#Alexei Navalny’s next heroic act

#Alexei Navalny’s next heroic act

“#Alexei Navalny’s next heroic act” Outspoken Vladimir Putin critic Alexei Navalny is set to walk back into the lion’s den four months after being airflighted to Germany following a Soviet-style nerve agent assassination attempt. And he’s not returning quietly. “There was never a question for me whether to return or not, never. Just because I…

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#Biden names Samantha Power to lead international aid agency

#Biden names Samantha Power to lead international aid agency

“#Biden names Samantha Power to lead international aid agency” President-elect Joe Biden nominated Samantha Power, the US ambassador to the United Nations during the Obama administration, to head up the US agency tasked with providing civilian foreign aid, calling her a “voice of conscience and moral clarity.” Biden will also elevate the position of administrator…

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# Huobi Global now supports ruble deposits and withdrawals

# Huobi Global now supports ruble deposits and withdrawals

“# Huobi Global now supports ruble deposits and withdrawals ” Major global cryptocurrency exchange Huobi is introducing Russia’s national fiat currency on its trading platform. According to a Jan. 12 announcement, Huobi Global now supports deposits and withdrawals in the Russian ruble. The new feature enables users to purchase and sell major cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin…

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#Power struggle leaves UN rights body without leader

#Power struggle leaves UN rights body without leader

“#Power struggle leaves UN rights body without leader” GENEVA – Russia and China have opposed a candidate from Fiji seen as a staunch human rights defender to lead the top United Nations rights body, diplomats and observers say, creating a deadlock just as Washington may seek to rejoin the forum it quit in 2018. The…

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#Russian divers hunt for ancient bones in frozen river

#Russian divers hunt for ancient bones in frozen river

“#Russian divers hunt for ancient bones in frozen river” Ancient shark teeth, bones of woolly rhinoceros, mammoths and other extinct animals – those are rare artifacts which attract Russian paleontologists to the ice-covered Tobol river some 1,242 miles east of Moscow. For almost two decades scientists have teamed up with divers for a bone hunt…

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