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1,400 arrested at Moscow election protest: Monitor

3:41 pm July 28, 2019

Moscow: Russian police arrested almost 1,400 people as they gathered in Moscow at the weekend to demand open elections, a monitor said, the biggest crackdown on a rally in the country in years. Some 3,500 people took part in the unauthorised protest on Saturday, according to official figures, after authorities blocked prominent opposition candidates from […]

North Korea releases Russian fishing boat: Moscow

3:25 pm July 28, 2019

Seoul: North Korea has released a Russian fishing boat with a crew of 15 Russians and two South Koreans after it was detained for violating entry regulations, the Russian embassy in Pyongyang said Sunday. The release comes nearly two weeks after North Korean border guards took control of the ship belonging to the Russian North-Eastern […]

Nordic countries sizzle as European heatwave moves north

10:42 pm July 27, 2019

Stockholm: Nordic countries are experiencing searing temperatures as Europe’s record-breaking heatwave moves north, the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) said Saturday, with some areas recording “tropical nights”. In Sweden, the most extreme heat has headed straight for the country’s far north. On Friday the small town of Markusvinsa in the far north recorded a […]

Brexit is a ‘massive economic opportunity’: PM Johnson

8:12 pm July 27, 2019

Manchester: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday said Brexit was a “massive economic opportunity” but had been treated under his predecessor Theresa May as “an impending adverse weather event”. In a speech in Manchester where he pledged new investment in Leave-voting areas, Johnson promised to step up negotiations on post-Brexit trade deals and set […]

Britain draws Russia’s fury by fining RT for bias over Skripal

10:26 pm July 26, 2019

London: Britain drew the ire of Russia on Friday after it fined the Kremlin-backed broadcaster RT ?200,000 for “serious” bias in its coverage of last year’s Salisbury nerve agent poisoning and the Syria conflict. The Russian foreign ministry called it an “act of censorship” and warned British media operating in Moscow “to face the consequences”. […]