Vladimir Putin has warned the world not to interfere in Belarus and told Angela Merkel that any intervention will be 'unacceptable' after the EU threatened sanctions.The Russian President spoke with the German Chancellor by telephone today following outcry in the West over the dubious election results and the ensuing crackdown on dissenters by strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko.  ADVERTISEMENTIt comes after Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya said 'individuals who have instigated violence or election fraud' could be targeted by EU...…Vladimir Putin has warned the world not to interfere in Belarus and told Angela Merkel that any intervention will be 'unacceptable' after the EU threatened sanctions.The Russian President spoke with the German Chancellor by telephone today following outcry in the West over the dubious election results and the ensuing crackdown on dissenters by strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko.  ADVERTISEMENTIt comes after Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya said 'individuals who have instigated violence or election fraud' could be targeted by EU...WW…

 Tuesday, Sep 13th 2022| 483India's two biggest cities have been shutdown amid spiralling Covid infections which saw a record 200,000 new cases on Thursday.Patients have been packed two to a bed at one hospital in Delhi, where, along with Mumbai, stringent new lockdown rules have been imposed to curb the spread.The soaring deaths and cases come just months after India thought it had seen the worst of the pandemic - and have forced the country to delay exports of vaccines abroad. Despite the perilous situation, footage has emerged of villagers in Andhra Pradesh hurling cow dung at...… Tuesday, Sep 13th 2022| 483India's two biggest cities have been shutdown amid spiralling Covid infections which saw a record 200,000 new cases on Thursday.Patients have been packed two to a bed at one hospital in Delhi, where, along with Mumbai, stringent new lockdown rules have been imposed to curb the spread.The soaring deaths and cases come just months after India thought it had seen the worst of the pandemic - and have forced the country to delay exports of vaccines abroad. Despite the perilous situation, footage has emerged of villagers in Andhra Pradesh hurling cow dung at...WW…

 Tuesday, Sep 13th 2022| 2.4kA German scientist says he is '99.9 per cent sure' that leaked from a Wuhan research lab.Dr Roland Wiesendanger, a physicist from the University of Hamburg, has published a 100-page paper laying out what he claims is evidence pointing to a leak at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, in the city where the pandemic began.The professor says the fact that no animal host has been found, safety concerns about the lab, and the fact that researchers were involved in controversial 'gain-of-function' research to make viruses more infectious to humans all confirm...… Tuesday, Sep 13th 2022| 2.4kA German scientist says he is '99.9 per cent sure' that leaked from a Wuhan research lab.Dr Roland Wiesendanger, a physicist from the University of Hamburg, has published a 100-page paper laying out what he claims is evidence pointing to a leak at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, in the city where the pandemic began.The professor says the fact that no animal host has been found, safety concerns about the lab, and the fact that researchers were involved in controversial 'gain-of-function' research to make viruses more infectious to humans all confirm...WW…

 Tuesday, Sep 13th 2022| 673The prime suspect in the disappearance of has been pictured inside an abandoned box factory where he stored child porn. Christian Brueckner, 44, can be seen standing in the rubbish-strewn and graffitied warehouse in Neuwegersleben some time around 2009 - the same site where police would later find USB sticks containing images of child abuse.The image shows the inside of a concrete building, stood on land that Brueckner had earlier bought at auction. Painted white walls can be seen covered in cobwebs, filled-in holes and snipped wires in the...… Tuesday, Sep 13th 2022| 673The prime suspect in the disappearance of has been pictured inside an abandoned box factory where he stored child porn. Christian Brueckner, 44, can be seen standing in the rubbish-strewn and graffitied warehouse in Neuwegersleben some time around 2009 - the same site where police would later find USB sticks containing images of child abuse.The image shows the inside of a concrete building, stood on land that Brueckner had earlier bought at auction. Painted white walls can be seen covered in cobwebs, filled-in holes and snipped wires in the...WW…

 Tuesday, Sep 13th 2022| 937under-reported its  cases and deaths by up to half during the early stages of the pandemic, leaked documents have revealed.Beijing has long been accused of under-reporting its coronavirus numbers, but the data gives an idea of the scale of the problem for the first time. For example, on February 10 China reported 2,478 new cases of the virus across the entire country - but leaked data shows that, on the same date, Hubei province alone logged 5,918 cases.Meanwhile on March 7, Hubei was officially reporting a cumulative death toll of 2,986, but...… Tuesday, Sep 13th 2022| 937under-reported its  cases and deaths by up to half during the early stages of the pandemic, leaked documents have revealed.Beijing has long been accused of under-reporting its coronavirus numbers, but the data gives an idea of the scale of the problem for the first time. For example, on February 10 China reported 2,478 new cases of the virus across the entire country - but leaked data shows that, on the same date, Hubei province alone logged 5,918 cases.Meanwhile on March 7, Hubei was officially reporting a cumulative death toll of 2,986, but...WW…

 Tuesday, Sep 13th 2022|The desperate family of a 31-year-old man has pleaded for help after he went missing on 's Oahu island.  Robby Gallagher, a body surfer, was last seen on the island on November 2 when he was taken to a medical center for an unknown condition. Mother Cathy said he checked himself out without receiving treatment, and hasn't made contact with his family since. His cellphone was found several days later by the side of a road around 20 miles from the medical center.Family members say there have been two subsequent sightings of Robby - the first at...… Tuesday, Sep 13th 2022|The desperate family of a 31-year-old man has pleaded for help after he went missing on 's Oahu island.  Robby Gallagher, a body surfer, was last seen on the island on November 2 when he was taken to a medical center for an unknown condition. Mother Cathy said he checked himself out without receiving treatment, and hasn't made contact with his family since. His cellphone was found several days later by the side of a road around 20 miles from the medical center.Family members say there have been two subsequent sightings of Robby - the first at...WW…

 Tuesday, Sep 13th 2022| 6.4kChinese researchers have claimed that originated in , in the latest attempt by academics to pin blame for the pandemic outside their borders.A team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences argues the virus likely originated in India in summer 2019 - jumping from animals to humans via contaminated water - before travelling unnoticed to Wuhan, where it was first detected.But David Robertson, and expert from Glasgow University, called the paper 'very flawed' and concluded 'it adds nothing to our understanding of coronavirus'.It is not the first time that Chinese...… Tuesday, Sep 13th 2022| 6.4kChinese researchers have claimed that originated in , in the latest attempt by academics to pin blame for the pandemic outside their borders.A team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences argues the virus likely originated in India in summer 2019 - jumping from animals to humans via contaminated water - before travelling unnoticed to Wuhan, where it was first detected.But David Robertson, and expert from Glasgow University, called the paper 'very flawed' and concluded 'it adds nothing to our understanding of coronavirus'.It is not the first time that Chinese...WW…

 Monday, Sep 12th 2022| 2.2kWatergate reporter Carl Bernstein has called out 21 Republican senators who he says have expressed 'extreme contempt' for President Trump in private - but have refused to air their grievances in public.Bernstein accused the senators - including the likes of Mitt Romney, Marco Rubio, Chuck Grassley and Susan Collins - of a 'craven silence' that has 'enabled Trump's most grievous conduct'.That includes 'undermining and discrediting the US electoral system' Bernstein said, taking aim at Trump's refusal to concede to Joe Biden while claiming 'massive fraud' - a...… Monday, Sep 12th 2022| 2.2kWatergate reporter Carl Bernstein has called out 21 Republican senators who he says have expressed 'extreme contempt' for President Trump in private - but have refused to air their grievances in public.Bernstein accused the senators - including the likes of Mitt Romney, Marco Rubio, Chuck Grassley and Susan Collins - of a 'craven silence' that has 'enabled Trump's most grievous conduct'.That includes 'undermining and discrediting the US electoral system' Bernstein said, taking aim at Trump's refusal to concede to Joe Biden while claiming 'massive fraud' - a...WW…

 Tuesday, Sep 13th 2022| 204is staying silent over a meeting with almost two weeks after one of the movement's founders asked for a sit-down.Patrisse Cullors said Biden has yet to respond to her request for a meeting to discuss BLM's 'expectataions' after an election that she said was 'won by Black people'.Cullors said she wants Biden to quickly pass the BREATHE Act, which would defund police services in reinvest the money in community services.Elsewhere, BLM has begun pressuring governor Gavin Newsom to appoint another black woman to replace , who will vacate her seat in January when...… Tuesday, Sep 13th 2022| 204is staying silent over a meeting with almost two weeks after one of the movement's founders asked for a sit-down.Patrisse Cullors said Biden has yet to respond to her request for a meeting to discuss BLM's 'expectataions' after an election that she said was 'won by Black people'.Cullors said she wants Biden to quickly pass the BREATHE Act, which would defund police services in reinvest the money in community services.Elsewhere, BLM has begun pressuring governor Gavin Newsom to appoint another black woman to replace , who will vacate her seat in January when...WW…

 Sunday, Jan 31st 2021| 4.3k Myanmar's military has detained the country's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the president, and other MPs in a coup.Suu Kyi and President Win Myint were arrested early Monday, just hours before a new government which was elected in a vote held last year was due to be sworn in. Military leaders have declared a year-long state of emergency, and appointed Vice President Myint Swe - a former general - as acting president.Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy had humiliated the military-backed USDP party in the vote, winning by a wider margin...… Sunday, Jan 31st 2021| 4.3k Myanmar's military has detained the country's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the president, and other MPs in a coup.Suu Kyi and President Win Myint were arrested early Monday, just hours before a new government which was elected in a vote held last year was due to be sworn in. Military leaders have declared a year-long state of emergency, and appointed Vice President Myint Swe - a former general - as acting president.Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy had humiliated the military-backed USDP party in the vote, winning by a wider margin...WW…