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Police in Hong Kong have arrested an impersonator of North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un for “possession of a firearm,” sparking concerns that he could have been targeted at the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s behest
Russian opposition activist Lyubov Sobol has been detained for inciting protests in support of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, the independent Dozhd news channel reported Thursday
U.S. Presid Joe Biden’s pick for Secretary of State Antony Blinken has welcomed moves by the Trump administration to remove curbs on official contacts with the democratic island of Taiwan, although analysts said it remains to be seen whether the new administration will continue to move in the direction of greater recognition for the Taiwanese government
The case of a one-and-a-half-year-old baby victim of female genital mutilation (FGM), who was on trial in the Sintra Court, ended this January with the sentencing of the Guinean mother to three years in prison and the compensation paymant of ten thousand euros, in Portugal
France-based Uyghur woman’s trip back to Xinjiang to sign retirement papers in late 2016 turned into a 32-month ordeal of cold-iron shackles, interrogation and brainwashing sessions in one of the northwestern Chinese region’s notorious internment camps, detained by communist authorities as an alleged terrorist
A United Nations soldier died and another was wounded outside the city of Bangui in the Central African Republic
Armed groups clashed with reduced peacekeeping, which killed one and wounded in blue helmets yesterday, January 13, near the city of Bangui, in the Central African Republic, and this act was condemned by the Secretary General United Nations António Guterres, who expects government authorities to hold mentors responsible for acts that may well constitute a war crime. These actions have led to escalating tension between government and rebels.The attack was stopped by the joint action of the defense and security options of the Central African Republic with the support of the United Nations
A top customs official said Thursday that Washington is not seeking a total ban on cotton products from northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) but sounding a warning to American firms to review their supply chains amid concerns of forced labor
Gauteng recorded the highest number of deaths in the last 24 hours after 225 succumbed to the respiratory disease, followed by KwaZulu-Natal with 218, Eastern Cape with 134, while 128 occurred in the Western Cape
The parent who fled the Netherlands with her daughter was found by the Judiciary Police today, January 12th, in Azambuja. The child was handed over to his grandparents until his father came to Portugal.The decision to prevent the sharing of parental responsibilities led to the mother of the child under the age of six fleeing with her daughter to her country of origin after these measures were judicially imposed by the Dutch court
A young Uyghur doctor at a hospital in the capital of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) who went missing in 2017 was detained in an internment camp that year, her overseas relatives have learned, but her current situation remains unknown