Russian diplomat found dead outside Berlin embassy
Reports of last month’s death have only just emerged and suggest the man fell from an upper floor. from: BBC News
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Havana syndrome reported at US embassy in Colombia
The mystery illness has sickened US diplomats around the world since it was first reported in 2016. from: BBC News
Cases of ‘Havana Syndrome’ Reported at U.S. Embassy in Colombia
The State Department is investigating new complaints of mysterious brain injuries before Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken’s visit to the country next week. From: New York Times
Havana syndrome: Berlin police probe cases at US embassy
Police say the investigation into the “alleged sonic weapon attack” began in August. from: BBC News
Afghanistan: UK embassy told Afghans to go to Abbey Gate before suicide attack
Despite an attack being expected, emails seen by the BBC show embassy staff directing Afghans to the gate.
U.S. Asks Taliban to Spare Its Kabul Embassy in Coming Fight for Capital
The demand seeks to stave off an evacuation of the embassy by dangling aid to future Afghan governments — even one that includes the Taliban. From: New York Times
UK police involved for months in embassy spy case – Met boss
A man working for the British Embassy was arrested near Berlin accused of spying for Russia.
Berlin embassy arrest: A case of old-school spying?
Why nothing in the case of the arrest of a man at the British Embassy in Berlin should surprise us.
Germany Arrests British Embassy Worker Suspected of Spying for Russia
Prosecutors accuse the British man of handing over documents to Russian agents for cash, amid growing concerns that Germany is increasingly caught in the cross hairs of international spying. From: New York Times
Swiss embassy urges Chinese media to remove articles about scientist
A Swiss biologist who had been quoted in Chinese media in recent days did not exist, it said. from: BBC News
Walt Whitman – A BROADWAY PAGEANT – (RECEPTION OF THE JAPANESE EMBASSY, JUNE 16, 1860.)
1. Over sea, hither from Niphon, Courteous, the Princes of Asia, swart-cheeked princes, First-comers, guests, two-sworded princes, Lesson-giving princes, leaning back in their open barouches, bare-headed, impassive, This day they ride through Manhattan. 2. Libertad! I do not know whether others behold what I behold, In the procession, along with the Princes of Asia, the… Leggi tutto »