A Chinese intelligence agent has been convicted of financial espionage by a federal court in the United States on charges of attempting to steal technology from US and French aerospace companies, the US Department of Justice has said. Su Jianzun, a State Security official in Jiangsu Province, was found guilty by a Cincinnati court of […]
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Niger: 11 soldiers killed and 9 missing in jihadist attack
Eleven soldiers were killed and nine were reported missing in a jihadist attack on an army post in Danie, western Niger, in an area where 69 civilians were killed in an ambush last week, the government said. The attack by “a phalanx of heavily armed terrorists riding in several vehicles and dozens of motorcycles” killed […]
US: Long delays expected at airports on Monday due to lifting of restrictions on vaccinated foreigners
The United States is preparing for long queues and delays at airports and land border crossings on Monday, the first day of lifting multi-month restrictions on non-US foreign nationals fully vaccinated against Covid-19, a senior official told Reuters yesterday. The US government “expects accumulated demand for travel, which will lead to longer-than-usual waiting times for […]
EU: Commission warns of ‘serious consequences’ if London suspends Northern Ireland protocol
The European Commission warned on Friday of “serious consequences” that could lead to a suspension of the Northern Ireland Protocol on EU-Britain relations at the end of a meeting between negotiators in Brussels. “This would be a rejection of the European Union’s efforts to find a consensual solution” in implementing the agreement, European Commissioner Maros […]
COP26 is a ‘failure’, says Greta Thunberg in front of thousands of young people in Glasgow
The leader of the climate youth movement, Sweden’s Greta Thunberg, today called the Glasgow climate conference a “failure” in front of thousands of young people who demonstrated in the Scottish city to call for action against climate change. threatens their generation and those who will follow. “It is no secret that COP26 is a failure,” […]
Denmark is concerned about hospital overcrowding due to rising cases
Danish health authorities today expressed concern about the risk of overcrowding in the hospital system in the face of rising Covid-19 cases in the country, where the latest restrictions came a month ago. “With the risk of Covid-19, the flu and other infectious diseases, we run the risk of overburdening hospitals,” National Health Authority director […]
Palestine: 13-year-old Palestinian killed by Israeli fire in West Bank
A Palestinian teenager was shot dead by Israeli forces during an incident in the northern part of the occupied West Bank today, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said. Mohammed Daadas, 13, was wounded by a bullet in the abdomen when Israeli security forces opened fire in the village of Deir al-Khattab, near Nablus, the ministry […]
Italy: Authorities report 51 deaths and 6,764 new cases due to Covid-19
The Italian Ministry of Health announced today that due to Covid-19, 51 deaths were recorded today, compared to 59 the previous day, while the total daily number of new infections rose to 6,764 from 5,905 yesterday. In Italy since the beginning of the pandemic in February last year, 132,334 deaths have been recorded due to […]
Malta will provide commemorative doses to all citizens over the age of 12
Malta will offer commemorative doses of Covid-19 vaccines to its entire population, following the recent rise in cases, Health Minister Chris Fern said today. Malta has the highest number of vaccinated people in the European Union, with 94% of its citizens fully vaccinated. However, the Maltese Minister of Health said during a press conference that […]
Strange death of Russian ‘diplomat’-agent in Berlin – He fell from the highest floor of the embassy
German security services believe a man who was found dead on a street outside the Russian embassy in Berlin last month was an undercover agent of the Russian intelligence service FSB (the successor to the Soviet KGB), Der Spiegel reported on Friday. The body of the 35-year-old man was found early in the morning of […]
