Giorno: 6 Febbraio 2023

Russian rescue teams fly to Syria, Turkey after earthquake kills 1,700 people

Russian rescue workers will fly to Syria and Turkey after a huge earthquake killed about 1,700 people and injured thousands more, the Kremlin said on Monday. President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan to express his condolences over the death and destruction wrought by the magnitude 7.8 […]

5 dead after migrant boat sinks off Greek island of Leros

Four children and a woman died when a boat carrying at least 41 migrants crashed Sunday on a rocky coast on the Greek island of Leros, authorities said. Greece’s Coast Guard said it was alerted by a person who saw a body floating at sea. Three vessels and a helicopter, joined by a detachment that […]

Turkey earthquake destroys portions of Roman-era Gaziantep Castle

The 7.8-magnitude earthquake that has left more than 2,500 dead after striking Turkey and Syria has destroyed portions of the Roman-era Gaziantep Castle, images show. Photos taken Monday of the hilltop fortress in southern Turkey show parts of its walls crumbled and stones scattered into piles. “The iron railings around the castle were scattered on […]

Climate Group Lists Chinese Legislator on Advisory Council

A nonprofit focused on promoting green energy as an alternative to methane gas lists a member of the Chinese legislature as a member of its advisory council.

Trump: AT&T Dropped Newsmax for ‘Political Reasons’

Former President Donald Trump accused AT&T DirecTV of removing Newsmax “for political reasons” from its platforms just two weeks ago.

Union boss calls Rishi Sunak deluded as NHS pay row escalates

Read More A health union boss has described Rishi Sunak as deluded for suggesting NHS staff should abandon their campaign to secure a bigger pay rise this year. The GMB’s national secretary, Rachel Harrison, made the remark in response to Downing Street’s insistence that it would not talk about improving the ?1,400 pay award for […]

5 burning questions from Congress on Biden’s handling of China’s surveillance mission in US airspace

The Biden administration claimed victory over the weekend after shooting down a Chinese surveillance balloon that spend a few days in U.S. airspace, but Republican lawmakers made it clear they thought there was nothing successful about how the U.S. handled the situation and said the episode raises several questions about how to protect U.S. national […]

Swiss lawmakers visit Taiwan to deepen political relations amid tension from China

A group of Swiss lawmakers met with Taiwan’s president and said Monday their government wants to deepen political relations, adding to shows of support by foreign politicians for the self-ruled island democracy in the face of Chinese intimidation. U.S. legislators including then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have irked Beijing by visiting Taiwan, which China’s ruling Communist […]

European officials arrest 48 in connection to an encrypted app used as a secure channel for organized crime

European investigators have shut down an encrypted communication service that was used as a secure channel for organized crime, particularly in the drug trade, and arrested 48 people, German authorities said Monday. More than 70 properties were searched in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Poland on Friday, when the arrests were made, the criminal police […]

UN Sec-Gen warns Russia-Ukraine conflict is leading world into ‘wider war’

United Nations Secretary-General Ant?nio Guterres presented a bleak outlook on the future and the need to take dramatic action to avoid global catastrophe. At a Monday briefing to the UN General Assembly on the year’s priorities, Guterres noted that experts have determined that the Doomsday Clock is closer to midnight than ever. “The Doomsday Clock […]