Category: World News
What to know about Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant
Washington Post Fighting around the power plant in southeastern Ukraine has raised fears of a nuclear catastrophe. Here’s what to know about the Zaporizhzhia facility. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/20/zaporizhzhia-nuclear-plant-russia-ukraine/
Read MoreMexican high court overturns reforms rushed through Congress
Washington Post Mexico’s Supreme Court has voted to overturn a pair of electoral law reforms favored by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, because Congress rushed them through to a vote without proper debate, or even time to read them https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/08/mexico-supreme-court-president-overturned-legislation/1c3c0dae-edf5-11ed-b67d-a219ec5dfd30_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreUS providing Ukraine $1.2B in military aid ahead of expected spring offensive against Russia
Fox News The United States is planning to send Ukraine around $1.2 billion in long-term military aid to help the country defend itself against a barrage of drone, rocket, and surface-to-air missile attacks from Russia, according to U.S. officials. The officials, who spoke anonymously, told The Associated Press that the aid package will likely be…
Read MoreTop Senegalese opposition politician gets 6-month suspended sentence in defamation case
Fox News Senegal’s main opposition leader on Monday was given a six-month suspended prison sentence by an appeals court in the West African nation over a defamation case brought against him by a government minister. The court ruling against Ousmane Sonko prevents President Macky Sall’s most prominent political rival from running in next year’s presidential…
Read MoreAt least 20 bodies found in Congo mass grave, ISIS-linked rebels suspected
Fox News The remains of at least 20 people were found buried in a mass grave in an area used to cultivate cacao in Ndoma village in Congo’s North Kivu province this weekend, according to local authorities and a military spokesperson. A team of forensic and security officers exhumed the bodies after residents of villages…
Read MoreBritain prepares to send long-range missiles to Ukraine
Washington Post The U.K. is pushing the Biden administration into providing Ukraine with weapons that can reach further into Russian-held territory. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/05/08/britain-ukraine-long-range-missile/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreMexico plans expedition to find endangered porpoises
Washington Post Mexican officials and the conservation group Sea Shepherd say experts will set out in two ships in a bid to locate the few remaining vaquita marina, the world’s most endangered marine mammal https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/08/mexico-vaquita-endangered-porpoise/b1f96726-ede4-11ed-b67d-a219ec5dfd30_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreUN chief hopes Syria’s return to Arab League helps end war
Washington Post The United Nations chief is expressing hope that Syria’s return to the Arab League and intensified regional engagement can help “unlock progress” toward ending the 13-year civil war in the country https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/08/syria-arab-league-chemical-weapons-un/319c00dc-ede1-11ed-b67d-a219ec5dfd30_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreCambodian regime’s sole credible challenger yet to receive ballot approval
Fox News Cambodia’s National Election Committee announced Monday that 20 political parties have registered for July’s general election but nine of them still have not been approved, including the Candlelight Party, the sole credible challenger to the governing Cambodian People’s Party. About 9.7 million Cambodians are registered to vote in the July 23 election to…
Read MoreXi to lead pivotal Central Asia summit as China’s billions could reshape region
Fox News Chinese President Xi Jinping will chair the C+C5 summit later this month as it looks to boost key issues like its Belt and Road Initiative in what its Ministry of Foreign Affairs described as an event of “milestone significance.” For the first time in over 30 years leaders from all six nations –…
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