Bosnian Interior Minister Quits Amid Fights on Migration, Corruption

National SecurityWorld NewsBosnian Interior Minister Quits Amid Fights on Migration, Corruption

PilotnewsJune 2, 2020

Bosnian Interior Minister Fahrudin Radoncic has resigned because he is unhappy with the country’s migration policy and because there is opposition to investigating the purchase of faulty respirators for the COVID-19 outbreak. Radoncic told Klix.ba on Tuesday that top officials, including chief diplomat Bisera Turkovic, “do not understand and identify the security threat’’ that the migrants, massing in Bosnia for an attempt to cross into EU-country Croatia, pose. According to the UN refugee agency, the...

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Facebook, Red Cross Launch Digital Campaign Against COVID-19

CoronavirusWorld NewsFacebook, Red Cross Launch Digital Campaign Against COVID-19

PilotnewsJune 2, 2020

Facebook says it has launched “AfricaTogether,” a digital campaign to encourage vigilance against COVID-19 in partnership with the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Jocelyne Muhutu-Rémy, Facebook’s Strategic Media Partnerships Manager for Sub-Saharan Africa, said on Monday that as part of the launch, there would be a digital campaign across Africa and a two-day festival on June 4 and June 5 featuring artists. “With about 100,000 Covid-19 cases on the continent and containment measures...

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FIBA Releases Guidelines for Basketball’s Return

CoronavirusSportsWorld NewsFIBA Releases Guidelines for Basketball’s Return

PilotnewsMay 26, 2020

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) on Tuesday published recommendations on returning to basketball in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The recommendations, which were published in the English, French and Spanish languages, are titled “Return to Basketball – Restart Guidelines for National Federations’’. A basketball-specific “Risk Assessment Tool’’ has also been produced in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that FIBA is the world governing body for...

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Russian COVID-19 Cases Exceed 350,000

CoronavirusWorld NewsRussian COVID-19 Cases Exceed 350,000

PilotnewsMay 25, 2020

Russia has confirmed 8,946 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, raising its total infections to 353,427, its coronavirus response centre said in a statement on Monday. The death toll grew by 92 to 3,633, while 118,798 people have recovered, including 5,499 over the last 24 hours, according to the statement. Moscow, the country’s worst-hit region, confirmed 2,560 new cases in the last 24 hours, taking its total to 166,473. Russia’s consumer rights and...

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Venice Film Festival Will Go Ahead in September – Veneto Governor

FilmWorld NewsVenice Film Festival Will Go Ahead in September – Veneto Governor

PilotnewsMay 24, 2020

The Venice Film Festival will go ahead as scheduled at the beginning of September. Luca Zaia, Governor of the region around the Italian city made this known on Sunday as the spread of the coronavirus in the country slows. Organised by the Biennale di Venezia Company, Venice is the world’s longest running film festival. In January it announced that Cate Blanchett would preside over its 77th edition. Due to the lockdown imposed on the film...

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U.S., Britain caution China as it moves on Hong Kong security laws

World NewsU.S., Britain caution China as it moves on Hong Kong security laws

PilotnewsMay 22, 2020

The U.S. and Britain on Thursday issued warnings to China about proposed national security laws that critics are blasting as Beijing’s attempt to crack down on freedoms in semi-autonomous Hong Kong. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said China is seeking to “unilaterally and arbitrarily impose national security legislation on Hong Kong” and called the legislation a “death knell” for Hong Kong’s autonomy. He warned that “any decision impinging on Hong Kong’s autonomy and freedoms”...

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Samsung Sends 300 More Workers to China for Chip Factory Expansion

BusinessTechnologyWorld NewsSamsung Sends 300 More Workers to China for Chip Factory Expansion

PilotnewsMay 22, 2020

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, said on Friday that it had sent 300 more South Korean engineers and workers to China to complete the expansion of its second chip manufacturing facility there amid the coronavirus pandemic. Samsung said engineers and workers, including some from its subcontractors, left for the Chinese city of Xian on a chartered flight earlier in the day. The move came a month after Samsung dispatched 200 engineers to...

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Slain Journalist Khashoggi’s Sons Say They Forgive Their Father’s Killers

Law & JusticeWorld NewsSlain Journalist Khashoggi’s Sons Say They Forgive Their Father’s Killers

PilotnewsMay 22, 2020

A son of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered inside Riyadh’s consulate in Turkey in 2018, on Friday said he and his brothers have forgiven his father’s killers. “We, the sons of martyr Jamal Khashoggi, announce we have forgiven whoever killed our father for the sake of God. “We deeply hope that God Almighty will reward us for this,’’ Salah Khashoggi, who lives in Saudi Arabia, tweeted. The gesture was announced as the...

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Half of Facebook Employees to Work Remotely in 10 years – Zuckerberg

BusinessTechnologyWorld NewsHalf of Facebook Employees to Work Remotely in 10 years – Zuckerberg

PilotnewsMay 22, 2020

Facebook’s founder and chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, says he expects the coronavirus pandemic will have a long-lasting impact on working practices. Zuckerberg expects that in ten years, about half of the social network company’s employees will be working remotely, he said in an interview with technology news site The Verge. He emphasised that the 50 per cent figure was his estimate and not an official announcement. According to a survey of Facebook employees, one in...

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Brazilian Football May Restart in June, CBF Says

CoronavirusSportsWorld NewsBrazilian Football May Restart in June, CBF Says

PilotnewsMay 20, 2020

Brazilian football could restart at the end of June, the secretary-general of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), Walter Feldman, said on Tuesday. This is coming in spite of the fact that the number of coronavirus cases is still rising in South America’s hardest-hit nation. Feldman said the return to action in the German Bundesliga, where nine first division games were played last weekend after a two-month hiatus, was a positive example for world football. “It...

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