Diasporas

The International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Friday it had issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for his responsibility for war crimes committed in Ukraine since the Russian invasion. “Today, 17 March 2023, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for two individuals …

Two pilots from the Indian aviation company SpiceJet have been suspended after drinking coffee and eating sweets in the cockpit of an airliner, Times of India reported on Thursday. “Both pilots have been suspended pending an investigation,” an airline spokesperson said. The incident occurred on March 8 when the flight …

New Zealand will ban Chinese social network TikTok from devices issued to members of parliament, officials announced on Friday, following the country’s footsteps with other Western nations that have taken similar measures. According to Rafael Gonzalez-Montero, an official of the New Zealand Parliament, the risks are “not acceptable in the …

At least 2,000 suspected gangsters were transferred to El Salvador on Wednesday in the “largest prison in America” built for 40,000 inmates as part of the “war” on crime launched a year ago by President Nayib Bukele. “In a new operation, we transferred the second group of two thousand gangsters …

The US government has asked the parent company of TikTok, the Chinese ByteDance, to sell its shares in the famous application, otherwise it will be banned in the United States, according to an article from the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published this Wednesday. Pressure has been mounting for years in …

A man sentenced to 400 years in prison in the United States is finally cleared and released, after 34 years in detention, local media reported. Sidney Holmes, 57, was released on Monday after spending 34 years in a Florida prison. He spent more than half his life behind bars, for …

Ruth Carter wins the Oscar again this year 2023 for dressing the cast of the saga’s sequel, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. The imagination and ingenuity of the costume designer of the Black Panther films were rewarded at the 95th Academy Awards. “Oh, listen! I got out of it. I started …

The Oxford dictionary, which defines itself as the reference for the English language, has just added 47 words or expressions in Māori, the language spoken by the people of the same name, indigenous to New Zealand. By these additions, the institution said it recognized “the deep and lasting impact” of …

Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, said on Tuesday that it planned to lay off about 10,000 employees, or roughly 13 percent of its work force, the latest move to hew to what the company’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg, has called a “year of efficiency.” The layoffs will affect its …

China will relaunch from Wednesday its issuance of virtually all its visas for foreigners, very restricted since the Covid-19 pandemic, the Chinese Embassy in Washington announced on Monday, a new step towards a return to normal wanted by Beijing. “In addition, visas issued by Beijing before March 28, 2020 and …