BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday called on Russia to investigate the suspected poisoning of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny and hold criminals accountable after doctors found evidence of a toxic substance in his body. Navalny, a critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, crashed on a plane …
Read More »German doctors say tests indicate Kremlin critic Navalny was poisoned
BERLIN (Reuters) – German doctors say on Monday that medical investigations indicate that Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, who is in a Berlin hospital after crashing into a plane in Russia last week, was poisoned. Medical specialists carry Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on a stretcher in an ambulance en …
Read More »As president, Biden would not throw all the legacy of Trump’s foreign policy
WASHINGTON / LONDON (Reuters) – When Donald Trump was elected President of the United States in 2016, almost immediately, and with apparent pleasure, he set out to try to demolish Barack Obama’s carefully inherited foreign policy legacy. FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden accepts the nomination of the …
Read More »Exclusive: Cyprus sells passports to ‘politically exposed persons’ | News
An enormous leak of confidential Cypriot government documents obtained by Al Jazeera’s investigative unit called The Cyprus Papers reveals that dozens of high-level officials and their families bought so-called “golden passports” from Cyprus between late 2017 and late 2019. Among those who bought the passports, a minimum investment of $ …
Read More »WHO says children aged 12 and older should wear masks as adults
PHILO PHOTO: A boy wearing a protective face mask plays in a fountain after local authorities imposed lockdown restrictions to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, in Moscow, Russia June 12, 2020. REUTERS / Evgenia Novozhenina ZURICH (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) says children aged 12 and …
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