brazil,” …
Read More »Liberian man arrested in the UK for war crimes
British police announced the arrest of a 40-year-old man for alleged war crimes he committed during Liberia’s civil wars which began in 1989 and ended in 2007. He was arrested during a raid on a home in the city of Newcastle on suspicion of committing offences contrary to the International …
Read More »“Russia has lost nothing and will not lose anything” – President Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said it is impossible for Western countries to isolate Russia despite sanctions against Moscow which pose a “threat to the whole world”. “No matter how much some would like to isolate Russia, it is impossible to do so,” Vladimir Putin said at an Asia-focused …
Read More »Ukrainian hackers flirt with Russian soldiers to locate their bases
According to a report by the Financial Times (FT), which met Ukrainian hacker Nikita Knysh, the technique used by his team is simple: create false profiles of women on social networks to flirt with Russian soldiers and obtain their geographical position. This is called hybrid warfare. The conflict between Russia …
Read More »Hawaii: Frenchwoman seriously injured by a shark bite
A French woman is in serious condition after being bitten by a shark in Hawaii on Saturday afternoon, CNN reported. It was in Paia Bay, north of the island of Maui, that this 51-year-old woman was bitten while she was diving. Local police say in a statement released hours after …
Read More »China: at least 21 dead after an earthquake in the south-west
A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.8 hit Sichuan, a mountainous province in the south-west of the country on Monday, killing at least 21 people according to a new official report, given by Chinese public television CCTV. Homes have also been “seriously damaged”, roads are cut and “telecommunications cut off”. Near …
Read More »United States: police officer sentenced to 10 years after serious charges
A retired New York police officer was sentenced to ten years in prison in Washington for his participation in the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, the longest sentence handed down to date against one of the attackers. Thomas Webster, aged 56, attacked a police officer with the …
Read More »Zelensky urges Israel to take serious sanctions Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke on phone with his Israeli counterpart, Yair Lapid, about the ongoing war in Ukraine and urged Israel to impose sanctions on Russia, which is carrying out military operations in his country. More than 8 months after the hostilities launched by Vladimir Putin’s troops in Ukraine, …
Read More »Cyril Ramaphosa will meet with Joe Biden at the White House
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will meet his US counterpart Joe Biden on September 16 to hold talks on a number of issues including trade and energy, the White House announced. “The leaders, building on their productive call in April and the US-South Africa Strategic Dialogue in August, will discuss …
Read More »Saudi Arabia: millions of amphetamine tablets seized by authorities
Saudi authorities announced the seizure of 47 million amphetamine tablets and the arrest of eight people involved in the trafficking in Riyadh. The information was made public through a video posted on official Saudi social media with the caption “war on drugs”. These amphetamine pills were discovered hidden in packets …
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