Twitter CEO Elon Musk has targeted the top infectious disease official and the key advisor to the US response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Anthony Fauci, in a tweet that has sparked backlash. In the latest tweet, Elon Musk wrote: ‘My pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci’, alluding to the practice of indicating gender pronouns after one’s name. My … Read more
Beijing: The Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday that U.S. sanctions on two senior Chinese officials over alleged human rights abuses in Tibet were illegal and seriously harmed Sino-U.S.-relations. READ | US nuclear weapons report is speculation, says China The US Treasury Department said on Friday it imposed sanctions on Wu Yingjie, the Chinese Communist … Read more
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday spoke to his Canadian counterpart Melanie Joly with a focus on possible areas of cooperation between the two countries in the Indo-Pacific in the backdrop of growing global concern over China’s increasing military muscle-flexing in the region. READ | “UN Security Council Far From Reflecting True … Read more
United Nations: Asserting that UN reform has been left open-ended without a set timeline and the Security Council far from reflecting true diversity, a concept note by India said new global challenges such as terrorism, radicalism, pandemics, disruptive role of non-State actors, and intensifying geopolitical competition call for a robust multilateral response and nimble platform … Read more
Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk is lashing at Apple for their Apple App Store policies and tax rules. The Tesla owner accused the company of blocking Twitter from the App Store without specifying why and added that Apple has also stopped advertising on the social media platform. Musk says Apple was pressuring Twitter over content … Read more
An attorney for Harvey Weinstein at his Los Angeles rape and sexual assault trial told jurors Thursday that the prosecutors’ case relies entirely on asking them to trust women whose testimony showed they were untrustworthy. “Take my word for it’ — five words that sum up the entirety of the prosecution’s case,” Jackson told jurors … Read more
A court said on Wednesday that Japan’s ban on same-sex marriage was constitutional, delivering a blow to LGBTQ rights with the second such ruling in the only G7 nation where same-sex marriage is not permitted. READ | Hong Kong leader says central govt concerned about foreign lawyers in security But in what plaintiffs took as … Read more
Hong Kong leader John Lee said on Tuesday the central government in Beijing was “highly concerned” about the issue of foreign lawyers appearing in national security cases, with a landmark legal interpretation on the matter by Beijing expected soon. READ | Anti-Hijab Protest: Iran denies filmmaker from traveling to India amid protest Lee on Monday … Read more
Taliban are becoming more defiant in embracing the policies of the past, US special envoy Rina Amiri has said, condemning the reports of public flogging in eastern Logar province, amid the growing concern over the human rights situation in Afghanistan. “This is both appalling and a dangerous sign that the Taliban are becoming more defiant … Read more
Maybe it’s his age. Maybe it’s his stellar form for Paris Saint-Germain. Maybe it’s that drought-ending Copa America title last year. But there’s something different about Lionel Messi at the World Cup — a fact he acknowledges himself. He’s relaxed, he’s happy, he never stopped smiling in a rare appearance at a news conference Monday. … Read more
Pakistan defence minister Khawaja Asif has warned opposition leader and former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, saying that the coalition government will deal with him, after the completion of the appointment process of the new Army chief. “The process will complete in two to three days. The excitement will end, after which we will deal … Read more
UN chief Antonio Guterres said that a woman or a girl is killed every 11 minutes by an intimate partner or a family member saying that violence against them is the most pervasive “human rights violation” in the world. The UN chief called on governments to implement national action plans to tackle the violence against … Read more
Russia on Tuesday said it hoped Turkey would exercise “restraint” and refrain from “any excessive use of force” in Syria, where Ankara has carried out air strikes and is threatening to launch a ground offensive against Kurdish fighters. “We hope to convince our Turkish colleagues to refrain from resorting to excessive use of force on … Read more
Russia-Ukraine War: The Ukrainian nuclear operator Energoatom on Wednesday accused Russia of again striking the Zaporizhzhia atomic power plant in southern Ukraine. “Russian terrorists bombed the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant again during the night,” Energoatom said on Telegram. The strike damaged a power line causing the stoppage of several transformers of the number six reactor of … Read more
The United States warned on Sunday of “catastrophic consequences” if Moscow uses nuclear weapons in Ukraine after Russia’s foreign minister said regions holding widely-criticized referendums would get full protection if annexed by Moscow. Votes were staged for a third day in four eastern Ukrainian regions, aimed at annexing territory Russia has taken by force. The … Read more