The future of the European Union’s defence and security relations with Africa grabbed the spotlight this week, after France and its European allies announced plans to withdraw forces from the West African State of Mali. France and French-led EU forces have been fighting armed groups in Mali since 2013. But the country’s relations with Mali…Continue Reading
Tunisia and the International Monetary Fund are in preliminary talks, with an eye on a potential multibillion-dollar rescue deal for an economy plagued by recession, public debt, inflation and unemployment. The North African nation on Monday started talks with the Washington, DC-based crisis lender, which has called for “deep reforms” and public spending cuts. But…Continue Reading
Former suburban Minneapolis police officer Kim Potter has been sentenced to two years in prison for first-degree manslaughter in the killing of Daunte Wright, an unarmed Black man at a fatal traffic stop in April 2021. Potter said she had intended to shoot him with her Taser. Judge Regina Chu said Potter must serve at least…Continue Reading
OTTAWA, Ontario – Demonstrators supporting the Freedom Convoy locked arms to block law enforcement’s advancement towards Parliament Hill on Friday. The protesters sang Canada’s national anthem while standing in front of the police. Some shouted, “Hold the line,” “freedom,” and “peace and love.” Many wore and held Canadian flags. Law enforcement included mounted officers on…Continue Reading
Facebook parent company Meta has announced it will be implementing a ‘fact checking’ service in its messaging platform WhatsApp, in order to counter so-called ‘fake news’ during the upcoming French presidential election. Digital messaging service WhatsApp is launching a new ‘fact checking’ service implemented in France, according to an announcement made by the service’s parent…Continue Reading
U.S. Senate hopeful and Hillbilly Elegy author J.D. Vance slammed his opponent Republican Mike Gibbons over prior remarks made on abortion, as Gibbons once described his position not as pro-life but “pro-people.” “I think one of the most important issues for the conservative movement is the right to life, right? … If you’re not willing to…Continue Reading
Republican Rep. Jim Hagedorn (R-MN), 59, died Thursday after battling kidney cancer, his wife announced on Friday.“It is with a broken heart, shattered spirit and overwhelming sadness I share my husband Congressman Jim Hagedorn passed away peacefully last night,” his wife Jennifer Carnahan, the former chairwoman of the Minnesota Republican Party, announced in a Facebook…Continue Reading
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Spiking tensions in eastern Ukraine on Friday aggravated Western fears of a Russian invasion and a new war in Europe, with a humanitarian convoy hit by shelling and pro-Russian rebels evacuating civilians from the conflict zone. A car bombing hit the eastern city of Donetsk, but no casualties were reported.The Kremlin…Continue Reading
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Shells struck by the hundreds along the tense front lines in eastern Ukraine, drones monitoring a fragile cease-fire lost their way when the GPS signal they rely on was jammed, and then the cellphone network went dark.In a sliver of land where pro-Russian separatists have battled for years against Ukrainian government…Continue Reading
Amid its tensest standoff with the West since the Cold War, Russia plans to give its nuclear weapons apparatus a practice run this weekend.The multiple practice launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles and cruise missiles set for Saturday follow a warning from U.S. President Joe Biden that Russia could invade Ukraine within days.NATO says Russian President…Continue Reading
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