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Migrants will have to be able to speak Swedish to become citizens under country’s new proposals – after years of liberal migration policies Sweden opened its doors to refugees during the migrant crisis of 2015 There has since been a rise in far-right and gang violence in the liberal country The government is now setting … Read more
Chinese billionaire Jack Ma – the man behind Asia’s version of Amazon – has slipped to third in the country’s rich list after criticising authorities and disappearing from his own TV show. Chief executive and founder of budget e-commerce marketplace Pinduoduo Colin Huang has overtaken Ma of Alibaba Group Holding and Tencent Holdings’ Pony Ma Huateng … Read more
Mexico cuffs the DEA: Country passes law limiting power of ‘foreign agents’ – who will now be forced to submit their intelligence to Mexican officials in huge boost for drug cartels Mexico’s lower house of congress on Tuesday approved legislation that limits the powers of ‘foreign agents’ operating in the country The 329-98 vote comes … Read more
Sweden’s king has said his country’s lockdown-free approach to battling coronavirus has ‘failed’ and that people have ‘suffered tremendously’ as a result. Carl XVI Gustaf, whose son and daughter-in-law tested positive for Covid-19 last month, used an annual royal Christmas TV special to highlight the growing impact of the virus In a rare intervention from … Read more
An air strike killed a commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards along the Iraq-Syria border at the weekend, Iraqi security and local militia officials have confirmed. A drone is said to have killed Muslim Shahdan, a senior commander in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, in a targeted strike on his car, Iraqi security forces told Saudi-based … Read more
Coronavirus infection rates were already plummeting across England before the second national lockdown was imposed, according to official statistics that suggest Boris Johnson should have held his nerve for another week before pressing the panic button. MailOnline’s analysis of Public Health England’s weekly coronavirus surveillance report, released last night, shows a sea of green has … Read more
New Delhi was blanketed in noxious haze Friday as air pollution levels in parts of the city soared to ‘severe’ levels, hours after US President Donald Trump described the air in the vast nation as ‘filthy’. Smoke from agricultural burning, vehicle fumes and industrial emissions – combined with cooler temperatures and slow-moving winds that trap … Read more
The return of the shopping trolley police: Welsh supermarkets are ordered to only sell ‘essential goods’ to customers during the country’s 17-day lockdown Stores being told that they are unable to sell items such as clothes to shoppers The controversial Welsh ‘firebreak’ lockdown runs from Friday until November 9 Many retailers being forced to shut … Read more
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said the actions of Turkey and Azerbaijan amounted to a ‘terroristic attack’ over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region that formed part of the continuation of Armenian genocide. ‘What we are facing is an Azeri-Turkish international terroristic attack,’ Pashinyan said. ‘To me there is no doubt that this is a policy … Read more
The Prince of Wales travelled to Kuwait on Sunday evening to offer his condolences following the death of the country’s ruler, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah. Prince Charles, 71, expressed sympathies on behalf of the Queen to the new Amir of the tiny oil-rich country, His Highness Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah. The … Read more