Month: January 2023
On Holocaust Day, Polish PM accuses Putin of building ‘new camps’
OSWIECIM: Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Friday used the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day to accuse Russian President Vladimir Putin of building “new camps”…
Putin blasts ‘neo-Nazis’ in Ukraine on Holocaust Remembrance Day
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday repeated a claim that neo-Nazis were committing crimes in Ukraine — an allegation Moscow has used to justify…
Russia blocks CIA, FBI websites for ‘spreading false information’
MOSCOW: Russia‘s communications regulator Roskomnadzor said on Friday it had blocked the websites of the CIA and FBI, accusing the two U.S. government agencies of…
UK under fire over retreat from Windrush scandal reforms
LONDON: Britain’s government came under withering criticism Friday after retreating from reforms it had promised to prevent a repeat of the “Windrush” scandal affecting black…
US on edge over video of fatal police beating
WASHINGTON: The southern US city of Memphis braced itself for unrest Friday as authorities prepared to release a video depicting the fatal assault of a…
Racism ‘systemic’ in Britain: UN experts
GENEVA: Racism is “structural, institutional and systemic” in Britain, a group of United Nations experts concluded on Friday, warning that people of African descent were…
In Beijing’s backyard, US demonstrates its military might
ABOARD THE NIMITZ, South China Sea: Over a few hours under grey skies, dozens of combat planes and helicopters roar on and off the flight…
Five US police officers charged with beating Black man to death
WASHINGTON: US authorities on Thursday charged five former police officers with murder over the fatal beating of a Black man in Memphis, as the southern…
Pakistani rupee fall slows as PM Sharif hopes for IMF funds
KARACHI: The Pakistani rupee’s two-day decline slowed on Friday on news that an IMF team was visiting Islamabad next week to discuss unlocking a suspended…
WHO panel in talks on Covid emergency status
GENEVA: The World Health Organization‘s emergency committee on Covid-19 was meeting Friday to discuss whether the pandemic still merits the highest level of global alert.Before…