Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1631 EAT on Friday 10/03/2022. European Union and British antitrust authorities have launched parallel investigations into a 2018 online display advertising deal between Google and Facebook, adding to a long list of regulatory challenges facing the United States tech giants. Alphabet unit Google and Facebook, whose parent company is…
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Ukrainian woman aged 90 relives painful memories.
Retired nurse Nadia Tyvoniuk says Russia’s war represents the second time Moscow has invaded Ukraine in her lifetime. Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1615 EAT on Friday 10/03/2022. Kyiv, Ukraine – For 90-year-old Nadia Tyvoniuk, the current war in her country represents the second Russian invasion she has witnessed in her long life. On February…
Pause needed in Iran nuclear talks, EU says.
Foreign policy chief Josep Borrell blames ‘external factors’ for the delay in reinstating Iran’s tattered nuclear accord with world powers. Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1603 EAT on Friday 11/03/2022. The European Union’s foreign policy chief says “a pause” is needed in ongoing talks over Iran’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers, blaming “external…
Top Russia, Ukraine diplomats in Turkey for first talks.
Negotiations mediated by Ankara are the first high-level contact between the two sides since Moscow’s invasion of its ex-Soviet neighbour. Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1127 EAT on Thursday 10/03/2022. The foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine are set for face-to-face talks in Turkey in the first high-level contact between the two sides since…
ISIL suicide bomber of Pakistan mosque was Afghan exile: Police.
Police also said they killed three suspects allegedly involved in last week’s bombing in Peshawar that killed 64 people. Volunteers examine the site of last week’s explosion inside a Shia mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan [Muhammad Sajjad/AP] Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1058 EAT on Thursday 10/03/2022. An ISIL (ISIS) suicide bomber who killed 64…
There is Riots and snubs in Pacific Islands which is growing wariness of China.
Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1035 EAT on Thursday 10/03/2022. The president of Kiribati, prime ministers of Fiji, Tonga and Niue, and the foreign ministers of Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Federated States of Micronesia and Solomon Islands appeared in windows on a screen, their video summit meant to herald a new promise in China’s…
HRW urges release of two South Sudanese arrested for government criticism.
Both men face the death penalty or life imprisonment if convicted of undermining the country’s constitution. Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1747 EAT on Wednesday 9/03/2022. Global watchdog Human Rights Watch has called for the release of a clergyman and a university professor in South Sudan, both detained since last year for criticising the…
Fire at Bangladesh; Rohingya camp kills boy and leaves 2,000 homeless.
Sixth fire this year at the world’s biggest refugee camp kills a six-year-old boy and destroys 300 homes. Published by Faith Barbara at 1207 on Wednesday 9/03/2022. A blaze has swept through a Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh, killing a six-year-old boy and leaving about 2,000 people homeless in the sixth fire this year to…
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