The quilt – körpe in Kazakh – is quickly becoming the symbol of the moment, but at a deeper level it binds the digital and real-world forms of participation in support of Tulesova specifically and a ... ( read original story ...)
Kazakhstan May Tax Crypto Mining At a Flat-Rate of 15%
Kazakhstan’s Ministry of the Economy wants to tax crypto mining in an effort to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic ... ( read original story ...)
Sri Lanka election: Rajapaksa brothers declare victory
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has declared victory in the country's parliamentary election. His brother Mahinda Rajapaksa is expected to be installed as prime minister, having held the role ... ( read original story ...)
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman ‘sent hit squad to kill former spy chief’ in Canada
The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia sent a hit squad to Canada to locate and murder an exiled former spy chief, a US lawsuit has alleged.Mohammed bin Salman, known as MBS, is being sued by Saad al-Jabri ... ( read original story ...)
Former Saudi Official Accuses the Crown Prince of Trying to Kill Him
Saad Aljabri, a former top intelligence official, filed suit in Washington alleging that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent a team of agents to Canada to kill him. ( read original story ...)
Former Saudi Official Sues Crown Prince Over Assassination Attempt
All that stood between Saad Aljabri and a team of Saudi Arabian assassins he says Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman dispatched to kill him in October 2018 were suspicious Canadian border security ... ( read original story ...)
The Saudi crown prince, Interpol and an alleged assassination plot
On July 4, 2018, three months before the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Interpol rejected Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s attempt to force another prominent dissident to return to ... ( read original story ...)
Philippines Tightens Lockdown Measures as COVID-19 Cases Rise and Economy Plunges
Metro Manila is back in lockdown and the Philippines has overtaken Indonesia as the Southeast Asian country with the most COVID-19 cases. ( read original story ...)
LIVE: WHO says ‘vaccine nationalism’ cannot beat the coronavirus
India has recorded the biggest single-day coronavirus fatalities of 904 in the past 24 hours. More than 18.8 million people around the world have been diagnosed with the new coronavirus, while the ... ( read original story ...)
Philippines Suffers First Recession in 29 Years, Braces for Grim Year on Virus Woes
The Philippine economy fell into recession for the first time in 29 years with a record slump in the second quarter, as strict lockdown measures ravaged economic activity and prompted the government ... ( read original story ...)