There is a new Black head of state in Europe. Wales, one of four countries comprising the United Kingdom, recently selected Vaughan Gething as its first minister, the highest position in the Welsh Parliament. The election is a first for Wales, the U.K., and it is believed to be history-making for all of Europe. Gething, … Read more
(Bloomberg) — Ecuador’s Public Prosecutor’s Office was asked to open a probe of former President Rafael Correa for alleged treason over comments he made amid a diplomatic crisis with Mexico, according to a statement from the presidency. Most Read from Bloomberg Correa, who lives in Belgium to evade a graft conviction in absentia, has made … Read more
About ten million residents of the Colombian capital Bogota are being forced to ration water amid crippling shortages due to a severe drought. It comes as the El Niño climate phenomenon pushes reservoir levels to their lowest point in decades. Officials have split the region around the capital into nine zones – each zone taking … Read more
Israeli forces launched a fresh deployment in the central Gaza Strip in the early hours of Thursday, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said. The announcement referred to “a precise, intelligence-based operation to eliminate terrorist operatives and strike terrorist infrastructure in central Gaza.” Israeli combat jets had struck targets above and below the ground before the … Read more
***Video above: What is the Miranda Warning?*** BERLIN (AP) — A court in Germany on Wednesday sentenced a 30-year-old man to 13 years in prison for attempted murder for injecting mercury into his 1-year-old daughter’s foot. The man’s girlfriend was sentenced to 12 years in prison for taking part in the crime. The German news … Read more
(Bloomberg) — Keir Starmer vowed Labour will preserve the UK’s nuclear deterrent if it’s voted into power, underlining how much he’s changed the opposition party since replacing Jeremy Corbyn as leader. Most Read from Bloomberg Starmer on Friday will become the first Labour leader in three decades to see the UK’s nuclear submarines being built … Read more
“I don’t know how I managed to escape – I can’t swim,” says Muaziza Ambaraje. She was on board as Mozambique’s worst sea disaster in recent memory unfolded on Monday. The 47-year-old is a regular on the makeshift ferry between Lungá, where she was born, and Mozambique Island where she lives. “No wave took us … Read more
To Russia, the Ukraine war and the “gray zone” fights beyond it are two sides of the same coin. Destabilizing Africa would ease Russia’s campaign in Ukraine, the Kremlin believes. The KGB’s successors, however, have had a less than stellar record. Even as Russian bombs pound Ukraine, Moscow’s mercenaries and spies are busy trying to … Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron has called on his country’s defence industry to permanently increase arms production in light of the war in Ukraine. “We need to prepare ourselves permanently for a geopolitical and geostrategic change in which the defence industry will play a growing role,” Macron said on Thursday at the laying of the foundation … Read more
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Thursday mocked a scheduled round of Ukraine peace talks in Switzerland, warning that Moscow will not accept any enforced plans that ignore its interests. Switzerland’s government said Wednesday it will host a high-level international conference in June to help chart a path toward peace in Ukraine after … Read more