South Africa’s Jacob Zuma: From revolutionary to the president to jail
Jacob Zuma has achieved political ignominy because the primary former president of an African country to be sent to prison. His life as a free man – who enjoyed the…
Cairn Energy gets the right to seize Indian assets in tax row UK oil firm Cairn Energy
gained the proper to seize Indian state assets in France worth quite €20m (£17m) as a part of a long-running tax row. A French tribunal ordered a freeze on about…
Narendra Modi: India PM announces his biggest cabinet reshuffle
Narendra Modi: India PM announces his biggest cabinet reshuffle Indian PM Narendra Modi has inducted 36 new ministers into his government within the largest cabinet reshuffle since he came to…
Notre-Dame fire lead pollution endangered life
The lawsuit claims Parisian authorities face action at law over the health threat from toxic lead particles released during the hearth at the Notre-Dame Cathedral. Hundreds of tonnes of lead…
Echoes of 1989 as foreign forces withdraw from Afghanistan Thousands of activists
Echoes of 1989 as foreign forces withdraw from Afghanistan Thousands of activists, political leaders, and Indian citizens have taken to social media to pay tributes to jailed tribal rights activist…
Hong Kong defends privacy law after Big Tech raises concerns
Hong Kong defends privacy law after Big Tech raises concerns Hong Kong has defended planned changes to privacy laws, disregarding concerns raised by a technology industry body. The new law…
Covid-19: Germany lifts ban on tourists from UK and Portugal
Germany is lifting a Covid-related travel ban on people from the UK and 4 other variant-hit countries. The restrictions, which also applied to people from Portugal, Russia, India, and Nepal,…
Egypt accuses Ethiopia of violating the law over a controversial
Dam Egypt has accused Ethiopia of violating the law after it received a notice saying that Ethiopia’s dam upstream on the Nile is now filling up with water for a…
Tokyo 2020: Olympic organizers tell the public to remain far away from marathon and race
walk events Olympic organizers have asked the general public to not line the route of marathon and race walk events at the Tokyo Games over fears that crowds could spread…
Peter R de Vries: Dutch crime journalist wounded in Amsterdam
shooting A prominent Dutch crime journalist has been seriously wounded after being shot on a street in Amsterdam. Police said Peter R de Vries was taken to hospital during a…