The United States on Tuesday accused companies in the United Arab Emirates, the Central African Republic and Russia of engaging in illicit gold deals to help fund the mercenary fighters of Russia's Wagner Group. The U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement it has sanctioned four companies linked to Wagner and its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, that it alleged were used to help pay the paramilitary's forces fighting in Ukraine and undertaking operations to support Russian interests in Africa. "The Wagner Group funds its brutal operations in part by exploiting natural resources in countries...
Hong Kong's health facilities have been overloaded by an "onslaught" of Covid-19 infections, its leader said, as a rise in Omicron cases threatens to bring down the city's "zero-Covid" policy. Authorities have adhered to mainland China's policy of stamping out the smallest outbreak with mass quarantine, widespread tracking, and prolonged social distancing measures since the start of the pandemic. But the extremely contagious Omicron variant breached the Chinese territory's defenses in late December, piling up more than 8,000 infections in a few weeks with researchers warning that daily...
Canadian police on Sunday (13/2) began moving to clear and arrest the remaining demonstrators near the main US-Canada border as they seek to implement one of the largest demonstrations taking place across Canada and the world against mandatory COVID-19 vaccines and regulations. another rule. Windsor Police said arrests were being made and vehicles were being towed out of the area near the Ambassador Bridge linking Detroit and Windsor, Ontario. This location is the busiest border crossing between America and Canada. Police barricades are still placed there and it is not clear when the...
Germany's Constitutional Court has refused to temporarily block the implementation of a coronavirus vaccine mandate for healthcare workers which is due to take effect in mid-March. The highest court said Friday the decision was taken until legal challenges to the mandated constitutionality law were formally reviewed. The Karlsruhe-based court received dozens of complaints after Parliament approved the measure late last year. Staff at nursing homes, hospitals and clinics practicing doctors, physiotherapists and midwives must prove by March 15 that they have been vaccinated against...
As Russia builds up forces along Ukraine's borders and Chinese officials seek to punish Lithuania for opening a door to Taiwan, the heads of the Lithuanian parliament's defense and foreign affairs committees called on their allies in Washington for support. Their message was clear: Lithuania is holding the line against two of America's most powerful challengers and that U.S. support is critical to its success in defending against aggression from Moscow and Beijing. "This week in Washington, we're here to address two issues. One is security, and it's about Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and the...
Despite its repeated insistence that other countries keep politics out of the 2022 Winter Olympics, host country China is using the quadrennial sports showcase to promote its own political messages in subtle ways, observers say. As examples they cite the selection of a soldier who was injured fighting Indian troops as an Olympic torch bearer, and the appearance of a member of the nation's beleaguered Uyghur minority in a pre-Games cauldron lighting ceremony. Analysts point to shifts in geopolitics since Beijing hosted the country's first Olympics in the summer of 2008. Chinese relations...
North and South Korea have restored a communication hotline that was cut off by Pyongyang last June. According to the South's presidential office, the leaders of both countries have agreed to...
Critical infrastructure facilities were hit by drone strikes early on Thursday, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, the deputy head of the Volodymyr Zelenskiy's presidential office said on Thursday. "Another attack...
Andrew McCabe, pejabat FBI No. 2 yang secara umum dikritik Presiden Donald Trump atas dugaan bias politik, mundur dari biro tersebut hari Senin waktu AS, beberapa minggu sebelum masa pensiunnya,...