oil protest trial starts against Greta Thunberg
Reuters : Greta Thunberg said on Thursday people should remember who “the real enemy is” after she and four other environmental activists appeared in court...
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China tells Ukraine to remove its firms from ‘sponsors of war’ list
Reuters : China demanded on Thursday that Ukraine immediately remove more than a dozen Chinese companies from a list of firms designated as “international sponsors...
Former CIA hacker sentenced to 40 years
BBC Online : A former CIA officer has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for leaking a trove of classified hacking tools to whistle-blowing...
More than 130 Rohingya arrive in Indonesia’s Aceh
AFP : The Rohingya, a persecuted religious minority in Myanmar, have faced rejection and hostility from locals in Aceh when they land ashore Rohingya refugees...
UK High Court throws out Trump ex-spy dossier case
BBC Online : Donald Trump’s attempt to bring a case in the UK against a former MI6 officer who compiled a salacious dossier linking him...
Hundreds of Myanmar anti-junta protesters rally in Bangkok
AFP : Hundreds of protesters screamed and wept as they demonstrated against Myanmar’s junta in Thailand’s capital on Thursday, the third anniversary of an army...
1st human has received Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain implant, billionaire says
Cbc : The first human patient received an implant from Elon Musk’s computer-brain interface company Neuralink over the weekend, the billionaire says. In a post...
KSA permits conducting marriage at 2 holiest sites
News Desk : Saudi Arabia authorities have allowed conducting marriage contracts at Islam’s two holiest sites in Mecca and Medina. The permission was granted as...
Washington, Baghdad open talks on foreign troops
AFP : Iraq and the United States on Saturday held a “first round” of talks on the future of American and other foreign troops in...
Masked gunmen kill one person in Istanbul
Reuters : Two masked gunmen shot one person dead during Sunday service at a church in Istanbul, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said, adding that authorities...
Donald Trump must pay E Jean Carroll $83.3m for defamation
BBC Online : A New York jury has decided Donald Trump should pay $83.3m (£65m) for defaming columnist E Jean Carroll in 2019 while he...
US military destroys Houthi antiship missile after oil tanker attack
Al Jazeera : The United States military says it destroyed a Houthi antiship missile in Yemen that was aimed into the Red Sea and ready...