Russia’s Ministry of Communications, in conjunction with the Russian government’s National Broadcasting Company and all other state-owned media outlets, this week gave themselves the power to block websites they deem offensive in new ways.
Since Beijing announced it is reopening China’s borders, Hong Kong announced that beginning on Dec. 29, most of the pandemic measures will be lifted but the mask mandate will remain in effect.
Data show over 31,600 Russians have crossed southern border to seek political asylum since outbreak of war in Ukraine in February, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) encountering over 5,500 Russian migrants in November alone.
Benjamin Netanyahu becomes Prime Minister of Israel's most right-wing and religiously conservative government, pledging settlement expansion, subsidies for ultra-Orthodox allies, and judicial reform.