Germany heads for showdown over tanks for Ukraine
Ukraine has upped its call for the West to finally send heavy tanks as the defence chiefs of the United States and Germany headed for a showdown over weapons Kyiv says could decide the fate of the war. US defence secretary Lloyd Austin is in Germany on Thursday, meeting its new defence minister a day
South Korea, Iran summon each other’s envoys over ‘enemy’ comment
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s description of Iran as an ‘enemy’ of the United Arab Emirates has angered Tehran.South Korea and Iran have summoned each other’s ambassadors in a diplomatic dispute triggered by South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol describing Tehran as the “enemy” of the United Arab Emirates and comparable to the threat posed by
Senegal opposition leader Sonko to face trial over rape charges
Some opposition leaders and Sonko’s supporters fear the case is an attempt by Senegal’s president to remove a potentially popular rival.Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko will face trial on charges of rape and making death threats to a beauty salon employee in 2021, an investigating judge has said. The judge referred the matter to Senegal’s
Philippines’s Maria Ressa acquitted of tax evasion
Appellate tax court clears journalist and Nobel laureate of all four charges of tax evasion, which could have sent her to prison for decades.Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and her online news outlet Rappler have been acquitted of tax evasion. The ruling by an appellate court on Wednesday handed Ressa a victory in a case
Lucile Randon, the oldest person in the world, dies at 118
Randon, who became a nun in 1944, said work and caring for others were the main reasons for her longevity.The oldest person in the world, French nun Lucile Randon, has died at the age of 118. Randon, who took the name of Sister Andre when she became a nun in 1944, died in her sleep
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