Guyanese ex-foreign minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett narrowly led the second round of the informal process to pick the next UN chief, a diplomatic source and specialist media said Friday. Costa Rica’s Rebeca Grynspan was the front-runner last month when the 15-member Security Council held a first informal vote, behind closed doors and by secret ballot. She […]
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The US Supreme Court on Friday allowed construction of a massive White House ballroom to continue for now, giving President Donald Trump a temporary victory for one of his pet renovation projects. Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily lifted a lower court ruling that had demanded a halt to building of the controversial ballroom by midnight […]
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Russian drones slammed into a busy shopping centre in eastern Ukraine Friday, killing 15 people in an attack condemned as “cynical and despicable” by President Volodymyr Zelensky. The attack on Kryvyi Rig, Zelensky’s hometown, comes as Russia has intensified its bombardments of Ukrainian cities in recent months. Four more people, including three minors, were killed […]
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Bei russischen Angriffen im Zentrum und Süden der Ukraine sind am Freitag mindestens 18 Menschen getötet und Dutzende weitere verletzt worden. Allein bei einem doppelten Drohnenangriff auf ein Einkaufszentrum in der Stadt Krywyj Rih am hellichten Tage wurden nach Angaben der Regionalverwaltung mindestens 14 Menschen getötet und 120 weitere verletzt. Bei einem Angriff in der […]
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O presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) telefonou nesta sexta-feira (21) para seu homólogo americano, Donald Trump, para defender o diálogo em relação às tarifas impostas por Washington. Lula, que concorre à reeleição nas eleições de outubro, disse ao republicano que as recentes tarifas são “infundadas” e que seguir na mesa de negociação é “a […]
Read MoreThe governor of Mexico’s violence-plagued Sinaloa state, who is wanted by the United States on drug trafficking charges announced Friday he had resumed office after a nearly four-month absence to fight the allegations. In a long post on X, Ruben Rocha Moya, an ally of leftist President Claudia Sheinbaum, insisted he had “committed no crime” […]
Read MoreA Hong Kong court on Friday convicted two activists who organised annual vigils marking China’s deadly Tiananmen crackdown of “incitement to subversion”, with the UN, rights groups and several countries condemning the silencing of free speech. Lee Cheuk-yan, 69, and Chow Hang-tung, 41, committed acts that constituted “overthrowing or undermining the basic system… established by […]
Read MoreBolivian President Rodrigo Paz was forced to fire his economy minister on Friday after legislators voted to remove him for ducking questions about his handling of a severe economic crisis. The removal of Jose Gabriel Espinoza comes as the South American nation suffers through its worst economic turbulence in four decades, which the center-right Paz, […]
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio da Silva urged US counterpart Donald Trump in a phone call on Friday to resolve their countries’ trade dispute, saying US tariffs were imposed on “baseless” grounds. Washington imposed two new sets of tariffs on the Latin American giant in July, a move that has become a key campaign issue ahead […]
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