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 …
Read More »US ambassador to ‘stand up’ for LGBTQ rights in Kenya
US ambassador to Kenya has held a meeting with the LGBT community in the country to show support amid hardening attitudes against the group. “The US proudly advances efforts to protect LGBTQI+ persons from discrimination and violence and will continue to stand up for human rights and equality, ” Ambassador …
Read More »Rwandan authorities ban sale of unrefrigerated meat
Rwandan authorities on Tuesday announced a ban on traders selling unrefrigerated meat for at least 24 hours, local media reported. According to the National Agency for Quality Control, Competition and Consumer Protection (Rica), fresh meat that has not been refrigerated contains organisms that can transmit diseases to consumers. “The consequences …
Read More »Chinese authorities to relaunch visa issuance
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 …
Read More »New Tunisian parliament begins its first session
Tunisia’s new parliament sat for the first time on Monday but the opposition coalition said it would not recognize its legitimacy after an election with a turnout of just 11%. President Kais Saied shut down the previous elected parliament in July 2021, ruling by decree in a move that opposition …
Read More »Joe Biden warns those responsible for SVB bankruptcy
Those responsible for the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and the financial institution Signature Bank will be “accountable”, US President Joe Biden said. “I am firmly committed to holding accountable those responsible for this mess,” Joe Biden said in a statement, assuring that “American people and businesses can be …
Read More »Wagner boss wants to become president of Ukraine
The boss of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigojine, said he wanted to become “president” of Ukraine, in a video posted on social networks on Saturday by the press service of his company Concord. “I have a political ambition: I have decided to stand in the Ukrainian presidential election …
Read More »South Africa troops sent to hospitals amid general strike
South Africa has deployed military personnel to hospitals as a public health crisis intensifies after medics joined other public service workers in a strike to demand better pay. The military personnel are offering medical services in the worst affected facilities. Public workers have been protesting since Monday last week to …
Read More »Russian group Wagner opens recruiting centers in 42 cities
The boss of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner announced on Friday the opening of 58 recruitment centers in 42 cities across Russia, as he seeks to replenish his troops which are suffering heavy losses in eastern Ukraine. The Wagner group is on the front line in the battle for the …
Read More »Women can now swim topless in pools, in the name of gender equality
Women will now be able to swim topless in the swimming pools of Berlin, announced Thursday, in the name of the fight against discrimination between men and women, the direction of the swimming pools of the German capital. This announcement follows a referral to the Berlin office for the fight …
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