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China sees virus outbreaks throughout its Northeast
BEIJING (AP) – China on Tuesday was dealing with an outbreak of coronovirus in its eastern northeast, leading to additional lockdowns and travel restrictions before next month’s Lunar New Year holiday. The …
Read More »Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny called on supporters to “take to the streets”
Moscow – Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, who was Detained on Sunday immediately after his return After recovering from nerve-agent poisoning in Moscow, he was placed in front of a judge in …
Read More »Vaccine skepticism harms Eastern European anti-virus efforts
Belgium, Serbia (AP) – Vaccines from the West, Russia or China? Or none? This dilemma is to nations in southeastern Europe, where the coronovirus vaccination campaign is beginning to slow – monitoring …
Read More »Russia’s prison agency warns Navalny that he faces immediate arrest
Russia’s prison service said on Thursday that top Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny faces immediate arrest as soon as he returns from Germany. Navalny, who was serving a sentence on August 1 in …
Read More »Special: International COVID-19 vaccine poll Russia, China shows high distrust of shots
LONDON (Reuters) – People around the world are usually more likely to say yes to receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, but more about shots taken in China or Russia than developed ones in …
Read More »Russia follows US in retreat from open sky treaty
MOSCOW (AP) – Russia said on Friday it would withdraw from an international treaty that allowed surveillance flights at military facilities after the US pulled out of the treaty, which President-Elect Joe …
Read More »Russia’s prison agency warns Navalny that he faces immediate arrest
Russia’s prison service said on Thursday that top Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny faces immediate arrest as soon as he returns from Germany. Navalny, who was serving a sentence in August for poisoning …
Read More »SolarWind Hackers shared tricks with a notorious Russian spy group
Since when The December revelation that hackers breached IT-management software firm SolarWinds, along with an untold number of its customers, has been Russia’s prime suspect. But even as US officials pinned down …
Read More »Biden picks veteran diplomat Burns as CIA director
WASHINGTON (AP) – William Burns, a celebrity in diplomatic circles around the world, is the presidential election Joe Haden Option to lead CIA, likely to be embraced by rank and file in …
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