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The interview with Robert Redfield, who served as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under Donald Trump, was aired by CNN as part of a preview of an upcoming feature program called “COVID WAR: The Pandemic Doctors Speak Out.” In a one-on-one segment with CNN’s Sanjay …

Speaking on Friday, the ministry’s spokesperson Maria Zakharova called on the NATO chief to stop spreading disinformation about Moscow’s position. “Stoltenberg’s statements that Russia is refusing [to enter] dialogue are not true. They are lies,” she told a press briefing. “A substantive conversation was offered.” According to Zakharova, Moscow suggested …

An angry mob gathers outside a school to demand the sacking of a teacher who’d shown his class a picture of the Prophet Mohammed. There is chanting and a Muslim scholar addresses the crowd. The police are called and they try to get people to disperse. Such a scene immediately …

During his first press conference as the US President, Joe Biden opted for what he described as the “foreign policy priorities” of both China and North Korea. Stating that he knew Chinese premier Xi Jinping well from his days as Vice President, he called him a “smart guy” but added …

“We are accused of aggressive behavior but we see that it is the British government… that would like to become more aggressive,” Kelin said, referring to the UK’s recently published Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy. The long-awaited document painted Russia as one of the biggest menaces …

Speaking on Friday, foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying addressed comments made by the US president in his first solo press conference on Thursday, in which Biden claimed Chinese leader Xi Jinping “doesn’t have a democratic bone in his body.”  Hua said that the issues of democracy and centralization were not …

The traffic jam has trapped freighters with goods and oil products worth over $10 billion, according to the latest estimates by Bloomberg. The agency added that the losses the global economy will eventually sustain are currently difficult to access. The cost of delivering a standard dry-cargo container with a total …

Speaking on Friday, Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick told Sky News that the Department for Education had been in touch with the school and the local council, and an investigation into the teacher’s conduct was the right way to proceed.  However, Jenrick said he was “disturbed” by events on Thursday, when …

The sanctions, which take effect immediately, target Tom Tugendhat, the chair of the UK Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Iain Duncan Smith, the former Conservative Party leader, and Baroness Helena Kennedy, a prominent human rights lawyer, as well as others. Separately, the Uighur Tribunal and its chair, Sir Geoffrey Nice, the …

A 57-year-old woman and a 30-year-old man were taken into custody on suspicion of willful neglect, said the Devon and Cornwall police. The suspects were working at Holmesley Care Home in Sidmouth, Devon, where nine people have died since February 25. The care home confirmed this month that it was …