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GAP Calls for Dismissal of Ministers Jobe and Sanyang Over Russian Fuel Scandal

GAP Calls for Dismissal of Ministers Jobe and Sanyang Over Russian Fuel Scandal

- Advertisement - By: Michaella Faith Wright The Gambia Action Party (GAP) is calling for the immediate dismissal of Tourism Minister Abdoulie Jobe and Interior Minister Abdoulie Sanyang, following their alleged involvement in the controversial...

Russian boxer under fire for giving vape to orangutan at Crimean safari park; ape takes a few puffs, now unwell

Russian boxer under fire for giving vape to orangutan at Crimean safari park; ape takes a few puffs, now unwell

Russian boxer Anastasia Luchkina is under fire after a video surfaced showing her handing a vape to a caged orangutan at a safari park in Crimea. The footage, which has since gone viral, shows the athlete taking a puff before passing the vape...

NE China's Fuyuan city promotes local tourism

A drone photo taken on July 3, 2025 shows a recreational vehicle campsite at a riverside park in Fuyuan City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. "Dongji" literally means "easternmost part of China" in Chinese. In recent years, China's...

St. Petersburg nonprofit secures $800K for Williams Park development

St. Petersburg nonprofit secures $800K for Williams Park development

Fencing, lighting and a higher retaining wall could come this fall to downtown St. Petersburg’s Williams Park to help enforce Florida’s law that banned public sleeping and camping. The Williams Park Partnership, a nonprofit formed in 2016 to...

European travel delays expected as air traffic controllers strike in France

European travel delays expected as air traffic controllers strike in France

Hundreds of flights were cancelled on Thursday, with more expected to be scrapped on Friday, as French air-traffic controllers go on strike. Air France, easyJet and Ryanair are some of the airlines caught up in the disruption, affecting operations...

Ministries not rushing to end Belarusian tourism to Estonia

Ministries not rushing to end Belarusian tourism to Estonia

It took nearly a month for Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna to respond to a written inquiry from MP Raimond Kaljulaid regarding the continued tourism trips to Tallinn by Belarusian nationals. The Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Foreign...

Russia becomes first state to recognise Afghanistan's Taliban government

Russia becomes first state to recognise Afghanistan's Taliban government

Russia has become the first country to formally recognise Taliban rule, with Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi calling it a "courageous" decision. He met Russia's ambassador to Afghanistan, Dmitry Zhirnov, in Kabul on Thursday,...

Russia First to Officially Recognize Taliban Government in Afghanistan

Russia First to Officially Recognize Taliban Government in Afghanistan

Russia became the first country to officially recognize the Taliban government in Afghanistan. This information was released on July 3 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan on their page on the social network X. It is known that the...

First Known Attack By Underwater FPV Destroys Russian River Crossing

First Known Attack By Underwater FPV Destroys Russian River Crossing

The submerged FPV, arrrowed, seconds before it detonatedNothern Eagles, 151st Motorized Rifle Brigade Following the drone war in Ukraine you get used to seeing some unusual things, from drones dropping Roman-era caltrops to burst tires to four...

Top Russian diplomat congratulates Rubio on US Independence Day — Foreign Ministry

Top Russian diplomat congratulates Rubio on US Independence Day — Foreign Ministry

MOSCOW, July 4. /TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has sent a congratulatory telegram to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the occasion of Independence Day, expressing hope that relations between the two countries will become stable...

Your Full Guide to Online Accommodation Registration in Beijing

Your Full Guide to Online Accommodation Registration in Beijing

For years, one of the biggest hassles for foreigners residing in Beijing was dealing with registering at their local police station every time they entered China. In addition, any family or friends coming to stay with them would have to be...

Russian drone strikes car in Kharkiv region, injures married couple

Russian drone strikes car in Kharkiv region, injures married couple

A married couple was injured as a result of a Russian drone strike on a civilian vehicle in the Kupiansk district of the Kharkiv region. This was reported by the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office on Telegram, according to Ukrinform. It is noted...

Travelogue: A short two months in Greece, part 5

Travelogue: A short two months in Greece, part 5

The islands, the sea, those colors… “The sea … islands bathed in light, … the immortal nakedness of Greece. Happy is the man, I thought, who, before dying, has the good fortune to sail the Aegean Sea” – Nikos Kazantzakis, Zorba the Greek. (All...

Vietnam – An Attractive Destination For Medical Tourism

Not only does Vietnam attract international tourists with its landscapes, culture, and cuisine, but it is also gradually becoming a reliable destination for medical treatment, offering high-quality services at reasonable costs. Patients are...

Russia won’t back down in Ukraine war, Kremlin says after Trump-Putin call

Russia won’t back down in Ukraine war, Kremlin says after Trump-Putin call

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed Iran, Ukraine and other issues on Thursday in a “frank and constructive” phone call, the Kremlin said, in their sixth publicly disclosed chat since Trump returned to the...

LETTER: Clarify SA-Russia ties

LETTER: Clarify SA-Russia ties

Marianne Merten’s most recent column refers (“History rewritten for a show of presidential power”, July 2). This has nothing to do with the travel saga. The reason President Cyril Ramaphosa took so long to approve the travel is because he didn’t...

Russia: Is Moscow losing Azerbaijan as an ally?

Russia: Is Moscow losing Azerbaijan as an ally?

Last week, a police raid triggered a diplomatic crisis. Within a few days, the row between Russia and Azerbaijan had escalated, putting considerable strain on the already tense relationship between the two. It began with a controversial police...

Sabah attracts growing interest from Kazakhstan in tourism and business

Sabah attracts growing interest from Kazakhstan in tourism and business

KOTA KINABALU: Kazakhstan is showing increasing interest in Sabah as both a tourist destination and an investment hub. Asean Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) Sabah chapter president Datuk Nordin Ening shared this following his recent...

Russian Billionaire Fights VC in Court Over Troubled Partnership

Russian Billionaire Fights VC in Court Over Troubled Partnership

When Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev met Seth Harrison 15 years ago, he was looking to invest some of his fortune in the life sciences sector, and the seasoned American venture capitalist seemed like the right partner. They went on to set up...

Toll of Russia’s LGBT ‘extremism’ prosecutions: 101 convictions

Toll of Russia’s LGBT ‘extremism’ prosecutions: 101 convictions

Human Rights Watch researcher scoured Russian court records and social media Employee of the LGBT bar Pace in custody in Russia in early 2024. (Alexander Klimov photo courtesy of Ural56.ru) The advocacy group Human Rights Watch reported Monday...

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