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Russia ready for honest dialogue with US on election interference — top diplomat
Monitoring Desk MOSCOW: Moscow is ready for honest dialogue with Washington regarding the accusations of interference in the US elections, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday during a press conference on the outcomes of the talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. “We are open for honest dialogue [regarding interference in...
The Slave Girls Of Al-Jazeera
Monitoring Desk We live in a moment when slavery is much talked about. Driven by progressive activism and movements against police brutality in the West, the issue is much discussed, and is the subject of deep study by elite media and of cruder direct action by street activists. Statues and memorials of such consequential figures as Columbus,...
Turkic Council’s growing role in tackling crises of 2020
Turan Gafarli In 1991, the map of the world radically changed. The region once known as the Soviet Union became home to reborn free states. Five distinguished Turkic countries, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, gained their independence and started to integrate into the world. In this environment, Turkey became one...
US express concern over opposition leaders in Belarus
F.P. Report WASHINGTON: The United States is deeply concerned by the reported abduction September 7 in Belarus of Coordination Council member Mariya Kalesnikava, Spokesman Anton Rodnenkou, and Executive Secretary Ivan Krautsou, and the attempted forced expulsion over the border to Ukraine September 8. We commend the courage of Ms. Kalesnikava and...
India reports its highest daily coronavirus death toll in a month
Monitoring Desk NEW DELHI: India has recorded its highest daily deaths from the virus in more than a month, even as new infections have slowed. The country’s health ministry said 1,133 people had died in the last 24 hours, the highest since July, taking total mortalities to 72,775. But new daily cases were at 75,809, the lowest in a week....
NATO to Meet on Poisoning of Putin Critic Navalny
Monitoring Desk BRUSSELS: The poisoning of Alexei Navalny will be discussed at an urgent NATO meeting on Friday after European leaders threatened fresh sanctions against Moscow, which has furiously denied targeting the Russian opposition leader. The 44-year-old lawyer, one of President Vladimir Putin’s chief critics, fell ill on a flight...
The West Is Outraged By Navalny’s Novichok Poisoning. That’s No Guarantee of Tough Sanctions
Jake Cordell Lawmakers across Europe and the U.S. are scrambling to respond to the revelation that Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was poisoned with Novichok — a lethal Soviet-era military nerve agent — with the possibility of fresh sanctions against Russia on the cards. In Germany — where Navalny remains in a medically induced coma in intensive...
Does Macron see himself as Europe’s de facto foreign policy leader?
MERVE ŞEBNEM ORUÇ Tuesday was Lebanon’s centenary, and French President Emmanuel Macron marked it by planting a cedar tree while French jets flew over the country. This was the second visit by Macron following the devastating explosion at the Port of Beirut. He toured Beirut’s neighborhoods where Lebanese politicians are not welcome...
Christopher Nolan’s ‘Tenet’ draws $53M in overseas debut
Monitoring Desk CALIFORNIA: The first wave of big new movies released since the beginning of the pandemic, including Christopher Nolan’s mind-bending thriller “Tenet” and the long-delayed “X-Men” spinoff “The New Mutants,” arrived in theatres over the weekend, testing the waters of a radically different theatrical landscape. Warner...
Ukraine has frozen dialogue with Belarus: foreign minister
Monitoring Desk KYIV: Ukraine has frozen contact with Belarus and joined the European Union in condemning the recent elections in its northerly neighbour as not free or fair, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Friday. Kuleba added that there was no reason to break off diplomat relations entirely. Ukraine has so far been guarded in its...
