SEOUL: The chief of South Korea’s ruling party was admitted to hospital on Monday after being hit on the head by a stranger while campaigning for this week’s presidential election, in which early voting has been marred by some lapses. A tight race between Lee Jae-myung of the ruling Democratic […]
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WASHINGTON: Russia is recruiting Syrian fighters experienced in urban combat as it ramps up its assault on Ukraine, according to US officials quoted by the Wall Street Journal on Sunday. Moscow, which launched an invasion into its Eastern European neighbour on February 24, has in recent days recruited fighters from […]
ANKARA, TURKEY – MAY 11: In this illustration photo logo of TikTok is displayed on a smartphone and a pc screen in Ankara, Turkey on May 11, 2021. “In light of Russia’s new ‘fake news’ law, we have no choice but to suspend livestreaming and new content to our […]
WASHINGTON: Russia’s blocking of Facebook is a symptom of its broader effort to cut itself off from sources of information that could imperil its internationally condemned invasion of Ukraine, experts say. The often-criticised social network is part of a web of information sources that can challenge the Kremlin’s preferred perspective […]
WASHINGTON: The US and Russian armed forces have set up a direct phone line to reduce the risks of “miscalculation” amid the war in Ukraine, the Pentagon said yesterday. The “deconfliction line” between US European Command and the Russian Ministry of Defence was established earlier this week, Pentagon spokesman John […]
International star Jackie Chan does his part for Hong Kong by donating medical supplies as the city battles a fifth wave of COVID-19. According to reports, the 67-year-old star donated 100,000 boxes of COVID-19 rapid test kits, one million masks, as well as 30,000 sets of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) […]
Roger Federer is unlikely to play this year’s Wimbledon as the Swiss great continues to recover from knee surgery, his coach Severin Luthi was quoted as saying in a Swiss newspaper. The eight-time Wimbledon champion’s most recent match was at last year’s Wimbledon, where he fell in the quarterfinals and […]
LONDON : Britain’s culture minister said she had asked social media company Tik Tok and Facebook’s parent company Meta Platforms if they could prevent access to Russian state-owned television network RT in Britain. Meta said on Monday it would restrict access to Russian media outlets RT and Sputnik on its […]
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said that plans to hold a biennial World Cup are a “no go” for everyone in football, adding that FIFA has also come to the same realisation. The idea of a World Cup every two years has been gathering steam with FIFA president Gianni Infantino trying […]
MOSCOW : Cryptocurrency exchange Binance on Thursday said cardholders of sanctioned Russian banks would not be able to use them on their platform and confirmed that sanctioned individuals have had their access restricted. Some of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges are staying put in Russia, breaking ranks with mainstream finance […]