UN suspends Russia from human rights body over Ukraine abuses
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has voted to suspend Russia from the organisation’s leading human rights body amid allegations ...
Month: April 2022
U.S. blacklists Russian shipbuilder and diamond mining company
The United States blacklisted two Russian state-owned enterprises, United Shipbuilding Corp and the Alrosa diamond mining company, denying them access ...
Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes first Black woman on US top court
The United States Senate has confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the US Supreme Court, making her the first Black woman in ...
Toyota joins Tesla in developing self-driving tech with low-cost cameras
Toyota Motor unit Woven Planet has joined Tesla Inc in trying to advance self-driving technology without expensive sensors such as ...
U.S. FBI says it disrupted Russian hackers
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has wrested control of thousands of routers and firewall appliances away from Russian military ...
BlackBerry plans to settle lawsuit over BlackBerry 10, avoid U.S. trial
BlackBerry Ltd plans to settle a more than eight-year-old lawsuit claiming it defrauded shareholders by inflating the success and profitability ...
Russia says it destroyed fuel storage facilities in four Ukrainian cities
The Russian defence ministry said on Thursday its missiles had destroyed four fuel storage facilities in the Ukrainian cities of ...
Burning bodies: Ukraine accuses Russia of covering up atrocities
Mariupol officials accused Russia of attempting to cover up the killing of possibly “tens of thousands of civilians” in the ...
Life sentence for Burkinabe ex-leader Compaoré for Sankara murder
A Burkinabe court has sentenced former President Blaise Compaoré to life imprisonment for the murder of his predecessor, the revered ...
UN to vote on suspending Russia from Human Rights Council
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) is set to vote on a United States-initiated resolution to suspend Russia from the ...
