MADRID (AP) — Spain may face weeks or even months of political stalemate and possibly a new election, but a nationwide poll produced a result that will be greeted with relief in continental capitals that, like Madrid, are strong supporters of the European Union. Spain’s Vox party, with its ultra-nationalist bent, lost voter support in … Read more
EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — Wrecking ball-sized buoys on the Rio Grande. Razor wire stretched across private property without permission. Bulldozers changing the very terrain of America’s southern frontier. For more than two years, Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott has stepped up measures to keep migrants out of the United States, pushing legal boundaries with … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden has represented her country at the Tokyo Olympics, the coronation of a king in London and a royal wedding in Jordan. She has another chance to put her ambassadorial skills to work this week when the United States officially joins a United Nations agency dedicated to education, science and culture … Read more
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – A U.S. nuclear-powered submarine arrived in South Korea on Monday, just days after the first U.S. nuclear submarine visited the country in four decades, as the two allies seek to bolster U.S. strategic assets to deter North Korea. The USS Annapolis entered a naval base on Jeju Island in … Read more
(Reuters) – Russia has withdrawn from the Black Sea Grains Agreement that guaranteed the safety of Ukrainian grain exports because the deal had lost its meaning, President Vladimir Putin wrote in an article published early on Monday. “The pursuit of the ‘grain deal’ – which did not justify its humanitarian purpose – has lost its … Read more
CNN — Yemeni police have arrested 21 suspects in the murder of a local office chief of the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) in Taiz, according to the Yemeni Interior Ministry. Moayad Hameidi was shot dead in Turbah in Taiz governorate. Turbah is a city located near the Red Sea coast. The Interior Ministry … Read more
Editor’s note: The Kyiv Independent exclusively republishes an interview with Yuliya Kovaliv prepared by Ukrainian Studies Forum, a research publication for experts, practitioners and scholars. This platform is managed by the Canadian Institute for Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) at the University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada). Jade McGlynn is a Leverhulme EC Research Fellow in the Department … Read more
First Lady Jill Biden will be in France this week to mark the United States’ return to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and to honor troops who served in World War II. Biden’s trip, which will be her first to France as first lady, will begin Monday in Paris where she … Read more
Arafa Adoum with her baby in a refugee camp in Chad After the death of her three sons, a heavily pregnant radio host fled war on foot in Sudan’s Darfur region and gave birth to a baby boy at the border crossing with Chad. “I delivered him on the road. There were no midwives and … Read more
Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko During his meeting with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin on July 23, Belarus’ self-proclaimed president Alexander Lukashenko raised concerns about Russian private military company Wagner planning an attack on Poland, Lukashenko-affiliated Telegram channel Pul Pervogo reported on July 23. “They are starting to stress us with their actions – the Wagner … Read more