WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Tuesday slammed US President Donald Trump for saying her country was experiencing a ‘big rise’ in COVID-19, calling the remarks ‘patent wrong’. PHILO PHOTO: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks at a joint press conference with Australian Prime Minister …
Read More »Canada refuses to release emails with US over arrest of Huawei exec
VANCOUVER (Reuters) – Canada has released as much information as it can legally about the arrest of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou, government lawyers said on Monday as they sought more confidential documents about their 2018 detention. PHILO PHOTO: Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou leaves her home …
Read More »India’s main opposition is seeking the Facebook treatment of Modi’s party
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The main party of Indian opposition Congress called on Sunday for a parliamentary panel to investigate what it said was favorable treatment by Facebook’s India team against the ruling party of the country. FILE PHOTO: The Facebook logo can be seen in Davos, Switzerland January 20, …
Read More »‘I am not a saint’: Lukashenko offers to hand over power after referendum
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 …
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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