Independent observers have criticized the country’s election on August 9 for not being free or honest. Tikhanovskaya’s intervention came as many of the international community pushed for Lukashenko, and expressed solidarity with the activists and stepped up pressure on the country’s longtime leader to give in to calls for a …
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MINSK (Reuters) – Belarussian Alexander Lukashenko said on Monday he would be ready to hand over power in a referendum, in an apparent bid to pacify mass protests and strikes, the biggest challenge for his 26-year-old son years in the office. He made the offer, which he insisted would not …
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In an effort to survive, airlines are desperately trying to convince a convincing audience that measures such as mandatory face masks and hospital-class air filters sitting in an airplane are safer than many other indoor settings during the coronavirus pandemic. It does not work. Research indicates that instead of becoming …
Read More »Italy closes nightclubs as cases of coronavirus in boys
ROME (Reuters) – Italy is closing down discos and clubs and making it mandatory to wear a mask at night wearing a mask at night in the first re-position of restrictions if cases of coronavirus are picked up across the country, especially among younger people. PHILO PHOTO: Italian Public Health …
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