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Russia’s Navalny has thriller ailment which can be sluggish poisoning – spokeswoman

Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most outstanding opposition politician, is grappling with a thriller ailment in jail that may very well be some form of sluggish performing poison and has misplaced 8 kg in weight in simply over two weeks, his spokeswoman mentioned. An ambulance was known as for Navalny in a single day on Friday to Saturday to the maximum-security IK-6 penal colony at Melekhovo, about 250 km (115 miles) east of Moscow, the place he’s being held. Kira Yarmysh, his spokeswoman, mentioned in a video clip on Twitter accompanied by disturbing background music.

British dressmaker Mary Quant dies aged 93 – PA Media

British dressmaker Mary Quant, credited with designing the mini skirt that helped to outline the swinging 60s, has died aged 93, PA Media reported on Thursday.

French unions rally supporters to the streets forward of pension ruling

Union activists barged into the Paris headquarters of luxurious items firm LVMH on Thursday, saying the French authorities ought to shelve plans to make individuals work longer for his or her pension and tax the wealthy extra as an alternative. In a twelfth day of nationwide protests since mid-January, placing staff additionally disrupted rubbish assortment in Paris and blocked river site visitors on a part of the Rhine river in japanese France.

Fiji authorities suspends public prosecutor for alleged misbehaviour

Fiji’s president suspended the Pacific island nation’s public prosecutor on Thursday and mentioned a tribunal could be appointed to analyze him for alleged misbehaviour. The transfer got here on the identical day that prosecutor Christopher Pryde’s workplace introduced that police had requested it to think about suspected costs in opposition to the prime minister, former prime minister, former police chief and former legal professional normal.

China to ban vessels from space close to Taiwan over rocket particles

China will ban vessels from an space close to Taiwan on Sunday due to the potential of falling rocket particles, its maritime security company mentioned on Thursday, as Japan sought particulars from Beijing on a reported no-fly zone in the identical location. China has not commented on the no-fly zone however South Korea, which was additionally briefed on the plans, mentioned it was attributable to a falling object associated to a launch car.

Norway expels 15 Russian ‘intelligence officers’ from embassy

Norway is expelling 15 Russian embassy officers that the international ministry mentioned on Thursday have been intelligence officers working beneath the duvet of diplomatic positions, a transfer which Moscow mentioned it might reply to. Some 40 Russian diplomats are at the moment accredited in Oslo, so the expulsions quantity to greater than a 3rd of their quantity.

Italy court docket refers case on unfreezing of Russian billionaire’s belongings to EU

An Italian court docket has referred to the EU Court of Justice a choice on whether or not to keep up the freeze on billionaire Alisher Usmanov’s belongings value greater than 80 million euros ($88.18 million), in accordance with a ruling. As a part of a Western drive in opposition to rich Russians after the Ukraine invasion, Italian police seized a villa on the island of Sardinia together with six companies holding properties and luxurious automobiles of the Uzbekistan-born metals and telecoms tycoon.

China sanctions senior US lawmaker for visiting Taiwan

China’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday sanctioned chairman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Michael McCaul for visiting Taiwan, saying he had despatched a “serious wrong signal to Taiwan independence separatist forces”. China views democratically-governed Taiwan as its personal territory and strongly objects to all high-level engagements between international and Taiwanese officers, particularly if it includes Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen.

North Korea launches new kind of ballistic missile, South says

North Korea fired a brand new mannequin of long-range ballistic missile on Thursday, South Korea mentioned, triggering a scare in northern Japan the place residents have been informed to take cowl, although there turned out to be no hazard. A South Korean army official mentioned the missile appeared to have been a brand new weapon displayed at current North Korean army parades, and presumably used stable gas.

Factbox: Who is Alexei Navalny and what does he say of Russia, Putin and loss of life?

Russia’s most outstanding opposition chief Alexei Navalny has misplaced 8 kg in jail and is struggling an sickness that may very well be some form of sluggish performing poison, his spokeswoman mentioned. Who is Navalny?

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