Ahead of next month’s midterm US elections, Donald Trump has increasingly blamed Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries for surging energy prices back home, which are causing the president political headaches. However, analysts say the main driver of higher fuel prices remains the US–Iran war.- Which Russian sites have been targeted? -Ukraine has intensified its drone attacks […]
Read MoreThousands demonstrated in Venezuela’s capital and other cities Thursday, demanding the return of opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado. Around 2,000 protesters gathered peacefully in Plaza Venezuela, a busy area of Caracas, and more demonstrations were held elsewhere in the country. “We are calling for presidential elections and the return of our […]
Read MoreA turbo-charged election campaign by Israel’s far-right national security minister has seen gun-shaped keychains distributed to high school students and a promotional video threatening to “put to death” a Palestinian inmate. His policy pledges include encouraging Palestinians to leave the occupied West Bank and war-ravaged Gaza, as well as enforcing the death penalty on Palestinians […]
Read MoreBei dem schweren Erdbeben in der autonomen Region Tibet in China sind nach jüngsten offiziellen Angaben mindestens 16 Menschen ums Leben gekommen. Wie die staatliche Nachrichtenagentur Xinhua am Freitag (Ortszeit) unter Berufung auf örtliche Behörden berichtete, wurden weitere 32 Menschen bei dem Beben der Stärke 7,0 verletzt, mehr als 300 Häuser stürzten ein. Die Rettungsarbeiten […]
Read MoreIn Venezuela haben am Donnerstag tausende Menschen auf einer Kundgebung die Rückkehr der Oppositionspolitikerin und Friedensnobelpreisträgerin María Corina Machado gefordert. In der Hauptstadt Caracas versammelten sich rund 2000 Demonstrierende auf der Plaza Venezuela und hielten Plakate in die Höhe, auf denen sie die Abhaltung von Wahlen verlangten. Auch im Bundesstaat Táchira an der Grenze zu […]
Read MoreDrei Tage vor der Parlamentswahl in Serbien haben zehntausende Anhänger der Opposition für ein Ende der Regierung von Präsident Aleksandar Vucic in dem Westbalkanstaat demonstriert. Die Anhänger der Studentenliste zogen am Donnerstagabend durch die Straßen von Belgrad und versammelten sich schließlich auf dem Salvija-Platz der Hauptstadt. Nach Angaben der unabhängigen Gruppe Archiv öffentlicher Versammlungen nahmen […]
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A US judge on Thursday issued President Donald Trump a December 11 deadline to testify under oath in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC. Judge Enjolique Lett in Miami gave the order in response to complaints by the British broadcaster that Trump has refused to sit for a deposition, including canceling a previously […]
Read MoreIn El Salvador, walls that were once plastered with gang graffiti now feature tableaus of birds, flowers and landscapes, as artists reclaim public spaces from vanquished crime gangs. A few years ago, Colonia 10 de Octubre district in the town of San Marcos, about 10 kilometers (six miles) from the capital San Salvador, was a […]
Read MoreNew York’s city council on Thursday voted to ban horse-drawn carriages in Central Park, signaling the end of a tourist ritual that’s been subject to years of heated debate. Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who must sign the measure into law, had previously voiced support for such a ban but has also expressed concerns regarding protections for […]
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