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Belarus’ leader digs in amid continuing protests

7:26 pm August 20, 2020

Minsk: Demonstrators again took to the streets of the Belarusian capital and other cities Thursday, keeping up their push for the nation’s authoritarian leader to step down after extending his 26-year rule in a vote the opposition saw as rigged. President Alexander Lukashenko has dismissed the protesters as Western puppets and threatened opposition leaders with criminal charges. Following that, […]

Berlin security services: Highway attacker wasn’t on radar

7:02 pm August 20, 2020

Berlin: German authorities said Thursday that a 30-year-old man accused of deliberately driving his car into other vehicles along a major Berlin highway wasn’t previously on the security services’ radar. The Iraqi citizen crashed into a car, two motorcycles and a motor scooter on Tuesday night. Six people were injured, three of them severely. He was charged with at […]

Belarus president remains defiant as strikes widen

11:41 pm August 18, 2020

Minsk: More workers in Belarus joined a widening strike Tuesday as they press for the resignation of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has extended his 26-year rule in an election the opposition says was rigged. Lukashenko has bluntly rejected the demands to step down following a harsh police crackdown on peaceful protesters in the days after the Aug. […]

Indian embassy in Netherlands to start printing passports

3:30 pm August 17, 2020

The Hague: The Indian embassy in Netherlands will soon start printing passports for Indian nationals in need, Ambassador Venu Rajamony has said. At present, the passports are sent to New Delhi for printing. In his address on the occasion of India’s 74th Independence Day on Saturday, Rajamony made two key announcements for facilitating the consular services by the embassy to the Indian nationals and the diaspora in […]

German food company to change racist name of popular sauce

10:49 pm August 16, 2020

Berlin: One of Germany‘s best-known food companies said it will rename a popular spicy dressing because of the racist connotations of its name. Food company Knorr will change the name of its “Zigeuersauce,” or “gypsy sauce” to “Paprika Sauce Hungarian Style,” the German weekly Bild am Sonntag reported Sunday. “Since ‘gypsy sauce’ can be interpreted […]