Comment on this story Comment If you’ve been online at all over the past decade or so, you’ll probably have seen this dog. The Japanese shiba inu Kabosu catapulted from […]
COVID in Beijing ‘peaks’ as hospitals, funeral homes fill up
Coronavirus cases in Beijing have allegedly peaked as the city comes back to life after China lifted its strict COVID-policies earlier this month, though hospitals and funeral homes are telling […]
Female Iranian chess player competes at tournament without wearing hijab
An Iranian chess player has become the latest sportswoman from the Islamic Republic to participate in an international competition without the country’s mandatory headscarf. Iranian news outlets Khabarvarzeshi and Etemad, […]
Why ethnic tensions are flaring again in northern Kosovo | CNN
Protesting Serbs in the ethnically divided city of Mitrovica in northern Kosovo erected new barricades on Tuesday, hours after Serbia said it had put its army on the highest combat […]
Irish tourist dies after falling from moving train in Thailand | CNN
Bangkok, Thailand CNN — A 45-year-old Irish tourist died in Thailand on Tuesday after falling from a moving train, Thai police said. Patrick Ward fell from the train in Kanchanburi […]
Meet the dissident Russians living the ‘nightmare from which it is impossible to wake up’ | CNN
CNN — For Andrei Soldatov and his friends, February 24 marked the end of Russia as they knew it. In the early hours of that day, President Vladimir Putin announced […]
More Rohingya refugees reach Indonesia after weeks at sea
Comment on this story Comment PIDIE, Indonesia — A second group in two days of weak and exhausted Rohingya Muslims landed on a beach in Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh […]
Serbia places its troops on Kosovo border on combat alert
Comment on this story Comment PRISTINA, Kosovo — Serbia on Monday placed its security troops on the border with Kosovo on “the full state of combat readiness,” ignoring NATO’s calls […]
China to remove COVID-19 quarantine regulations for inbound travelers
China announced on Monday that it plans to drop a mandate requiring all inbound travelers from abroad to quarantine, beginning on Jan. 8, according to reports. The Associated Press reported […]
Ukrainian drone downed near Russian base, Moscow says, as Kyiv flexes reach
Comment on this story Comment The Russian military claimed Monday to have shot down a Ukrainian drone approaching the Engels airfield deep inside Russian territory — in what would be […]