President Joe Biden has renominated Eric Garcetti as U.S. ambassador to India, after the former Los Angeles mayor’s nomination failed to make the Senate floor last year. Garcetti was among a series of nominees who will get restarts in the new Congress. Biden also renominated Gigi Sohn to serve as the fifth commissioner on the … Read more
Burkina Faso made the decision amid public disillusionment with Paris’ counterterrorist assistance Burkina Faso has ordered the French ambassador to leave the country, local authorities confirmed on Monday. The move comes after November unrest during which protesters attempted to storm France’s embassy while blaming Paris for its security problems. Speaking to the AP News agency, … Read more
The country does not fit America’s criteria for such a designation, according to Washington’s envoy for global criminal justice The US cannot designate Russia as a “state sponsor of terrorism” since it simply does not fit the relevant criteria, the US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice Beth Van Schaack told a briefing on Tuesday, while … Read more
In this file photo is seen Sean Turnell, a detained Australian adviser to Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi. | Photo Credit: AFP Myanmar’s junta said on Thursday it will release 700 prisoners, including a former British ambassador, a Japanese journalist and an Australian adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi’s ousted government. Former British … Read more
Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna. File | Photo Credit: Reuters It is time to confirm a U.S. Ambassador to India, a top Indian-American Congressman said Monday noting that for nearly two years now there has been no American envoy in New Delhi. “The U.S. needs a strong defense and strategic partnership with India, especially in the … Read more
CNN — David Beckham’s “status as a gay icon will be shredded” if the former England captain and Manchester United star continues in his role as a Qatar World Cup ambassador said British comedian Joe Lycett on Sunday. In a video posted on Twitter, Lycett, a British comedian who describes himself as queer on his … Read more
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Sky Germany presenter Thomas Fleischmann used his platform to respond to the comments made by a Qatar World Cup ambassador that homosexuality is a ‘damage in the mind’. Source link
A man walks outside the Al-Thumama Stadium in Doha on November 8, 2022, ahead of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup football tournament. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) A Qatari World Cup ambassador called homosexuality a “damage in the mind” in a German TV interview, sparking criticism in Europe and the United States Tuesday … Read more
An ambassador for the World Cup in Qatar has described homosexuality as a “damage in the mind” in an interview with German public broadcaster ZDF only two weeks before the opening of the football tournament in the Gulf state An ambassador for the World Cup in Qatar has described homosexuality as a “damage in the … Read more
A Qatar World Cup ambassador has told German television broadcaster ZDF that homosexuality was “damage in the mind”, as the Gulf state prepares to host the global tournament in less than two weeks. In an interview filmed in Doha and to be screened later on Tuesday, former Qatari international Khalid Salman addressed the issue of … Read more