Category: World News
The People Executed In Iran in Monthslong Protest Crackdown
New York Times The three executions added to the number of Iranians who have been hanged in a crackdown over protests last fall. https://www.nytimes.com/article/iran-protests-death-sentences-executions.html
Read MoreBowing to pressure, Biden relents on F-16s to Ukraine
Washington Post Kyiv now appears in line to get F-16 fighter jets by the fall, as Washington agrees to let other nations send them into battle. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/05/19/ukraine-f16-fighter-jet-biden/
Read MoreMan who rammed car through Vatican gate sent to psych ward
Fox News The man who drove through a Vatican City gate and kept going even after guards fired at his car was taken Friday to a nearby hospital for psychiatric care after a preliminary interrogation, the Vatican said. The man, who has not been identified by the Holy See, was taken to the Santo Spirito…
Read MoreMexico sends marines to seize part of private rail line
Fox News The Mexican government sent in marines Friday to take over part of a private railway line in southern Mexico. It was not clear whether the seizure of the rail line on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec constituted an expropriation. The government said it would compensate the owners for what it called the “temporary occupation”…
Read MoreGhanaian officials believe $3B IMF loan will ‘reset’ economy, ease hardship
Fox News Ghanian officials said Thursday that the $3 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout approved for the West African nation would help “reset the economy” and ease the economic hardship on millions of citizens. Though “far from a magic solution wand,” the credit facility approved by the IMF to aid the nation’s economic growth…
Read MoreNigerian doctors begin 5-day strike demanding better working conditions
Fox News Doctors in Nigerian public hospitals on Wednesday kicked off a five-day strike to demand better conditions, leading to health care being shut for many patients. The strike by the resident doctors became necessary after the government’s refusal to increase their salaries and pay arrears owed some of their members as well as to…
Read MoreLebanon gets Interpol notice following central bank chief’s failure to appear
Fox News Lebanon on Friday received an Interpol notice for the country’s embattled central bank governor who failed to show up in Paris earlier in the week for questioning in a key corruption case, officials said. France, Germany, and Luxembourg are investigating the governor, Riad Salameh, and his associates over myriad financial crimes, including illicit…
Read MoreChild accidentally hangs herself in amusement park inflatable while staff stared at phones: Report
Fox News A child in Ukraine died after she accidentally strangled herself inside an inflatable trampoline on May 13. The incident happened when the child, just 4-years-old, was playing on an inflatable trampoline at a kids’ amusement park in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, and “became entangled” in the loops of the inflatable object, police said. Serhii Shaikhet,…
Read MoreIran executes three men connected to anti-government protests
Washington Post Rights groups say they were accused unfairly, made to confess under duress and convicted without sufficient evidence, to deter dissent. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/19/iran-executes-three-protests-dissent/
Read MoreObama, Colbert now among 500 Americans banned from Russia
Fox News In response to a new round of U.S. sanctions, Russia announced Friday that it was banning 500 Americans from entering the country, including former President Barack Obama and comedian Stephen Colbert. PAUL PELOSI, BIDEN FAMILY MEMBERS AMONG 200 AMERICANS SANCTIONED BY RUSSIA The list released by the Foreign Ministry did not specify complaints…
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