Iranian authorities confirmed that they have re-incarcerated French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah for breaking house arrest restrictions. The judiciary news website Mizan.news on January 16 quoted the deputy head of the judiciary, Kazem Gharibabadi, as saying Adelkhah, who had been furloughed with an electronic-monitoring bracelet, violated judicial restrictions “dozens of times.” Subscribe To RFE/RL’s Watchdog Report […]
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Issued on: 16/01/2022 – 10:16 Paris (AFP) – Hailed as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, Novak Djokovic was aiming to defend his title at this year’s Australian Open and win a record 21st Grand Slam. But his refusal to get vaccinated against Covid-19 pitted him against the Australian government, who cancelled […]
A language law came into force in Ukraine on January 16 that requires all national print media to be published in the country’s official language, Ukrainian, in a bid to push back against the use of the Russian language in the public sphere. The law, adopted in 2019, does not ban publication in Russian but […]
Welcome to EURACTIV’s Global Europe Brief, your weekly update on the EU from a global perspective. You can subscribe to receive our newsletter here. In this week’s edition: From Brest to Brest, Eastern partners in focus and Mali mission continued? Geneva, Brussels, Vienna, Brest – Western and Russian diplomats remain deeply divided over European security interests […]
By Layal Liverpool Marius Heil/EyeEm/Getty Images I WANT to hunt for shooting stars, but it’s cold outside so I’m starting the search from my living room. You can do the same by joining the Radio Meteor Zoo project online. If you have ever seen a shooting star, you were probably witnessing a small solid object […]
Hopes are waning within NATO that Russian President Vladimir Putin can be stopped from invading Ukraine. At the military alliance’s headquarters in Brussels, officials are increasingly alarmed by even worse scenarios. Russian military exercise: Sources within NATO are warning that Moscow’s options for escalation are real. Foto: AP / dpa Jens Stoltenberg’s fist was clenched […]
Issued on: 16/01/2022 – 04:58Modified: 16/01/2022 – 04:56 Melbourne (AFP) – World number one and home favourite Ashleigh Barty is strongly fancied to win her maiden Australian Open when the first tennis Grand Slam of the year begins on Monday. In the absence of Serena Williams, who is skipping the event because of fitness concerns, […]
A court hearing for Novak Djokovic’s appeal against deportation has ended in Australia’s Federal Court, and a verdict is expected within hours. The decision on whether 34-year-old Serbian tennis star, who is unvaccinated against COVID-19, will be allowed to stay in Melbourne and compete in the Australian Open now lies in the hands of a […]
Issued on: 16/01/2022 – 00:58 Nuku’alofa (Tonga) (AFP) – The massive underwater volcanic eruption in Tonga was so powerful it was recorded around the world and triggered a tsunami that flooded Pacific coastlines from Japan to the United States, scientists said Sunday. Dramatic satellite images showed the long, rumbling eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai […]