Headlines- After riots, looting, and arson during cost-of-living protests, over 1,800 people were arrested throughout France.
- Authorities have detained a number of people in connection with a deadly stampede in Kolkata, in eastern India.
- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps navy issues a warning that the Strait of Hormuz is "closed," citing five tankers that have been hit since Friday.
- Four drones were intercepted and destroyed over the provinces of Riyadh, Eastern, and Southern, according to the coalition led by Saudi Arabia.
- The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen claims to have intercepted three drones in the southern and Riyadh regions, two cruise missiles over the Red Sea, and a ballistic missile headed for the Saudi city of Yanbu. In the
- Just two days before the new sanctions and tariffs on Russia mandated by the law named for the late Senator Lindsey Graham were scheduled to go into effect, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday waiving them.
- On Saturday afternoon, a car drove through a soccer match in Wichita, Kansas, killing a child and an adult and injuring numerous others.
Category: News & Views
China’s Tibetan Hydropower Plan Sparks Worries...
State-owned Power Construction Corp. chairman Yan Zhiyong said the plan to create up to 60 gigawatts (GW) of hydropower capacity was a “historic opportunity” to boost China’s clean energy plan as well as the country’s water supply security, according to the China Energy News, sister publication of CCP paper the People’s Daily
Xinjiang Authorities Remove Statue of Revered...
From the early 1980s into recent years, numerous scholars in China have researched and published about Kashgary and his work, and numerous national and international scientific seminars on the topic of his work have been held in Urumqi and Beijing
Anti-Christian violence: Two Statues of Saints...
The two statues are reduced to shatters” said Mgr. Shyamal Bose, Bishop of the Diocese of Baruipur, , in whose diocese the parish is located, after a site visit. “The authorities have assured us that they will arrest the perpetrators as soon as possible and replace all the images”, said the Bishop
Uncertain Situation in Tigray, Concern for...
According to unconfirmed reports, several refugees have been kidnapped. If confirmed, such treatment of refugees in camps near Tigray’s border with Eritrea “would be a serious violation of international norms” warned Grandi.
The TPLF accuses the Eritrean government of providing military aid to the Addis Ababa government
Authorities Remove Statue of Uyghur Medicine...
Ghazibay, who lived in present-day Hotan (in Chinese, Hetian) between 460 and 375 B.C., was the author of a famous medical treatise—the modern Uyghur-language title of which translates as “Ghazibay’s Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicines.”
South Africa Records 2,653 New COVID-19...
According to Premier Sihle Zikalala, the province has not reached the resurgence threshold, although the number of cases has been fluctuating in the past week, with the province recording the higher number of 353 cases on Friday
In Remote, Offline Kyrgyzstan, the Best...
Since 2018, the Kyrgyzstan chapter of the global non-profit has been bringing digital resources to remote schools that might otherwise have no internet connection – and thus no way to access curricula during the pandemic
Chinese Rights Activist Who Opposed Hong...
Guangzhou-based rights activist Zhang Wuzhou has been subjected to torture in detention after she opposed Beijing’s imposition of a draconian national security law on Hong Kong, according to her son
Hong Kong Police Arrest Radio Host,...
Police in Hong Kong have made further arrests and charges under a national security law imposed on the city by Beijing, of an online radio show host for funding “secession” and of a takeaway delivery driver for shouting pro-independence slogans
184 Children Have Tested Positive For...
Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Health says there are now 184 children, who have contracted COVID-19 at John Tallach High School where at least 607 students and teachers are quarantined