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• Putin Critic Navalny Arrested by Russian Authorities, Calls for Protests

  By konigludwig on January 22, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  After returning from Germany, where he had spent five months receiving treatment for poisoning with a Soviet-era chemical weapon, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was arrested by Russian authorities when his flight was diverted to Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport on January… Read More ›

• Fire on Ice: Arctic wildfires are the new symptom of a warming planet

  By konigludwig on June 22, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Aparna Nathan Last summer, satellite cameras captured a strange image: a shroud of smoke hovering over the Arctic. But beneath these still, swirling clouds, towers of flames punctuated the bleak expanses. In short, the Arctic was on fire. The… Read More ›

• Iraq Protests: Curfew declared as gunfights rage and protests spread nationwide

  By konigludwig on October 4, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Internet blockages as death toll from protests mounts in Iraq Baghdad – Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi on Wednesday declared a curfew in Baghdad until further notice after at least seven people were killed and more than 400 were… Read More ›

• Hong Kong protesters rampage as police call for curfew

  By konigludwig on October 3, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Anti-government protesters carry British flags as residents gather to protest a teenage demonstrator shot at close range in the chest by a police officer and condemn police tactics and demand accountability in Hong Kong on Oct 2, 2019. (Photo: AP/Kin… Read More ›

• Thousands rally in Moscow to demand release of jailed protesters

  By konigludwig on October 1, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Protesters say opposition activists prosecuted in recent months must be freed as they allege campaign to stifle dissent. Thousands have taken to the streets in Russia to demand the release of opposition protesters prosecuted in recent months in what the… Read More ›

• Detained Russian journalist Ivan Golunov freed

  By konigludwig on June 12, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Rare victory for an independent journalist in Russia follows wide public anger over case By Henry Foy A Russian investigative reporter arrested last week on drugs charges has been freed after the case sparked national protests, triggering a rare U-turn… Read More ›

• Young cleric names and shames Iran’s luxury-loving elite

  By konigludwig on September 9, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  By Maysam Bizaer Iran’s high-living aghazadehs — a satirical moniker for the offsprings of the Iranian ruling class — have an outspoken critic in a young cleric from Qom who uses their favorite medium — Instagram — to name and… Read More ›

• Facebook bans Myanmar army chief Min Aung Hlaing over Rohingya in unprecedented move

  By konigludwig on August 28, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Just hours after UN officials called for Myanmar army leaders to be tried for genocide, Facebook blocked the accounts of army chief Min Aung Hlaing and other top brass. The online network wields immense power in Myanmar. In order to… Read More ›

• The world’s largest solar farm rises in the remote Egyptian desert

  By konigludwig on July 31, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  By Rachel Scheier In 1913 on the outskirts of Cairo, an inventor from Philadelphia named Frank Shuman built the world’s first solar thermal power station, using the abundant Egyptian sunshine to pump 6,000 gallons of water a minute from the… Read More ›

• Red Hot Planet

  By konigludwig on July 5, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Red-hot planet: All-time heat records have been set all over the world during the week From the normally mild summer climes of Ireland, Scotland and Canada to the scorching Middle East, numerous locations in the Northern Hemisphere have witnessed their… Read More ›