Richard Gere urges US lawmakers to back Tibet

Hollywood star Richard Gere voiced outrage Tuesday over the “cruelty” of Chinese policies in Tibet, as US Congress debated ways to pressure Beijing over alleged human rights violations the Himalayan region. Testifying before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, the “Pretty Woman” actor accused Chinese authorities of separating Tibetan families, prohibiting their language, destroying religious sites […]

Twitter users report ‘Something went wrong. Try reloading’ error

Multiple Twitter users are experiencing the ‘Something went wrong, try reloading’ error. Many people are saying they are left with a blank pop-up page with “Retry” written over it whenever they try to log in to their Twitter accounts on the desktop. Reports of Twitter ‘Something went wrong, try reloading’ error Twitter is filled with […]

French banks raided in tax evasion sting

The lenders are suspected of helping investors avoid paying taxes on dividends

Olympic chiefs recommend return to competition of Russian athletes as individuals

Olympic chiefs on Tuesday recommended the return to competition of Russian and Belarusian athletes as individuals under a neutral flag with no links to the military. IOC President Thomas Bach said the IOC had recommended to international federations and international sports event organisers that “athletes with a Russian or a Belarusian passport must compete only […]

Some 740,000 at pensions protests nationwide in France: govt

Some 740,000 people nationwide attended protests Tuesday against President Emmanuel Macron‘s pension reform that were again marked by clashes between security forces and protesters, the French interior ministry said. The figure was down somewhat on the last big protest day on Thursday when 1.09 million protested nationwide, according to the government. The ministry said 93,000 […]

Russia reveals energy policy priority

Expansion on the global LNG market is a key goal after a drop in gas pipeline supplies to Europe, the deputy prime minister has said

Russia says Ukraine using longrange US artillery

Moscow announced Tuesday it had for the first time downed a long-range rocket supplied to Ukraine by the United States, weapons Kyiv said were key to an anticipated counter-attack against Russian forces. The statement from Russia’s defence ministry came a day after Ukraine said it received modern Leopard and Challenger battle tanks from Germany and […]

Russian oil export pivot succeeding – energy minister

The country has found buyers for all of the supplies at risk of being stranded due to sanctions