Tag: Belarus

India ranked 94 among 107 nations in the Global Hunger Index 2020 and is in the 'serious' hunger category with experts blaming poor implementation processes, lack of effective monitoring, siloed approach in tackling malnutrition and poor performance by large states behind the low ranking. Last ...

When only the state television program is broadcast, when there are no more oppositional newspapers and demonstrators are forced off the streets - then the Internet remains. It offers access to free information. Dissenters can express themselves in blogs and social media without restrictions, and foreign information providers like ...

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 54%. (I'm a bot)BEIJING - Chinese and Russian forces will take part in joint military exercises in southern Russia later this month along with troops from Armenia, Belarus, Iran, Myanmar, Pakistan and others, China's defense ministry announced Thursday.The ...

Alexander Lukashenko insists he is not going anywhere despite a month of protests against the Belarusian president's disputed re-election. On Sunday, tens of thousands of protesters ignored government warnings to demand a new vote, saying last month's election was rigged. Police were seen dragging away or beating demonstrators. Friends ...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's controversial re-election has triggered a week of unprecedented demonstrations against his 26-year rule. The opposition and protesters accuse Lukashenko of rigging the vote, and ordering a police crackdown. Opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who escaped to Lithuania after losing the election, is calling for more peaceful ...

As he fights for his political survival, Alexander Lukashenko has taken a big gamble by cutting off the internet across most of Belarus. Belarusians seeking to protest against his government have been mostly cut off from the outside world: mobile internet has been throttled and popular messaging apps have ...