Diasporas

The US Senate voted on Tuesday (61 for, 36 against) the “Respect for Marriage Act”, a law protecting same-sex marriage. The “Respect for Marriage Act” will assure every married couple the validity of their marriage in any state in the United States, as long as the marriage is valid in …

Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin, who led his country through an era of profound upheaval from 1989 until the early 2000s, died Wednesday at the age of 96, the state-run China news agency said. New. He had come to power the day after the crackdown on protests in Beijing’s Tiananmen …

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 …