'Grave concern': Navalny case alarms chemical weapons agency
OPCW issues warning amid growing rift between Western powers and Moscow over poisoning of Kremlin critic.
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the global chemical weapons agency, said on Thursday the poisoning of any individual with a toxic nerve agent would be considered use of a banned chemical weapon, in a statement regarding the poisoning of Kremlim critic Alexey Navalny.
Novichok was banned this year by the OPWC.
"Any poisoning of an individual through the use of a nerve agent is considered a use of chemical weapons. Such an allegation is a matter of grave concern," the OPCW said.
Hong Kong court acquits media mogul Jimmy Lai of intimidation
Magistrate finds no evidence pro-democracy tycoon tried to instil fear in reporter from rival paper
The Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been cleared of criminal intimidation charges dating from 2017, bringing to a close one of several cases against him.
On Thursday Lai, who has been arrested multiple times this year mostly in relation to pro-democracy activities, was acquitted of intimidating a reporter from the pro-Beijing Oriental Daily, a rival newspaper to his pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily, during a 2017 vigil to mark the 4 June 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
Facebook bans Indian BJP politician for violating hate-speech rules
The move comes after it emerged that profiles in Raja Singh's name had called Muslims 'traitors'
Sankalp Phartiyal,Sudarshan Varadhan
Facebook Inc has banned a member of India's ruling party for violating its policies covering violence and hate, as Mark Zuckerberg's company finds itself caught in a debate over how it handles political content in its biggest market.
The company said on Thursday it had banned politician Raja Singh from Facebook and Instagram under its “dangerous individuals and organisations” policy.
When contacted for comment, Mr Singh, who is from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party, sent Reuters a video message saying his followers and other party workers had opened up pages using his name and that he plans to contact Facebook so that he can open an account.
What German Gigafactory neighbors make of Tesla's Elon Musk
As Tesla CEO Elon Musk is visiting Germany, fans and opponents of his Gigafactory near Berlin are gathering once again to make their voices heard. DW's Grzegorz Szymanowski was on the ground in Grünheide.
If Beatrix Hundertmark got the chance to talk to Elon Musk, she would tell him that he made a grave mistake.
"It's a totally wrong place for this investment," she says, standing just opposite Tesla Street in Grünheide, Germany.
New York’s poorest families anguish over ‘risky choice’ to send kids back to school
As the first day of school approaches, New York's poorest -- often uninsured families -- face a risky choice: send kids to school where they could contract coronavirus, or keep them home for online classes, potentially compromising their academic progress and preventing parents from working
New York, the largest school district in the United States with 1.1 million students, is the only major city nationwide to offer in-person classes.
Face-to-face learning will be available one to three times a week starting September 21, a risky bet considered key to rebooting the embattled city's economy.
Japan Coast Guard searches for missing ship with 43 sailors and 5,800 cows aboard
Updated 0824 GMT (1624 HKT) September 3, 2020
A lone Filipino sailor has been rescued from the dark waters of the Pacific Ocean after a cargo ship with 43 people aboard went missing during Typhoon Maysak, according to the Japan Coast Guard.
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