WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden’s secretary of state nominee said the incoming administration would seek a “longer and stronger” nuclear agreement with Iran as he laid out a foreign policy vision for the next four years. However, Antony Blinken also said Washington is a “long way” from reaching a new accord with Tehran, echoing comments […]
After a difficult start to her professional career in 2020, national defender Chantelle Swaby is heading to Europe, following in her older sister Allyson’s footsteps. The 22-year-old centre back has signed a short-term deal with Scottish club Rangers until the end of the current Scottish Women’s Premier League (SWPL) season. The announcement was made late […]
Issued on: 19/01/2021 – 23:22Modified: 19/01/2021 – 23:20 Advertising Read more Southampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) Southampton will be at home to Arsenal in the fourth round of the FA Cup following a 2-0 win over coronavirus-hit Shrewsbury on Tuesday. Dan N’Lundulu marked his first senior start for the Saints with a maiden goal for the […]
The U.S. Justice Department has filed charges against an Iranian political scientist accused of being an agent for Iran’s government. The Justice Department said on January 19 that Kaveh Afrasiabi, an Iranian citizen with U.S. permanent residency, was arrested at his home in Watertown, Massachusetts the previous day on charges of “acting and conspiring to […]
Issued on: 19/01/2021 – 19:10 Advertising Read more New York (AFP) The New York Mets fired general manager Jared Porter on Tuesday, hours after a report revealed he sent explicit 2016 text messages to a female reporter while with the Chicago Cubs. Porter, hired last month by Mets president Sandy Alderson, was dismissed after the […]
A Ukrainian court has rejected a request by a jailed suspect in the high-profile 2016 killing of journalist Pavel Sheremet to be transferred to house arrest. Kyiv’s Shevchenko district court on January 19 ordered Andriy Antonenko to be remanded in pretrial detention. Sheremet, a Belarusian-born Russian citizen who had made Kyiv his permanent home, was […]
New polling data from Europe shows that large majorities among key U.S. allies hold a positive view of President-elect Joe Biden, suggesting a significant shift in European perceptions of the U.S. presidency as Trump’s second term comes to a close. But polling data also suggest some potentially troubling trends for transatlantic relations after four years […]
Issued on: 19/01/2021 – 15:36 Advertising Read more Paris (AFP) Former French prime minister Edouard Balladur appeared in court Tuesday on charges he used kickbacks from 1990s arms deals to help finance a presidential bid, in a case that has already seen six people sentenced to prison terms. Balladur, 91, made no statement to a […]
BISHKEK — Aibek Tokoev, the brother-in-law of former Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov, has been arrested on corruption charges. The State Committee for National Security (UKNK) said on January 19 that the chief of a directorate at the Service For The Fight Against Economic Crimes was arrested for illegally obtaining property in Bishkek and the Central […]
Issued on: 19/01/2021 – 11:34Modified: 19/01/2021 – 11:32 Advertising Read more Minsk (AFP) Minsk on Tuesday said it regretted a “groundless” decision to strip Belarus of its role as co-host of the 2021 ice hockey world championships over a crackdown on opposition protesters. Belarus had been due to co-host the event with Latvia in May […]