Author: Cole Hanson

The Ethiopian government, under intense pressure from the United States, finally admitted this week, after months of exile, to the deployment of Eritrean forces in the country in support of a military offensive launched in November on the rebel province of Tigray. Posted Mar 28, 2021 at 6:00 am Mark TeibodoJournalism Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who met Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki on Thursday to discuss the situation, confirmed Friday that his counterpart had agreed to quickly bring his soldiers home amid allegations of mounting violations against them. Abi Ahmed confirmed that the forces were only deployed near the borders…

A police officer who shot and killed a 25-year-old in a late Friday night shooting in Virginia Beach, Virginia, failed to trigger his body camera. “The officer was wearing his camera, but for some reason it hasn’t been activated yet,” Virginia Beach Police Chief Paul Newdigit said at a news conference on Saturday night. According to CNN, the Virginia State Police Department has not revealed the identity of the officer who fired the fatal bullet at Donovan Lynch, a 25-year-old black man. The police chief added that the police department had not yet questioned the officer involved in the incident.…

(Washington) On Saturday, US chief of diplomacy Anthony Blinken denounced the “baseless” sanctions taken by China against two US officials in the Uyghur file, stressing that this would only enhance “international interest” in “genocide” in Xinjiang. Posted on March 27, 2021 at 10:46 PM France Media “Beijing’s attempts to intimidate and silence those who defend human rights and fundamental freedoms only add to the growing international interest in the ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang,” Blinken said in a statement. China announced, Saturday, that it will impose sanctions on two Americans, a Canadian and Canadian parliamentary human rights…

The Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement that MK Michael Chung, from Wellington-Halton Hills, Ont, is banned from entering mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau. If China punishes me, I will wear that punishment as a sign of honor”Member of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Special Committee on China-Canada Relations,” said Mr. Chung. It is our duty to condemn China for its repression in Hong Kong and the extermination of the Uyghurs. We who live freely in democracies and the rule of law must speak up.Michael Chung The Bloc Québécois, Representative Alexis Brunelle-DuceppeThe…

China retaliates in Canada and the United States by imposing sanctions on entities and individuals. Posted on March 27, 2021 at 10:12 am Updated 11:45 am The Canadian Press Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union all adopted sanctions on Monday against four Chinese officials and one entity for alleged human rights violations against Muslim minorities in China. On Saturday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said the country would respond to the move “based on rumors and misinformation.” As for Canada, China is imposing sanctions on Conservative MP Michael Chung, as well as the International Human Rights…

(Washington) US President Joe Biden has invited his Chinese counterparts Xi Jinping and Russian Vladimir Putin to his virtual climate summit on April 22-23, a US State Department official told AFP. Posted on March 26, 2021 at 4:15 pm France Media In all, 40 world leaders were invited to this meeting, which is supposed to mark Washington’s return to the front line in fighting climate change after the disengagement of Donald Trump’s presidency. The new president had announced his intention to hold the climate summit on April 22 in conjunction with Earth Day, ahead of the main UN meeting scheduled…

(Seoul) North Korea on Saturday accused US President Joe Biden of committing “interference” and “provocation” against it by condemning the missile launch by Pyongyang this week. Posted on March 26, 2021 at 8:02 pm Updated 21:56 pm France Media In a statement issued by the official Korean Central News Agency, a prominent North Korean official, Ri Byung Chol, estimated that the President of the United States had shown in his statements “deep hostility” to Pyongyang and warned that repetition of such statements could lead to “negative consequences” for Washington. . North Korea, a nuclear power, has regularly used its military…

The Amur tiger and her three cubs, the world’s rarest cat species, passed through the lens of a camera trap in the Russian Far East: an exceptional family photo rewarding efforts to save these endangered cats. The four tigers, named after the river that flows between Russia and China, were photographed in a national park. These photos were published Friday. We see spotted animals standing on a cliff overlooking the forest. Mother, on lookout, may have spotted another animal, leaving the tire. Watching her cubs, they are photographed for about a minute. According to Ivan Rakov, spokesperson for the “Land…

My blog users already know that I hardly ever resist the temptation to add historical perspective to my US news coverage. You can imagine my interest when I learned that the 46H The president had asked a group of retired historians and historians to speak with him at the White House. It is still too early to assess the Biden administration’s performance, but after the measures that residents view positively, vaccination and stimulus plan, it is already mired in crisis on the southern border and faces an alarming homicide problem. Much has been said about the advanced age of the…

(Seoul) North Korea announced, Friday, that the missile it launched the previous day, which it issued a warning from Washington, was a new type of “tactical guided projectiles.” Posted on March 25, 2021 at 6:20 pm. Updated at 21:28 Sebastian BergerFrance Media The official North News Agency reported on Friday that the test, in which two models of a solid-fuel-powered projectile were successfully launched on Thursday, was supervised by a senior North Korean official named Ri Byung Chul. . The official said, according to the Korean Central News Agency, that this test “is of great significance for improving the country’s…