Новости за 24.12.2020

TUNIS — Controversial Tunisian media mogul and former presidential candidate Nabil Karoui was rearrested on Thursday in connection with an affair involving money laundering and tax evasion, a judicial spokesman said.

TRIPOLI — Libya on Thursday celebrated the 69th anniversary of its independence with military parades held in the centre of the capital Tripoli under tight security.

VANCOUVER — An executive for Chinese tech giant Huawei, facing extradition to the United States on fraud and conspiracy charges, plans to ask Canadian authorities to ease her bail conditions, her lawyers said on Wednesday.

It is almost the end of the year, and as usual, we take a little time to look back at all that happened in the last 12 months. Whereas the major, single big event has been and is still the COVID-19 crisis, what is of interest for this very column are not the direct but the indirect consequences of this unprecedented pandemic — namely the impact it has had on the world of high-tech. Or, to put it in other words, the impact that digital technology has had on the situation.

AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Wednesday received a phone call from US Vice President Mike Pence.

SARAJEVO — A refugee camp in Bosnia criticised for its bleak conditions was destroyed in a fire on Wednesday, police said, as the country faces a repeat crisis over where to shelter migrants during winter.