Diasporas

Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly asked her services on Monday to summon the Russian ambassador to Ottawa, Oleg Stepanov, following a series of anti-LGBT+ tweets, including one targeting an openly lesbian federal minister. Messages posted by the Russian Embassy’s Twitter account echo the Duma’s adoption last week of a bill …

Every day, marriages are made, unmade and according to a study of a French website, the first name of a person would determine his fidelity or his infidelity cause infidelity turns out to be one of the main causes of divorce. Gleeden, the website dedicated to extramarital dating, which has …

Police have dismantled a “super-cartel” of drugs, which controlled about a third of cocaine trafficking in Europe, and arrested 49 suspects in various countries including six of importance in Dubai, announced Monday Europol. The European Police Office said in a statement that this international operation led to the seizure of …

Twitter boss Elon Musk announced on Thursday the reinstatement of suspended accounts on the platform if they have not broken the law. “The people have spoken, the amnesty begins next week. Vox populi, vox dei,” Elon Musk said. On Wednesday, the new owner had published a poll to ask his …

An Indian Islamist preacher wanted by anti-terrorist agencies in New Delhi, took advantage of the events of the World Cup to take refuge in Qatar. Zakir Naik is at the root of a diplomatic row between India and Qatar. Prosecuted for financing terrorist operations and spreading religious hatred, Zakir Naik …

Ten people died and nine were injured in the fire of a residential building in China’s Xinjiang province (northwest), the official Xinhua news agency reported on Friday. The fire broke out around 7:50 p.m. Thursday evening, according to the agency. “Ten people have died, despite emergency care,” the report said. …

The daily number of Covid-19 cases has hit a new record in China, authorities said on Thursday as they work to stem the spread of the virus through mass testing and travel restrictions. “China recorded 31,444 cases on Wednesday, of which 27,517 are asymptomatic,” the national health bureau said. The …

New York State has banned for a period of two years part of the “mining” activities of cryptocurrencies, the creation of virtual currencies considered too greedy in energy. This is the first US state to suspend all or part of these activities. A very energy-intensive mining activity Democratic Governor Kathy …

Russia has engaged in “systemic war crimes” wherever it deployed troops in Ukraine, a senior US official charged on Monday, saying she was confident Russian officials would eventually be brought to justice. “We have mounting evidence that this aggression (the Russian invasion, editor’s note) was accompanied by systemic war crimes …

A factory fire in central China has left at least 36 people dead and two missing, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday, citing local authorities. The fire was under control as of 8 p.m. local time and at least 60 firefighters were mobilized, news agencies reported. “After receiving …