According to The Local, an English-language publication in Sweden, a couple in the small town of Laholm were refused permission by the authorities to give their baby the same name as the Russian president. According to Swedish law, a parent’s decision for what to call their child can be rejected …
Read More »No monkey business allowed: Woman having ‘AFFAIR’ with chimpanzee banned from visiting it at Belgian zoo
The bizarre ‘love story’ made the headlines across Belgian media on Friday, after Antwerp Zoo slapped a restraining order of sorts on Adie Timmermans, a long-standing visitor. Over the past four years, Timmermans paid weekly visits to the zoo, seeking contact with one particular animal – a 38-year-old chimpanzee called …
Read More »Assange extradition: US allowed to challenge key psychiatric evidence in bid to reverse UK refusal to hand him over
Wednesday’s appeal proceeding is the latest development in the continuing effort by the US to extradite Assange to stand trial on American soil for alleged computer-related crimes. A British judge refused the request in January on humanitarian grounds, ruling that there was a high risk of Assange taking his own …
Read More »‘Who are the Olympics for?’ Japan football captain calls for fans to be allowed despite entire South Africa team being quarantined
The South Africa pair – Thabiso Monyane and Kamohelo Mahlatsi – and a video analyst are now isolating, with their country set to face hosts Japan on Thursday. Confirming the news, South Africa manager Mxolisi Sibam said: “Masha and Monyane reported high temperatures and positive saliva tests. They were then …
Read More »Taliban militants won’t be allowed to run riot in Tajikistan after Americans pull out of Afghanistan, top Russian General tells RT
The Taliban has set up observation posts and checkpoints after having largely overrun the areas adjacent to the Afghan-Tajik border, the Collective Security Treaty Organization’s (CSTO) Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Colonel Anatoly Sidorov explained. “We’ve seen the Taliban’s outposts. At least for now, we see no …
Read More »Sharapova ‘in awe’ as Djokovic downs Nadal in French Open classic – and fans are allowed to defy Covid curfew to see conclusion
Meeting for the 58th time in one of tennis’ greatest rivalries, reigning champion Nadal and world number one Djokovic played out a four-set thriller of scintillating quality and suspense that immediately ranked among the greatest contests ever seen at Roland-Garros. When the red clay had settled it was Djokovic who …
Read More »‘No violations allowed’: WATCH Russian Su-27 intercept trio of French planes over Black Sea
The Southern Military District deployed the interceptors on Wednesday morning as the trio of foreign aircraft appeared on their radars, the National Defense Control Center (NDCC) said in a statement. The two interceptors “identified the air targets as a group of French Air Force planes that consisted of a KC-135 …
Read More »No Sputnik V for you! EU insists only ‘approved’ Covid vaccines allowed after Orban says Hungary is in talks with Russia & China
“There is no question that any vaccine that is, or could be, made available on the territory of the European Union would have to comply both with the quality standards that are expected for these types of products in the EU and follow the approval procedures” currently in effect, European …
Read More »Man threatens to jump from Trump Tower Chicago ‘unless allowed to speak with President Trump’
Multiple videos and photos shared on social media showed a man dangling on a rope around 16th floor of the 98-story Trump Tower in Chicago on Sunday night. The man is said to be in his 20s and has been dangling from the balcony in a climbing harness since around 5:30pm, demanding “to …
Read More »The Russians began to buy 70% less clothes. Income allowed to flow
During a pandemic, 70% of Russians have reduced spending on clothing and footwear, and 38% for food. Deloitte, is clear about the definition, connects the situation with the losing of work or a sharp decline in earnings. Research Deloitte joined several other: thus, every fifth inhabitant of the country, according …
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