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WASHINGTON — The U.S. on Thursday imposed sanctions and visa restrictions on 4 Russian intelligence operatives accused of direct involvement within the 2020 poisoning of Alexei Navalny, a Russian politician and corruption investigator who's one among President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critics. ...

The head of the Maui Emergency Management Agency has abruptly resigned - a day after saying he had no regrets about not utilizing sirens to warn residents of wildfires that killed at the least 111 folks.Maui County Emergency Management administrator Herman Andaya had been closely criticised by residents and the media over the island's response to the fires. An announcement from Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen stated Mr Andaya had resigned instantly due to well being causes."Given the gravity of the crisis we are facing, my team and I will be placing someone in this key position as quickly as possible and I look forward to making that announcement soon," Mr Bissen stated. Image: Damage in Lahaina brought on by lethal wildfires on...

UNITED NATIONS — North Korea is growing its repression of human rights and persons are changing into extra determined and reportedly ravenous in components of the nation because the financial state of affairs worsens, the U.N. rights chief stated Thursday. ...

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s election oversight physique mentioned Thursday that parliamentary elections have to be delayed as a result of it wants 4 months to redraw constituencies to mirror the lately held census. ...

Responding to a “disturbing and unacceptable” current rise in reported sexual assaults and sexual harassment on the nation’s main service academies, a brand new Pentagon report Thursday referred to as for stronger management, higher coaching and modifications to such conventional practices such because the hazing of incoming cadets and plebes. ...

Once the thriving capital of West Darfur, al Geneina is now almost abandoned.Humanitarian volunteers advised Sky News round 70% of town's half-a-million residents have fled for the reason that begin of the struggle in Sudan and that the our bodies littering the streets at the moment are buried at a number of mass grave websites after an enormous clean-up operation.The coordinates of potential mass grave websites on the outskirts of al Geneina shared by C4ADS, a Washington DC-based world safety non-profit, have been verified by Sky News via numerous eyewitness accounts.A satellite tv for pc picture from May reveals common mountainous terrain simply north of the principle artery connecting al Geneina to jap Chad. Image: This satell...

The Pentagon is engaged in a crash program to construct up missile defenses on Guam based mostly on rising considerations of doable missile assaults from China, the Army common accountable for missile protection for the Indo-Pacific command mentioned Thursday. ...

Sweden's prime minister says deliberate assaults in opposition to his nation have been averted, because the safety service raised the phobia menace stage to its second highest.The transfer to extend it from three to 4, with 5 being the utmost, means there's a "high threat" of an assault. The Swedish PM Ulf Kristersson advised a information convention: "We know that planned terror attacks have been averted." But he didn't present additional particulars. Image: Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson It comes after copies of the Koran had been lately burned within the Scandinavian nation by a handful of anti-Islam activists.This sparked indignant demonstrations in nations, together with Iraq, Iran, Lebanon and Y...

A prime Biden administration diplomat reportedly underneath investigation for presumably mishandling categorized data has been employed to show international coverage courses at Princeton University, the New Jersey college introduced this week. ...

Activists in Mallorca have put up pretend indicators warning of jellyfish and falling rocks to attempt to preserve English-speaking vacationers away from widespread seashores.While the indicators warn holidaymakers to remain away - messages in Catalan beneath clarify there isn't a hazard. One signal has the phrases "Beach Closed" in English, with a no swimming signal - however simply beneath a message tells Catalan audio system the alternative, "Platja Oberta" - or "Beach Open". Twitter This content material is offered by Twitter, which can be utilizing cookies and different applied sciences. To present you this content material, we want your permission to make use of cookies. You can use ...