Day: August 17, 2021

Categories Asia & Pacific

Indonesia announces ‘new era of bilateral relations’ with US as pair kick off largest-ever joint military training

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Indonesia’s foreign minister, Retno Marsudi, has announced a “new era of bilateral relations” with the US, as the two countries host a joint training exercise involving more than 3,000 soldiers. … Read More >Indonesia announces ‘new era of bilateral relations’ with US as pair kick off largest-ever joint military training

Categories Middle East

Raisi sworn in as Iran’s new president, demands lifting of US sanctions amid ongoing tensions with West

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Ebrahim Raisi has been sworn in as Iran’s new president, with the ultraconservative cleric calling for US sanctions against the Islamic republic to be lifted as tensions between Tehran and the West continue. … Read More >Raisi sworn in as Iran’s new president, demands lifting of US sanctions amid ongoing tensions with West

Categories Asia & Pacific

Pure racism’: Foreign workers in South Korea slate major city’s ‘discriminatory’ new anti-Covid directive to firms employing them

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Foreign workers have denounced a South Korean city’s newly launched Covid-screening campaign as “racist” and “nonsensical” after it made testing mandatory for workplaces with less than 30 employees – if one of them is a foreigner. … Read More >Pure racism’: Foreign workers in South Korea slate major city’s ‘discriminatory’ new anti-Covid directive to firms employing them

Categories Russia

Indra 2021: Joint Russian & Indian counter-terrorism military drills kick off near Volgograd, southern Russia (VIDEO)

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Joint Russian-Indian military exercises have kicked off in Russia’s southern Volgograd Region. The militaries of the two nations will hone their skills in fighting terrorists and facing mock enemies in various combat environments. … Read More >Indra 2021: Joint Russian & Indian counter-terrorism military drills kick off near Volgograd, southern Russia (VIDEO)

Categories Asia & Pacific

Singapore court orders British expat caught without a mask to undergo psychiatric evaluation after courtroom outburst

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A British national accused of not wearing a mask and being a public nuisance has been sent to a mental hospital by a Singapore court, after dismissing the charges against him as absurd and refusing to enter a plea. … Read More >Singapore court orders British expat caught without a mask to undergo psychiatric evaluation after courtroom outburst

Categories Shows

US president scrambles to salvage Afghan military disaster (Full show)

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The Taliban just kicked the US-backed government out of Afghanistan. Rick Sanchez takes us through the terrible sights and sounds from Kabul’s airport as foreign governments, including that of the US, flee the country and desperate Afghans try to board planes as they take off. … Read More >US president scrambles to salvage Afghan military disaster (Full show)

Categories World

‘A slap in the face’: Workers angry after SPC canned food giant becomes first Australian company to mandate vaccination

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Employees of Australia’s canned vegetable and fruit giant SPC have complained to local media that they’re furious about mandatory vaccinations but will abide by the order to keep their jobs and livelihoods. … Read More >‘A slap in the face’: Workers angry after SPC canned food giant becomes first Australian company to mandate vaccination