MINSK (Reuters) – Belarussian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has called for more protests and an election campaign, raising pressure on authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko as he faces the biggest challenge in his 26 years. In a video posted on YouTube of self-imposed exile in Lithuania, Tsikhanouskaya asked supporters to request …
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PHOTO PHOTO: Members of the United Nations Security Council attend a meeting on the Middle East at UN headquarters in New York, US, December 18, 2018. REUTERS / Shannon Stapleton NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council on Thursday began voting on a US bid to extend an …
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GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization said on Thursday it saw no evidence that coronavirus was spread through food or packaging and urged people not to be afraid of the virus entering the food chain. PHOTO PHOTO: Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks …
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MINSK (Reuters) – Belarussian leadership has released thousands of detainees and on Thursday offered a rare public apology in a bid to stop national street protests posing the biggest challenge to President Alexander Lukashenko’s 26-year rule. People greet each other during an opposition match to protest against police violence and …
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday announced that the United States would grant freedom to Belarus, which is being roiled by days of unrest following the disputed re-election of its authoritarian president, and other countries such as Russia, China and Iran that threaten democracy. stelle. “We will continue to …
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