Russian prosecutors on Friday demanded a six-year prison sentence for a paediatrician accused of criticising the Ukraine campaign during a private appointment, in a case that has revealed the extent of repression gripping Russia.Nadezhda Buyanova was reported to the police by the ex-wife of a soldier missing after fighting in Ukraine — Anastasia Akinshina — who accused her of calling the man a “legal target of Ukraine.”The 68-year-old was arrested in February and has been in pre-trial detention since April.The case against Buyanova is built without public evidence the conversation ever took place and after Akinshina’s seven-year-old son testified against...
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SWISS BAN ‘BURQA’ COVERING IN PUBLIC, EFFECTIVE FROM T 2025, VIOLATORS TO PAY CHF1,000
From January 1, 2025, it will be forbidden to cover the face in public places throughout Switzerland. Violations can be punished with a fine of up to CHF1,000 (about $1,143).Narrowly passed in a 2021 referendum in neutral Switzerland, and condemned by Muslim associations, the measure was launched by the same group that organised a 2009 ban on new minarets.The ban does not apply to planes or in diplomatic and consular premises, and faces may also be covered in places of worship and other sacred sites, the government said.Facial coverings will remain permitted for reasons relating to health and safety, for native customs, or...
HUNDREDS MOURN MILITARY COUPLE IN KYIV WHO MET DEATH TOGETHER
Hundreds gathered in the biting cold in Kyiv on Friday to mourn military medic Valentyna Nagorna and soldier Daniil Liashkevych, who fell in love and died together at war a week ago.“It warms our souls to know that his heart was truly filled with love, as was Valentyna’s heart. When the moment came, they met death together” said mourner Anastasia Vasylchenko, 31.“But we should not romanticise war in the first place. Because war is death and heroes — people — die.”Vasylchenko was Liashkevych’s ex-wife but she remained friends with him and, like most in the crowd, stayed for both ceremonies...
MUSK PARTICIPATED IN TRUMP-ZELENSKY CALL AMID CONCERNS FOR UKRAINE’S SUPPORT
An unidentified source confirmed that Tech tycoon and Telsa CEO, Elon Musk joined a call conversation between US President-elect Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky the day after the presidential election.Trump was reportedly with Musk at Mar-a-Lago when Zelensky called to congratulate the president-elect for what a source briefed on the call described as a positive and cordial conversation.The President-Elect put the call on speaker and Zelensky thanked Musk for his help with providing communications through Starlink to Ukraine in the ongoing war with Russia. The call was roughly seven minutes long, and no policy was discussed, CNN stated.Zelensky...
JAPAN’S P.M PLEDGES TO REINFORCE MILLITARY POWER AND DEEPEN TIES WITH US AS COUNTRY SAFETY IS THREATENED
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Saturday renewed a pledge to reinforce his country’s military power and deepen its alliance with the United States under President-elect Donald Trump. Ishiba made the announcement at an annual troop review held at Camp Asaka in the Tokyo suburbs, said the security environment surrounding Japan and the international community has significantly worsened due to escalating tensions with China, Russia and North Korea. The Prime Minister stated that the breaches of the nation’s airspace by Chinese and Russian warplanes earlier in the year “not only violated Japanese sovereignty but also threatened the safety of Japan...
POLICE CONFIRMS 24 KILLED AND MORE INJURED IN PAKISTAN TRAIN STATION BLAST
The Inspector General of Police for Balochistan, Mouzzam Jah confirmed that 24 people have been killed and more than 40 injured in a bomb blast at a railway station in Quetta in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday.According to Senior Superintendent of Police Operation Muhammad Baloch the blast seemed to be a suicide bomb and that investigations were underway for more information.In his words: “The blast took place inside the railway station when the Peshawar-bound express was about to leave for its destination.” Pakistan is grappling with a surge in strikes by separatist ethnic militants in the south and Islamist militants in...
UKRAINE DOUBT U.S SUPPORT AT TRUMP’S VICTORY, BORRELL ASSURES OF EUROPE BACKING
EU foreign policy Chief Josep Borrell on Saturday in Kyiv, reassured Ukraine of Europe’s backing in the first visit by a top Brussels official after Donald Trump’s poll win. U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump’s victory has set doubt in Ukraine and Europe that upon office resumption, Trump could end Washington’s support for Kyiv’s fight against Russia’s invasion. Borrell in his speech delivery stated: “The message is a clear one — the Europeans will continue to support Ukraine. Revealing that he will soon leave office, he added: “We have been supporting Ukraine since the beginning, and on this my last visit to...
US UNSEAL CHARGES IN ALLEGED IRANIAN PLOT TO ASSASINATE TRUMP, OTHERS
Three men have been charged in connection with an alleged Iranian plot to kill people in the United States that included an apparent effort to assassinate Donald Trump while he campaigned for a second term in office.According to U.S. department of Justice: “Farhad Shakeri, 51, of Iran; Carlisle Rivera, also known as Pop, 49, of Brooklyn, New York; and Jonathon Loadholt, 36, of Staten Island, New York, were charged today in a criminal complaint in connection with their alleged involvement in a plot to murder a U.S. citizen of Iranian origin in New York.“Rivera was arrested in Brooklyn, New York, and Loadholt...
NIGER GOVERNOR DONATES N100M TO FUT MINNA TO FACILITATE HOSTELS CONSTRUCTION.
Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has announced a donation of N100 million to the Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna to facilitate the construction of hostels for students. Governor Bago made the announcement when he received the University’s Governing Council on a courtesy call at Government House Minna. The Governor observed a need for inter-institutional collaboration among tertiary institutions in the State while calling for synergy between the Institutions regarding Research and programme exchange. He stated that doing so would accelerate development in the education sector, especially as the State government desires to make the State the hub of...