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Ukraine weighs heavily in Moscow as New Year holidays loom
Christmas markets are in full swing and glittering ice sculptures welcome visitors to Gorky Park, but some Muscovites admit they’re having a hard time getting into the festive spirit ahead of the traditional New Year’s festivities. In street interviews in the center of the capital, some also said they had noticed a shortage of Western goods this year when shopping for food and gifts.
UN Security Council condemns Taliban’s ban on Afghan women’s entry
this United Nations The Security Council on Tuesday called for the full, equal and meaningful participation of Afghan women and girls, condemning the Taliban-led government for barring women from going to university or working for humanitarian aid organisations. In a unanimous statement, the 15-member council said the ban on women and girls attending high school and university in Afghanistan “represents a growing erosion of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms”.
North Korea’s weapons program ignores COVID outbreak, enters ‘uncharted territory’
North Korea advances its missile program in 2022 and takes steps to resume nuclear bomb testing as world events including the COVID pandemic and war break down already weak international pressure. The country’s acknowledgment of its first outbreak of COVID-19 in May has extended already strict border closures and other anti-pandemic measures, hampering international engagement and causing economic hardship, but has done little to slow its weapons testing.
Russia retaliates against oil price cap as fighting rages in eastern Ukraine
Russia retaliated on Tuesday for price caps imposed by Western countries on its oil, while its military was embroiled in fierce fighting around the eastern Ukrainian city of Bahmut. President Vladimir Putin ordered Moscow to ban oil sales to countries that abide by a price cap imposed on Dec. 5.
Belgian court decides to keep EU corruption suspect in custody
Belgium’s appeals court decided on Tuesday to keep the Italian suspect in the European Parliament corruption scandal, Niccolo Figa-Talamanca, in custody after prosecutors opposed a decision to release him with an electronic tracking bracelet. Figa-Talamanca was one of four people arrested in early December on suspicion of corruption, money laundering and criminal organization within the European Parliament in one of Brussels’ biggest corruption scandals.
Chinese make travel plans as Beijing repeals zero-COVID rule
China, cut off from the rest of the world for three years by strict COVID-19 restrictions, flocked to travel sites on Tuesday before borders reopen next month, even as rising infections strained the health system and disrupted the economy. The zero-COVID measures taken since early 2020 — from closed borders to frequent lockdowns — last month sparked the largest public discontent in mainland China since President Xi Jinping came to power in 2012.
Backpack sparks bomb scare ahead of schedule in Brasilia Lula Inauguration
Police in Brazil’s capital, Brasilia, said on Tuesday that a backpack found near where President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva stayed behind, sparking a bomb scare with only personal items inside.News that the bomb squad was called in a few days ago Lula Brasilia’s appointment underscores tensions in Brasilia after the tensest election in a generation.
Kremlin’s rising star, Russia’s Medvedev predicts war in the West
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, a Vladimir Putin loyalist who landed a new job this week, predicted war between Germany and France next year and a U.S. civil war that would lead to Elon Musk becomes president. Medvedev, vice chairman of Putin’s advisers Security Council, served as president during Putin’s four-year tenure as prime minister. He appears to have seen his fortune grow in the Kremlin, which said Monday that he will now serve as Putin’s deputy at an agency that oversees the military industry.
UN urges countries to help Rohingya at sea as hundreds land in Indonesia
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) on Tuesday urged countries to help Rohingya Muslims stranded at sea, as at least 20 people were reported dead after weeks drifting in the Indian Ocean and hundreds more landed in Indonesia. Nearly 500 Rohingya have arrived in Indonesia in the past six weeks, while “despite repeated pleas and appeals for help, many others have failed to act”, UNHCR said in a statement.
Kosovo minister says Serbia aims to destabilize country
Kosovo’s Interior Minister Xhelal Svecla said on Tuesday that Serbia, under Russian influence, aimed to destabilize Kosovo by supporting it. serbian Minorities in the north have blocked roads and protested for almost three weeks. serbian New roadblocks were erected in the ethnically divided city of Mitrovica in northern Kosovo on Tuesday, hours after Serbia said it had moved its military to Put on maximum combat alert.
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