Category: GLOBAL NEWS
Protesters Demand Answers 11 Years After Mexican Students Vanished
Eleven years after her son vanished, Delfina de la Cruz vented frustration at the unsolved disappearances of 43 Mexican students who were allegedly kidnapped by drug traffickers while authorities turned a blind eye. The students from the Ayotzinapa teacher training college — whose members have a history of political activism — had commandeered buses to…
US To Revoke Colombian President’s Visa Over ‘Incendiary Actions’
The US State Department said it would revoke the visa of Colombia’s leftist President Gustavo Petro for his “incendiary actions” during a pro-Palestinian street protest in New York. “Earlier today, Colombian president @petrogustavo stood on a NYC street and urged US soldiers to disobey orders and incite violence,” the State Department said in a post…
Trump Can Only Win Nobel If Gaza Conflict Stops – Macron
US President Donald Trump could only win the Nobel Peace Prize if he stopped the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians over Gaza, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday. Macron told BFMTV in an interview from the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York that “there is only one person who could…
Trump Slams UN, Europe Over Migration, Climate
US President Donald Trump blasted the United Nations and Europe on his return to the world body Tuesday, warning that Western countries were “going to hell” because of migration and dismissing climate change as a “con job.” In a blistering speech during his first UN General Assembly appearance since his White House comeback, Trump also…
Kenya Police Facing Probe After New Death In Custody
Kenyan officers are facing another probe over the death of a man in custody, the country’s police watchdog said on Tuesday, barely three months after a similar case sparked protests. The east African nation faces long-standing allegations of police brutality, with the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) saying in June that 18 people died in…
UN General Assembly Votes For Hamas-Free Palestinian State
The UN General Assembly voted Friday to back a resolution which seeks to breathe new life into the two-state solution between Israel and Palestine — without the involvement of Hamas. The text was adopted by 142 votes in favor, 10 against — including Israel and key ally the United States — and 12 abstentions. It…
Albania Appoints AI-Generated Minister To Tackle Corruption
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has appointed the world’s first AI-generated government minister to oversee public tenders, promising its artificial intelligence would make it “corruption-free”. Presenting his new cabinet at a meeting of his Socialist Party following a big May election victory, Rama introduced the new “member”, named “Diella” — “sun” in Albanian. “Diella is…
Utah Governor Names Arrested Suspect In Kirk Killing As Tyler Robinson
The governor of Utah state on Friday named Tyler Robinson as the suspect in the killing of US right-wing activist Charlie Kirk after a massive manhunt. “We got him,” Utah Governor Spencer Cox told a press conference. Cox identified the suspect as Tyler Robinson and said the arrest was made after one of Robinson’s relatives…
Trump To Award Charlie Kirk Posthumous Presidential Medal Of Freedom
US President Donald Trump and other officials paid tribute to slain right-wing activist Charlie Kirk on Thursday as the country marked the 24th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Kirk was a “giant of his generation,” and a “champion of liberty,” Trump said at the beginning of his remarks during a 9/11 ceremony at…
FBI Releases Picture Of ‘Person Of Interest’ In Kirk Killing
US authorities investigating the killing of right-wing youth leader Charlie Kirk released pictures Thursday of a man they were hunting, as Donald Trump paid tribute to a “giant of his generation.” Kirk, a 31-year-old superstar on the Republican right who was credited with helping Trump return to the presidency last year, was shot while addressing…