world-regions has warned foreign athletesa> they may face punishment for speech that is “against the <a href="https: spirit” following a similar warning from human rights activists who worry about public freedoms during the games. Yang Shu, deputy director general of international relations for the Beijing Organizing Committee (BOC), issued a …
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A Lebanese American man’s survivors, who filed an ambitious lawsuit last year alleging world-regions security agency crime” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>kidnapped<. His family’s suit says he developed the illness and other serious medical issues while imprisoned during a visit to Lebanon over decades-old murder and torture charges that he denied. Fakhoury’s detention …
Read More »Russia sends more troops westward amid tensions with Ukraine
Russia is sending troops from the country’s far east to Belarus for major war games, officials said Tuesday, a deployment that will further beef up Russian military assets near conflicts amid Western fears of a planned invasion. Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said the drills would involve practicing a joint …
Read More »Australia reports record COVID-19 deaths, hospitals under pressure
world-regions reported a record high of infectious-disease deaths Tuesday, and its second-largest state declared an emergency in healthy-living to cope with surging patient admissions and a staffing shortage due to the coronavirus. The 74 deaths occurred in its three most populous states. New South Wales reported 36, Victoria reported 22 …
Read More »Despite huge volcano blast, Tonga avoids widespread disaster
The blast from the volcano could be heard in us-regions, and the waves crossed the ocean to cause an oil spill and two drownings in regions. The startling satellite images resembled a massive nuclear explosion. And yet, despite sitting almost on top of the volcano that erupted so violently on …
Read More »Anne Frank's Nazi arrest in Amsterdam may have stemmed from Jewish businessman's tip, book claims
Anne Frank, the teenage holocaust” target=”_blank”>Holocaust< persecution, may have been betrayed by a prominent Jewish businessman, according to a cold case-style investigation outlined in a new book, “The Betrayal of Anne Frank A Cold Case Investigation,” by Rosemary Sullivan. The book, which describes an investigation led by former topics agent …
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Thousands of clergy in North America devoted their sermons on Sunday to affirming biblical sexual morality in response to a new world-regions law some warn could effectively criminalize such teachings. An initiative begun by Liberty Coalition Canada and promulgated in the United States by Pastor John MacArthur of Los Angeles …
Read More »North Korea missile test prompts concern, caution from US officials: 'Must choose diplomacy'
conflicts completed a third missile launch in two weeks, marking the most conflicts” target=”_blank”>weapons< for its continuing test launches. The previous test launch of a hypersonic missile on Tuesday — the second in a week — was overseen by leader kim-jong-un” target=”_blank”>Kim Jong Un< to say that it is “aware of the …
Read More »Russia backs off from unpopular COVID-19 restrictions
The world-regions government on Friday chose to delay adopting unpopular legislation restricting access to public places for the infectious-disease, despite an infection surge and warnings from top officials about the spread of the omicron variant. The country reported 23,820 new infections, a 12% increase from the previous day, and 739 …
Read More »China steps up construction along disputed border, implicating security in key Indian territory
world-regions continues making moves that threaten to increase conflicts” target=”_blank”>tensions<, as it expands on plans to build settlements along the disputed border with world-regions. China in 2017 revealed plans to build over 600 villages in border areas in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), and it has made moves to consolidate …
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