‘Shots fired’ at US mission in Myanmar, embassy says amid clashes between police and anti-coup protesters
Shots were fired at the American Center Yangon in Myanmar on Saturday, the US Embassy…More
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Hugo Boss branded ‘two-faced’ in China for sending mixed messages on buying cotton from Xinjiang amid forced labor allegations
German clothing giant Hugo Boss has been accused of hypocrisy in China after it issued…More
Here’s why a handful of small Italian communities want Russia’s Sputnik V – and why they can’t get it
Amid an EU-wide shortage of vaccines, Italian communities are desperate for a jab, any jab.…More
Facebook bans Press TV page AGAIN as Iranian outlet decries move as ‘censorship’ & ‘attack on free speech’
Iranian media outlet Press TV has condemned Facebook for “censorship” after its main page was…More
‘Gangster-like logic’: North Korea rejects Biden’s missile launch criticism, points to Washington’s own sabre-rattling
Responding to American criticism of its recent missile launch, North Korea has accused Washington of…More
Google exposes nine-month counter-terror hacking op by ‘friendly’ government, raising questions about what makes an ally
A Google hacking team has exposed — and shut down — an expert counterterrorism hacking…More
Plain sailing for meme-makers: Jokes flood in as ‘Ever Given’ re-float in Suez Canal FAILS and more tugboats called in
Memes based on the awkward situation in which the ‘Ever Given’ cargo ship blocking the…More
French bishops to pay compensation to child sex-abuse victims for church’s ‘crimes and shortcomings’
Weeks after its own truth-finding commission uncovered at least 10,000 victims of clerical sex abuse…More
More than 100 kilos of dynamite found as police arrest 6 in series of raids across Norway
Police in Norway have recovered more than 100 kilos of dynamite and detained at least…More
Taiwan says it deployed missile systems to ‘monitor’ 20 Chinese military aircraft in biggest-ever incursion over island
A squadron of 20 Chinese military aircraft flew by Taiwan and into its airspace, the…More