Alexei Navalny arrives in Germany for treatment for suspected poisoning
Russian opposition leader flown to Berlin after doctors allow discharge from Siberian hospital
Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny has been evacuated to a hospital in Berlin to be treated for suspected poisoning, after his wife and supporters begged Vladimir Putin to let him leave a Siberian hospital.
Doctors in the city of Omsk had initially refused to allow him to leave their care, but he was finally allowed to fly out on an air ambulance sent by a German charity in the early hours of Saturday morning.
After landing in Berlin, Navalny, 44, was rushed in a convoy of ambulance and police cars to Berlin’s Charité hospital complex.
A federal judge asked the Trump campaign for evidence of mail-in voter fraud. They couldn’t deliver
Court documents seen by The Independent reveal Trump campaign has struggled to come up with evidence of mail-in ballot fraud, writes Richard Hall
The Trump campaign has been unable to provide evidence of mail-in voter fraud in response to a request from a federal judge in Pennsylvania, casting doubt on the president’s repeated assertion that mail-in ballots could be “rigged” against him.
A lawsuit filed by the campaign to block the use of drop-off ballot boxes — where voters can deliver their mail-in ballots to be picked up by election officials — had alleged that their use would increase the risk of voter fraud in the battleground state.
But when asked by Judge J Nicholas Ranjan to provide evidence, the campaign filed hundreds of pages of documents that failed to identify any instances of mail-in fraud.
Belarusians 'will never accept' Lukashenko's leadership, says opposition's Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya
The opposition leader gave her first press conference since fleeing the country. Earlier, she called on workers to step up their strikes in a bid to make President Lukashenko resign.
Belarusians "will never accept" President Alexander Lukashenko's leadership, exiled opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said on Friday during a press conference in Lithuania.
"It should be clear to the president that there is a need for change. I hope that good sense prevails and the people will be heard and there will be new elections," said Tsikhanouskaya.
Property developers eye damaged homes in Beirut’s historic district
Just weeks after the devastating Beirut port explosion, property developers have begun eyeing destroyed mansions and buildings in the Lebanese capital as residents, already crippled by the financial crisis, find it too expensive to rebuild old homes. But one family in the hard-hit Gemmayze district refuses to give up a beloved ancestral home.
Spat at, segregated, policed: Hong Kong's dark-skinned minorities say they've never felt accepted
Updated 0729 GMT (1529 HKT) August 22, 2020
Zaran Vachha was born and raised in Hong Kong. Yet the 34-year-old, of Indian, Iranian, Malay and Sri Lankan descent, says the Chinese city has never treated him like one of its own.
He says he has been spat at, cussed at, and denied public services. When he sits down on the subway, nearby passengers often get up or move away.
Once, he saw an intoxicated woman unconscious in the middle of the road. He carried her to safety, and ran into a convenience store to buy her water. When he came back out, he says police who thought he'd drugged her shoved him against a wall and slapped handcuffs on him, before witnesses came to his defense.
California fires: Governor asks Australia for help
California is struggling to contain huge wildfires burning forests and homes, warned Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday as more than 12,000 fire-fighters battled blazes that have killed six people.
Help was on its way from several US states as Gov Newsom put in a plea for assistance from Australia and Canada.
"These fires are stretching our resources, our personnel," he said.
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