Key Points'Imagine Caucasus becoming another Syria?': Armenia's president pleas for international supportArmenian President Armen Sarkissian issued a stern warning to the international community on Wednesday, as tensions flare between Armenia and Azerbaijan."Imagine Caucasus becoming another Syria?" Sarkissian told CNBC's Hadley Gamble from Yerevan."The international community has to realize that if you don't interfere now, then Caucasus will become another huge problem," Sarkissian cautioned.Fighting broke out on Sunday between former Soviet republics Armenia and Azerbaijan in the South...…Key Points'Imagine Caucasus becoming another Syria?': Armenia's president pleas for international supportArmenian President Armen Sarkissian issued a stern warning to the international community on Wednesday, as tensions flare between Armenia and Azerbaijan."Imagine Caucasus becoming another Syria?" Sarkissian told CNBC's Hadley Gamble from Yerevan."The international community has to realize that if you don't interfere now, then Caucasus will become another huge problem," Sarkissian cautioned.Fighting broke out on Sunday between former Soviet republics Armenia and Azerbaijan in the South...WW…

This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldResearch findings undermine firm’s claims it is cracking down on inaccurate newsLast modified on Thu 20 Aug 2020 13.08 EDTWebsites spreading misinformation about health attracted nearly half a billion views on in April alone, as the coronavirus pandemic escalated worldwide, a report has found.Facebook had promised to crack down on conspiracy theories and inaccurate news early in the pandemic. But as its executives promised accountability, its algorithm appears to have fuelled traffic to a network of sites sharing...…This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldResearch findings undermine firm’s claims it is cracking down on inaccurate newsLast modified on Thu 20 Aug 2020 13.08 EDTWebsites spreading misinformation about health attracted nearly half a billion views on in April alone, as the coronavirus pandemic escalated worldwide, a report has found.Facebook had promised to crack down on conspiracy theories and inaccurate news early in the pandemic. But as its executives promised accountability, its algorithm appears to have fuelled traffic to a network of sites sharing...WW…

This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldDetails on staff uniforms come after CEO Tim Cook says he will not tolerate modern slaveryLast modified on Mon 10 Aug 2020 16.17 EDTApple has imported clothes – probably uniforms for staff in stores – from a company facing US sanctions over forced labour at a subsidiary firm in China’s western region, shipping records show.The details come a week after Apple’s chief executive, Tim Cook, told the US Congress he would not tolerate forced labour or modern-day slavery in the company’s supply chains. An Apple spokesman...…This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldDetails on staff uniforms come after CEO Tim Cook says he will not tolerate modern slaveryLast modified on Mon 10 Aug 2020 16.17 EDTApple has imported clothes – probably uniforms for staff in stores – from a company facing US sanctions over forced labour at a subsidiary firm in China’s western region, shipping records show.The details come a week after Apple’s chief executive, Tim Cook, told the US Congress he would not tolerate forced labour or modern-day slavery in the company’s supply chains. An Apple spokesman...WW…

This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldDissidents urge united stand against Chinese and look to eastern bloc tactics for inspirationSun 2 Aug 2020 03.01 EDTProminent democracy activists have responded to China’s crackdown on opposition politicians, student campaigners and tenured academics by considering tactics that would have seemed exaggerated in the open city a few months ago.The student leader Nathan Law, who was placed on a just weeks after flying into exile in the UK, said he would cut off all contact with relatives living in his home city, in an...…This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldDissidents urge united stand against Chinese and look to eastern bloc tactics for inspirationSun 2 Aug 2020 03.01 EDTProminent democracy activists have responded to China’s crackdown on opposition politicians, student campaigners and tenured academics by considering tactics that would have seemed exaggerated in the open city a few months ago.The student leader Nathan Law, who was placed on a just weeks after flying into exile in the UK, said he would cut off all contact with relatives living in his home city, in an...WW…

Key PointsLebanon is in the throes of multiple crises, as Prime Minister Hassan Diab approaches five months in office. The small Mediterranean country of nearly 7 million people is in the midst of an economic meltdown, with fuel shortages and power cuts adding to the hardship faced by many nationwide. The country's unemployment rate stood above 30% at the end of May, while annual food inflation has skyrocketed to around 190%. "The only card that is remaining is the street," Henri Chaoul, former advisor to Lebanon's minister of finance told CNBC's Hadley Gamble on Thursday.Speaking to CNBC...…Key PointsLebanon is in the throes of multiple crises, as Prime Minister Hassan Diab approaches five months in office. The small Mediterranean country of nearly 7 million people is in the midst of an economic meltdown, with fuel shortages and power cuts adding to the hardship faced by many nationwide. The country's unemployment rate stood above 30% at the end of May, while annual food inflation has skyrocketed to around 190%. "The only card that is remaining is the street," Henri Chaoul, former advisor to Lebanon's minister of finance told CNBC's Hadley Gamble on Thursday.Speaking to CNBC...WW…

This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldThe brutal ambush in the Himalayas is the latest aggressive move from Beijing by a nation battling crises on several fronts Last modified on Tue 23 Jun 2020 12.30 EDTThe for an Indian patrol was medieval. In the high-altitude Himalayan no man’s land claimed by both countries, their forces have agreed not to carry guns, to diminish the chance of the long-running territorial dispute flaring into open war.So the People’s Liberation Army had dammed up mountain streams, which they unblocked as the Indian troops approached....…This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldThe brutal ambush in the Himalayas is the latest aggressive move from Beijing by a nation battling crises on several fronts Last modified on Tue 23 Jun 2020 12.30 EDTThe for an Indian patrol was medieval. In the high-altitude Himalayan no man’s land claimed by both countries, their forces have agreed not to carry guns, to diminish the chance of the long-running territorial dispute flaring into open war.So the People’s Liberation Army had dammed up mountain streams, which they unblocked as the Indian troops approached....WW…

To stay coronavirus free, countries face unsustainable social and economic lossesFirst published on Tue 16 Jun 2020 14.22 EDTBeijing and had both declared themselves Covid-19-free by mid-June, life returning to an enviable normality of schools and shops, work and human contact. It didn’t last long.Last week, parts of the Chinese capital went back on a after a cluster of cases emerged linked to the city’s biggest wholesale food market. Movement restrictions are back and residents have already been Schools are closed.In New Zealand, two women who had flown in from Britain to see a dying...…To stay coronavirus free, countries face unsustainable social and economic lossesFirst published on Tue 16 Jun 2020 14.22 EDTBeijing and had both declared themselves Covid-19-free by mid-June, life returning to an enviable normality of schools and shops, work and human contact. It didn’t last long.Last week, parts of the Chinese capital went back on a after a cluster of cases emerged linked to the city’s biggest wholesale food market. Movement restrictions are back and residents have already been Schools are closed.In New Zealand, two women who had flown in from Britain to see a dying...WW…

This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldDozens of domestically transmitted cases at city’s largest wholesale food market prompt moveLast modified on Wed 1 Jul 2020 12.18 EDTParts of Beijing have reimposed lockdown measures after a cluster of locally transmitted coronavirus cases emerged nearly two months after the Chinese capital appeared to have stamped out the virus.The outbreak, linked to a major wholesale food market, raised serious questions about the challenges of keeping the disease at bay, even in countries such as where authoritarian rule allows...…This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldDozens of domestically transmitted cases at city’s largest wholesale food market prompt moveLast modified on Wed 1 Jul 2020 12.18 EDTParts of Beijing have reimposed lockdown measures after a cluster of locally transmitted coronavirus cases emerged nearly two months after the Chinese capital appeared to have stamped out the virus.The outbreak, linked to a major wholesale food market, raised serious questions about the challenges of keeping the disease at bay, even in countries such as where authoritarian rule allows...WW…

This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldSisi’s initiative includes peace talks in Geneva and is backed by rebel general Khalifa HaftarLast modified on Mon 8 Jun 2020 04.58 EDTEgypt’s president has announced an initiative to end nearly a decade of civil war in Libya, backed by the main commander in the oil-rich country’s east, whose siege of the capital, Tripoli collapsed this week.President said a ceasefire will start on Monday and is meant to pave the way for elections. He called for peace talks in Geneva and the exit of all foreign fighters from...…This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldSisi’s initiative includes peace talks in Geneva and is backed by rebel general Khalifa HaftarLast modified on Mon 8 Jun 2020 04.58 EDTEgypt’s president has announced an initiative to end nearly a decade of civil war in Libya, backed by the main commander in the oil-rich country’s east, whose siege of the capital, Tripoli collapsed this week.President said a ceasefire will start on Monday and is meant to pave the way for elections. He called for peace talks in Geneva and the exit of all foreign fighters from...WW…

This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldLawmakers from EU parliament and eight other countries create new bodyLast modified on Fri 2 Apr 2021 10.46 EDTInternational cooperation is needed to protect democratic values from an increasingly assertive communist , a new group made up of lawmakers from eight countries and the EU parliament has said.The legislators, representing parties across the political spectrum, have formed a global alliance, the , to push their governments to take a stronger stance on relations with the country.In Britain, the group will...…This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldLawmakers from EU parliament and eight other countries create new bodyLast modified on Fri 2 Apr 2021 10.46 EDTInternational cooperation is needed to protect democratic values from an increasingly assertive communist , a new group made up of lawmakers from eight countries and the EU parliament has said.The legislators, representing parties across the political spectrum, have formed a global alliance, the , to push their governments to take a stronger stance on relations with the country.In Britain, the group will...WW…