Published: Mon, 17 Jan 2022 12:46:00 GMT
Teen completing round-the-world solo flight begun in Belgium
BRUSSELS, Belgium: Zara Rutherford, a teenager from Belgium, is nearing the completion of a solo round-the-world flight. Rutherford, age 19, is scheduled to land her single-seater Shark sport aircraft in Kortrijk, Belgium, on January 17, completing a 150 day journey to become the youngest woman to circumnavigate the world solo. The previous round-the-world record had been set by American Shaesta Waiz, age...[read more]
Published: Sat, 22 Jan 2022 12:03:32 GMT
Parenting interventions support psychosocial adjustment of kids in foster, adoptive families: Study
Washington [US], January 22 (ANI): A new study has found that attachment-based parenting interventions--which seek to improve the quality of the parent-child relationship--increase the psychosocial adjustment of children in foster and adoptive families.
The study has been published in the 'Campbell Systematic Reviews Journal'.
Results also suggested that attachment-based interventions increase positive parenting behaviour...[read more]
Published: Sat, 22 Jan 2022 11:55:30 GMT
Russian Embassy in Japan says Tokyo's position on Ukraine's issue counterproductive
Tokyo [Japan], January 22 (ANI/Sputnik): The Russian Embassy in Japan on Saturday that Tokyo's position toward Russia in the context of the situation around Ukraine was inadmissible and counterproductive, citing recent talks between Washington and Tokyo.
On Friday, US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held a virtual meeting and discussed, in particular, "the challenges that Russia is presenting...[read more]
Published: Fri, 21 Jan 2022 10:36:35 GMT
French Parliament's Uyghur Genocide Declaration Angers China
BEIJING - China condemned a French parliament resolution on Friday that accuses Beijing of carrying out a genocide against its Uyghur Muslim population, a move that has strained ties two weeks before the Winter Olympics.The resolution adds to a chorus of western nations that have criticized Beijing for placing around 1 million Uyghurs in forced labor camps, terming 'the violence perpetrated by the People's Repub...[read more]
Published: Fri, 21 Jan 2022 09:03:20 GMT
East Turkistan govt in exile praises France for recognizing Uyghur 'genocide', urges boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics
Brussels [Belgium], January 21 (ANI): The East Turkistan Government in Exile praised the French people and their National Assembly for recognizing the Chinese Government's atrocities against Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples in East Turkistan as genocide and called out for a full boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, according to a press release.
Prime Minister Salih Hudayar of the East Turkistan Government in Exile...[read more]
Published: Fri, 21 Jan 2022 08:13:01 GMT
Russia responds to NATO's 'space policy'
Moscow has criticized the new NATO space policy as ?one-sided? and ?incendiary?NATO's first-ever formal, public space policy is an incendiary document that legitimizes the use of force in space, which could eventually lead to a brand-new arms race, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.Addressing journalists at a briefing, spokeswoman Maria Zakharova criticized 'NATO's overarching...[read more]
Published: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 23:37:08 GMT
MEPs adopt resolution slamming China's crackdown on Hong Kong press
Brussels [Belgium], January 21 (ANI): The Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) on Thursday voted overwhelmingly in favour of a resolution slamming the Chinese government's crackdown on press freedoms in Hong Kong.
The resolution -- adopted by 585 votes in favour, 46 against and 41 abstentions -- calls for the EU to provide lifeboat schemes for fleeing Hong Kongers and to sanction officials responsible for the crackdo...[read more]
Published: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 18:12:43 GMT
Journalists boycott Macron-EU press conference as no questions taken
The French president has been accused of using the event as a photo opportunityEuropean correspondents on Wednesday exited the press conference auditorium of the EU Parliament in Strasbourg after its newly elected president, Roberta Metsola, and French President Emmanuel Macron refused to take questions.Journalists took to Twitter to clarify the reasons for their frustration. "After more ...[read more]
Published: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 18:07:30 GMT
Teen Pilot Youngest Woman to Solo Circumnavigate Globe
Teenage pilot Zara Rutherford landed in Kortrijk, Belgium Thursday to officially become the youngest woman to fly around the world solo.The Belgian-British 19-year-old landed her single-seat Shark ultralight aircraft to cheers and honking horns from a crowd that had gathered to welcome her home. Rutherford originally embarked from Kortrijk on August 18 - 155 days ago.As she stepped from the cockpit, she s...[read more]
Published: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 09:35:21 GMT
Security Scanners Across Europe Tied to China Government, Military
At some of the world's most sensitive spots, authorities have installed security screening devices made by a single Chinese company with deep ties to China's military and the highest levels of the ruling Communist Party.The World Economic Forum in Davos. Europe's largest ports. Airports from Amsterdam to Athens. NATO's borders with Russia. All depend on equipment manufactured by Nuctech, which has quickly become...[read more]
Published: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 09:17:31 GMT
Russia suggests how US could seal a security deal
Moscow wants the US to agree not to let Kiev into NATOIf Washington wants to do a deal with Moscow over security guarantees in Europe, it must agree to make a binding commitment that it will never allow Ukraine to become a part of NATO, Russia has insisted.Speaking to a meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club on Wednesday, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov rejected the id...[read more]
Published: Wed, 19 Jan 2022 22:13:01 GMT
Human trafficking gang leader jailed
The migrants died of suffocation and hyperthermia in a shipping containerA Belgian court has sentenced a Vietnamese man who led a human trafficking gang to 15 years in prison, after 39 migrants he smuggled to Britain were found dead in an airtight shipping container on a truck.Vo Van Hong, 45, was found guilty on Wednesday of being the ringleader of the cross-channel human trafficking ope...[read more]
Published: Wed, 19 Jan 2022 20:36:21 GMT
Teen Pilot One Stop from Finishing Round-the-world Solo Flight
A 19-year-old British-Belgian pilot landed her plane on Wednesday at an airstrip near Frankfurt, Germany, one stop away from becoming the youngest woman to fly around the world solo.Zara Rutherford told reporters she wanted to 'sleep for a week' after she climbed out of the single-seat Shark ultralight aircraft at Egelsbach airfield a few kilometers from Frankfurt. If all goes as planned, Rutherford will land Th...[read more]
Published: Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:13:30 GMT
Why upsetting China to keep Washington happy is a bad idea
One of the more interesting aspects of 2021 was how some countries in Eastern Europe readily turned against China and weaponized anti-communism for their own political gain. Lithuania was a good case in point.The conflict against Vilnius was writ large with Lithuania's ...[read more]
Published: Wed, 19 Jan 2022 16:55:40 GMT
Macron says Europe should propose Africa new terms of partnership
Paris [France], January 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Europe should work out a new plan of cooperation with African nations to resolve pressing issues of mutual concern, such as migration, including migration, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday.
"Europe should offer a new alliance to the African continent. The destinies of the two sides of the Mediterranean are linked, and we cannot properly discuss the subject of mig...[read more]
Published: Wed, 19 Jan 2022 16:55:37 GMT
NATO chief Stoltenberg discusses latest developments with Ukraine President Zelensky over phone
Brussels [Belgium], January 19 (ANI/Sputnik): NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that in a phone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky he expressed NATO's support for Ukraine and urged Russia to "de-escalate immediately," adding that the alliance will not retreat from its core principles.
"Spoke to President @Zelensky to express NATO's strong support to Ukraine in face of Russia thre...[read more]
Published: Wed, 19 Jan 2022 13:03:30 GMT
Kazakh President to create fund with assets of corrupt state officials: Reports
Nur-Sultan [Kazakhstan], January 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev intends to establish a new fund that will be financed from the assets seized from Kazakh officials accused of corruption, the Euractiv news portal reported on Tuesday, citing Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tleuberdi at a briefing in Brussels on Tuesday.
Earlier this week, Tokayev fired Samat Abish, the nephew of former Kazakh president Nur...[read more]
Published: Tue, 18 Jan 2022 20:13:01 GMT
EU explains position on new Russia sanctions
Brussels will not impose pre-emptive measures in attempt to stop invasion of UkraineThe EU's most senior diplomat Josep Borrell has ruled out the introduction of ?preventive sanctions? against Russia over the situation in Ukraine, clarifying that any measures would only be implemented in case of an actual attack.Borrell's comments come as tensions on the Russian frontier with Ukraine rema...[read more]
Published: Tue, 18 Jan 2022 19:18:57 GMT
EU rules out preventive sanctions against Russia
Brussels will not impose pre-emptive measures in attempt to stop invasion of UkraineThe EU's most senior diplomat Josep Borrell has ruled out the introduction of ?preventive sanctions? against Russia over the situation in Ukraine, clarifying that any measures would only be implemented in case of an actual attack.Borrell's comments come as tensions on the Russian frontier with Ukraine rema...[read more]
Published: Tue, 18 Jan 2022 18:12:15 GMT
How America & Russia ended up deciding the fate of Europe
Brussels is conspicuously absent from critical talks with MoscowThe EU has hit out after it was effectively excluded from security talks between Russia and the US. The fate of the world may have once been decided in Western European capitals, but now it seems to be out of their hands.However, it seems increasingly clear that the bloc only has itself to blame for the fact its members no lo...[read more]
Published: Tue, 18 Jan 2022 16:18:24 GMT
European Parliament elects Maltese Roberta Metsola as new president
© Provided by Xinhua Metsola, who studied European law, has been a member of the European Parliament since 2013 and has been first vice president since November 2020.BRUSSELS, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Maltese lawmaker Roberta Metsola was o...[read more]
Published: Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:06:17 GMT
Ex-Ukrainian Leader Poroshenko Returns to Face Treason Charges
Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is due back in a Kyiv court Wednesday as a judge considers whether to grant him bail or order his arrest in a treason case he says is politically motivated.Poroshenko, who led Ukraine from 2014-19, returned to the country Monday to face the charges, and told supporters at the airport that he had come back to help Ukraine face the "growing threat of Russian invasion."...[read more]
Published: Tue, 18 Jan 2022 11:16:15 GMT
European Parliament elects first female president in 20 years
Malta's Roberta Metsola has pledged to connect with citizens beyond the Brussels and Strasbourg ?bubbles?Maltese lawmaker Roberta Metsola has been appointed to the largely ceremonial role of presiding over the EU Parliament, succeeding Italian politician David Sassoli, who passed away at the age of 65 earlier this month.Metsola, 42, who has been serving as a member of the European Parliam...[read more]
Published: Tue, 18 Jan 2022 06:13:05 GMT
NATO unveils 'space policy
The US-led alliance explicitly said that space threats ?could lead to the invocation of Article 5?NATO considers space increasingly important to its mission and fears potential adversaries might seek to harm its orbital assets, the alliance has announced, adding it reserves the right to declare a space attack an act of war.The US-led alliance publicly released its ...[read more]
Published: Fri, 21 Jan 2022 18:16:09 GMT
China condemns French parliament's Uyghur genocide declaration
The authorities in China have reacted angrily to a French parliament resolution on Friday that accuses Beijing of carrying out a genocide against its Uyghur Muslim population, a move that has further strained ties two weeks before the opening of the Winter Olympics.The French resolution adds to a chorus of complaints from western nations which have criticised Beijing for placing an estimated one million Uyghurs ...[read more]
Published: Tue, 18 Jan 2022 10:37:09 GMT
Malta's Roberta Metsola elected EU Parliament's third woman president
The European Parliament elected conservative Maltese lawmaker Roberta Metsola as its president on Tuesday, making her the EU assembly's first woman president in 20 years.Metsola succeeded Italian socialist David Sassoli in the mostly ceremonial role presiding over the 705-member parliament of the European Union, after he ...[read more]
Published: Sat, 22 Jan 2022 05:30:02 GMT
Zhang Shuai meets round three Australian Open end
SYDNEY, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- World No. 74, Zhang Shuai became the last Chinese player to exit the singles bracket of this year's Australian Open as she lost her round three match to Belgian world No. 26 Elise Mertens. The 33-year-old tennis veteran found little reprieve against Mertens, losing in straight sets 6-2, 6-2. The Belgian put on the pressure from the outset, double-breaking Zhang in the first set...[read more]
Published: Fri, 21 Jan 2022 21:49:02 GMT
Belgium approves new coronavirus barometer
BRUSSELS, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Belgium is introducing a coronavirus barometer to gauge the seriousness of the COVID-19 crisis, which consists of three color codes, yellow, orange and red, according to Belgium's consultative committee on Friday. The barometer will come into effect on Jan. 28 under code red. "The hope is that we can go from a pandemic to an endemic. That should ensure that we would have much...[read more]
Published: Fri, 21 Jan 2022 16:06:42 GMT
Analysis: Four things to look out for in Spain's Matchday 22
MADRID, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- The 22nd round of matches in La Liga comes after an intense month of January which has seen teams juggle La Liga with the Copa del Rey and in some cases a trip to Saudi Arabia for the Spanish Supercup. Here are some things to look out for this weekend in Spain before La Liga takes a well-earned weekend break. 1. Real Madrid should have it easier against Elche in La Liga Real Ma...[read more]
Published: Fri, 21 Jan 2022 08:55:12 GMT
China's Wang Qiang bows out of Australian Open round three
SYDNEY, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese player Wang Qiang's Australian Open journey came to an abrupt end on Friday after she was beaten out by U.S. player Madison keys, 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (2). Set one went in the 30-year-old Wang's favor as she was able to capitalize on 26 unforced errors and three double faults committed by a shaky Keys. Midway through the second set Keys shifted the match's momentum after winni...[read more]
Published: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 12:03:22 GMT
100 new dogs to give more teeth to CRPF in anti-insurgency operations
By Saurabh TrivediNew Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): In what can be seen as is an indicator of heightened activity in Left Wing Extremism (LWE)-affected areas and Jammu and Kashmir (JK), the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is procuring a new batch of 100 dogs to assist their operational units.
A senior CRPF officer informed ANI that they will be procuring 100 pups for their K9 unit. After procurement, pups will be t...[read more]
Published: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 10:05:02 GMT
China's Zhang Shuai, Wang Qiang into Australian Open third round
SYDNEY, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- China's Zhang Shuai has progressed to the third round of the Australian Open after her opponent Elena Rybakina retired in the second set. Zhang's compatriot Wang Xinyu was struck down by Belarussian world No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka. Zhang's game came to a dramatic end after Kazakhstani, No. 12 seed, withdrew one game into the second set, the final score reached 6-4, 1-0. Ryba...[read more]
Published: Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:55:01 GMT
Ukrainian president, NATO chief discuss security issues
KIEV, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday held a phone conversation with Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Jens Stoltenberg to discuss security issues. The talks focused on the diplomatic efforts aimed at de-escalating the security situation around Ukraine, according to the press service of the president's office. During the conversation...[read more]
Published: Wed, 19 Jan 2022 17:18:11 GMT
18 members of human trafficking gang sentenced in Belgium
BRUSSELS, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- A Belgian court on Wednesday sentenced a 45-year-old Vietnamese man to 15 years in prison for being the ringleader in the trafficking of 39 Vietnamese migrants back in 2019. The migrants all died in a truck trailer while being smuggled into Britain. Seventeen others were also found guilty, local media reported. The gang members have been handed prison sentences ranging from o...[read more]
Published: Wed, 19 Jan 2022 16:05:42 GMT
China's Wang Qiang progresses to round three of Australian Open
SYDNEY, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese player Wang Qiang, after defeating Belgian world No. 55 Alison Van Uytvanck in three sets, proceeded to round three of the Australian Open on Wednesday. Despite a first-set defeat, the 30-year-old managed to reverse the momentum against her opponent, tying the match up with a tiebreaker in the second set before closing the victory 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3. Wang was able to wea...[read more]
Published: Tue, 18 Jan 2022 16:19:50 GMT
Russian, German FMs discuss security guarantees, Ukraine's situation
MOSCOW, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock met here Tuesday to discuss Moscow's proposal for security guarantees between Russia and the West, and the situation in Ukraine. "We expressed concern over the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)'s course aimed at containing Russia," Lavrov said during a press conference following the talks....[read more]
Published: Tue, 18 Jan 2022 10:37:12 GMT
EU Commissioner says high inflation drivers to remain strong until second half of 2022
Brussels [Belgium], January 18 (ANI/Sputnik): European Commissioner for the Economy Paolo Gentiloni said on Tuesday that factors contributing to high inflation in the European Union will diminish, but not earlier than in the second half of the year.
"It is clear that the factors driving to high inflation in the EU will decline, will fade, but probably not as soon as we expected, so probably in the second part of the year ...[read more]
Published: Mon, 17 Jan 2022 16:05:01 GMT
Another Danish minister tests positive for COVID-19
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Rasmus Prehn, the Danish Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries, will miss Monday's EU Council meeting in Brussels after testing positive for the coronavirus. "Positive results for corona and self-isolation. I received the result of my PCR test last night. Only with a very small number of symptoms... A slight ache in the head, neck, and ears, for example. I hope it does not ...[read more]