Aung San Suu Kyi has missed several opportunities to speak publicly about the Rohingya issue [AP] Outgoing UN human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein has said that Myanmar’s de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi should have resigned over her country’s military’s campaign against the Rohingya last year. Hussein told the BBC that her attempts to […]
Continue reading …© Global Look Press/ Ropi An Italian doctor, who is reportedly facing disciplinary action after saying migrants should be “drowned,” has been lambasted on social media, with furious commentators slamming her as a “hypocrite” and demanding her sacking. The doctor, from the central Italian region of Umbria, shocked the public when she posted on the […]
Continue reading …© Kay Nietfeld/dpa/AFP | Berlin’s Senator of Justice Dirk Behrendt (4th from R) poses with Esther Utjiua Muinjangue (C), chairwoman of the Ovaherero Genocide Foundation and Namibian delegation members on August 27 at Berlin’s justice ministry. Berlin will return human remains on Wednesday seized from Namibia a century ago following the slaughter of indigenous peoples […]
Continue reading …U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a red card as he meets with FIFA President Gianni Infantino in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., Tuesday. Reuters What state is the ROK-U.S. alliance in? On the basis of a series of unilateral moves by Washington, it appears to be in so sorry […]
Continue reading …WASHINGTON—Brushing off U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats once more, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government returned to the North American Free Trade Agreement bargaining table on Tuesday with only praise for the preliminary deal the U.S. and Mexico made without Canada. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Mexico’s “significant concessions” on automotive manufacturing and labour would benefit Canadian […]
Continue reading …The Vostok-2018 war exercise will take place in central and eastern Russia next month [File: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters] Russia will hold its biggest war games in nearly four decades next month, a massive military exercise that will also involve the Chinese and Mongolian armies. The September 11-15 manoeuvres will involve almost 300,000 troops, more than 1,000 […]
Continue reading …President Donald Trump speaks during a dinner for evangelical leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House, Monday, Aug. 27, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo) U.S. President Donald Trump warned Christian leaders that if Republicans lose control of Congress in the midterm elections, Democrats will institute change “quickly and violently,” The New York […]
Continue reading …Prince Khalid Bin Sultan Al-Faisal toured the exhibition area where he was introduced to the latest model of cars. (Saudi Gazette) Prince Khalid Bin Sultan Al-Faisal, president of the Saudi Federation of Motor Sports and Motorcycles, called on Saudi women to invest in the great transformation witnessed by the Saudi society today. He made his […]
Continue reading …© Global Look Press/ Jan Woitas Some 20 people, including two police officers, have been injured in fresh unrest between far-right protesters and leftists in the Germany city of Chemnitz. It follows Sunday’s mayhem sparked by the fatal stabbing of a German man. Police announced new data on the wounded at a news conference on […]
Continue reading …Martinus Rönnerman of Permobil shows off one of the company’s high-tech wheelchairs. Photo: Erik Simander/TT China’s aging population has created a growing market for Swedish healthcare products. Swedish exports of medical and pharmaceutical products have almost doubled in four years, with China becoming an increasingly important market for Swedish healthcare companies. Swedish exports of medical […]
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