Tens of thousands of protesters took to streets in dozens of cities across Russia on Saturday in protest at the poisoning and imprisonment of Kremlin critic Aleksey Navalny, laying down the gauntlet to authorities who had threatened the full force of law
Tens of thousands of protesters took to streets in dozens of cities across Russia on Saturday in protest at the poisoning and imprisonment of Kremlin critic Aleksey Navalny, laying down the gauntlet to authorities who had threatened the full force of law
It was an image that crystallised last weekend’s news. Yulia Navalnaya, the tall, blonde 44-year old wife of Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, embracing her husband at border control in a moment of cruelty and tenderness. The two had come home understanding
Russian police are arresting protesters demanding the release of top Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny at demonstrations in the country’s east and larger unsanctioned rallies are expected later Saturday in Moscow and other major cities. Navalny, who is President Vladimir Putin’s most
The metro is packed with people rushing to work on a usual morning in Wuhan. Apart from the masks on their faces, it seems obvious that the city that went into a months-long total lockdown one year ago has now recovered from
Hundreds of protestors have been arrested in Russia during nationwide demonstrations in support of jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny. Thousands turned out in cities across the country – some in temperatures as low as minus-50 C – to demand Vladimir Putin’s most
President Joe Biden, vowing to restore environmental protections frayed over the past four years, has ordered the review of more than 100 rules and regulations on air, water, public lands, endangered species and climate change that were weakened or rolled back by
The Italian data privacy watchdog ordered video app TikTok on Friday to block the accounts of any users in Italy whose age it could not verify following the death of a 10-year-old girl who had been using the Chinese-owned app. In a
The long months of harsh lockdown have faded from view in Wuhan, the first city in the world devastated by the new coronavirus. As residents look to move on, they cite a Chinese saying that warns against “forgetting the pain after a
The increase in wealth of the world’s top 10 billionaires during the pandemic is more than enough to both pay for a Covid-19 vaccine for everyone on the planet and to reverse the rise in poverty caused by the coronavirus, Oxfam claims.
China and the world’s wildlife trade watchdog are facing legal questions over the regular trade in endangered wildlife for zoos in the country. Lawyers have submitted a complaint to the trade regulator, accusing the country of “flagrantly” flouting international law in buying