Category: World News
How Russia is able to track, censor, and control its citizens, now more than ever
Fox News When Yekaterina Maksimova can’t afford to be late, the journalist and activist avoids taking the Moscow subway, even though it’s probably the most efficient route. That’s because she’s been detained five times in the past year, thanks to the system’s pervasive security cameras with facial recognition. She says police would tell her the…
Read MoreUNESCO’s ‘Memory of the World’ to include records of French slaves
Fox News Several hundred documents and items revealing the names and other details of victims of slavery in France’s colonial empire is being added to UNESCO’s Memory of the World register. This latest addition, which the U.N. cultural agency approved last week, marks the first time that France has pushed for the inscription of documents…
Read MoreItalian government approves $2.2 billion aid package for flood victims
Fox News The Italian government on Tuesday approved more than $2.2 billion in aid for the flood-stricken region of Emilia-Romagna in the north, including for farmers and business owners in one of the country’s most productive regions. The government is envisioning raising by $1.1 the price of admission tickets to state museums, Premier Giorgia Meloni…
Read MoreIndian wrestlers march to call for the arrest and resignation of sports president accused of sexual abuse
Fox News India’s top female wrestlers led a candlelight march of nearly 1,000 protesters in the capital on Tuesday demanding the resignation and arrest of the president of the wrestling federation for allegedly sexually harassing young athletes, one of whom was a minor. Carrying India’s national flag, they marched to India Gate, a monument close…
Read MoreUS will not award $200 mln grant for Microvast battery company
Reuters Reuters was first to report that the U.S. Department of Energy had scrapped a proposed $200 million grant to lithium battery company Microvast Holdings after lawmakers cited concerns over its alleged links to China’s government. Microvast shares lost nearly a quarter of their value after the story was published. The Energy Department had been…
Read MoreIreland’s new alcohol labels lay warnings on too thick: critics
Fox News The Republic of Ireland plans to introduce warning labels to all alcohol products, due to take effect in 2026, and dozens of countries have complained that the effect is “disproportionate.” “I welcome that we are the first country in the world to take this step and introduce comprehensive health labeling of alcohol products,”…
Read MoreDeadly Guyana dormitory fire was deliberately set by student, according to investigators
Fox News Investigators in Guyana believe a fire that killed 19 mostly girls trapped in a school dormitory was deliberately set by a student who was upset that her mobile phone was confiscated, a top official said Tuesday. The suspect in the fire late Sunday, who is among several injured people, had been disciplined by…
Read MoreRussian court orders Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich held 3 more months: state media
Fox News A Russian court on Tuesday extended the detention of imprisoned American journalist Evan Gershkovich for another three months, reports say. The state-run TASS news agency said an investigator from Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) had asked a court in Moscow to keep The Wall Street Journal reporter behind bars past May 29. “The court received…
Read MoreSuperhumans! Wounded Ukrainians walking back to victory with the help of new rehab center
Fox News FIRST ON FOX – Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine cut Denys Kryvenko’s vacation short last year. A 24-year-old mold-maker from Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine, Kryvenko, who joined the 57th Motorized Infantry Brigade after evacuating his younger siblings, is now a triple amputee recovering at the Superhuman Medical Center near Lviv, Ukraine. After four surgeries, above the…
Read MoreMan living with mother’s decomposing remains sets fire to rescue workers
Washington Post A hearing revealed the details of the May 11 case that resulted in dozens of injured police and rescue workers in the German city of Ratingen. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/23/germany-ratingen-explosion-apartment-police/
Read More