Myanmar coup: Aung San Suu Kyi appears in court to face fresh charges
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi has been seen for the first time since she was detained in a military coup, after she appeared in court via video link.
The ousted leader appeared to be in "good health" and asked to see her legal team, her lawyers say.
Two new charges were announced against Ms Suu Kyi, who was arrested after the 1 February coup.
Meanwhile, protesters took to the streets again despite Sunday seeing the deadliest day yet with 18 killed.
UK under pressure over plan to slash aid for Yemen by 50%
UN seeking to raise $3.85bn to avert widespread famine in country devastated by years of civil war
Yemenis and international aid organisations have urged the UK to reconsider reported cuts of up to 50% of its support for humanitarian efforts in the country’s devastating civil war.
The UN is hoping to raise $3.85bn (£2.76bn) from more than 100 governments and donors at a major virtual pledging conference on Monday to avert widespread famine in what is already the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. The total raised at last year’s conference fell $1.5bn short of what was needed.
Two in three Russians think Covid was created by humans as a bioweapon
Many of those polled also admitted to being unwilling to take Russia’s Covid vaccine
Almost two thirds of Russians believe that Coronavirus was created by humans to be used as a bioweapon, the independent Levada Centre polling agency said on Monday.
The results of the poll showed that 64 per cent of Russians who took part, thought that Covid-19 was made as a biological weapon. In comparison, 23 per cent of those polled thought that it had emerged naturally. A further 13 per cent did not feel they could answer.
The survey also found a correlation between an increased fear of getting infected by Covid-19 and a decline in daily numbers of coronavirus cases.
Uighur exiles living in fear in Turkey
Tens of thousands of Uighurs have fled to Turkey to escape Chinese persecution. Yet life in exile is challenging.
"I lost touch with my family five years ago; I only learned of my father's death one year later," a teary-eyed Abdüsükür tells DW. The 32-year-old is based in Istanbul's Zeytinburnu neighborhood, where most of the city's Uighur immigrants live and work. He earns a living working in a secondhand shop for mobile phones.
Abdüsükür is one of approximately 50,000 Uighurs who have recently fled China seeking safety in Turkey. The Chinese government has been persecuting the ethnic minority, with witnesses reporting that Uighurs have been detained in inhumane conditions in reeducation camps. Many of them, including minors, are picked up and deported without warning.
How race trumped class in self-definition
Who do you think you are?
Social media and 24-hour news channels have thrust identity politics to the fore. Once the preserve of the right, politicians of all stripes now prioritise ethnicity.
by Stéphane Beaud & Gérard Noiriel
The issue of race was thrust centre stage on 25 May 2020, when social media and 24-hour news channels showed video footage of the brutal murder of George Floyd recorded by a bystander with a smartphone. The wave of emotion and protests around the world triggered by a white police officer killing this African American in Minneapolis provoked a torrent of reaction and views on the crime and its political significance from anti-racist activists, journalists, politicians, intellectuals, experts and artists, in the US and elsewhere.
Is Banksy behind this prison-escape mural on the wall of a notorious British jail?
Written byRob Picheta, CNNLondon
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