https://www.voanews.com/a/7638745.html The African National Congress party lost its parliamentary majority in a historic election result Saturday that puts South Africa on a new political path for the first time since the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule 30 years ago. With more than 99% of votes counted, the once-dominant ANC had received …
Source: Elon Musk’s X to stage town hall with Donald Trump Elon Musk’s social media platform X will stage a town hall with former President Donald Trump — three years after he was suspended from the site in the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. The presumptive Republican nominee for president, who was convicted Thursday …
Source: ‘Disservice to the nation’: Former VP Pence breaks silence on Trump’s NYC conviction | Fox News Former Vice President Mike Pence reacted on Friday to the criminal conviction of former President Donald Trump in a New York City courtroom and said a “terrible message” has been sent. “The conviction of former President Trump on politically motivated …
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3870094-blinken-confirms-permission-for-ukraine-to-use-american-weapons-in-russia.html U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has officially confirmed that President Joe Biden has given Ukraine permission to strike military targets inside Russia with American weapons. He said this at a press conference in Prague on Friday, according to an Ukrinform correspondent. “Over the past few weeks, Ukraine came to us and asked for …
Source: Biden secretly gave Ukraine permission to strike inside Russia with US weapons – POLITICO The Biden administration has quietly given Ukraine permission to strike inside Russia — solely near the area of Kharkiv — using U.S.-provided weapons, two U.S. officials and two other people familiar with the move said Thursday, a major reversal that …
Source: Brazil Relocates Ambassador From Israel After Months of Tension – BNN President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva relocated Brazil’s ambassador from Israel to another post after months of diplomatic tensions over the country’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip. Lula’s government said in an official decree that it had appointed Ambassador Frederico Meyer, who …
Source: Russia’s Finance Ministry proposes return to progressive taxes on personal income — Meduza Russia’s Finance Ministry has submitted legislation that would reintroduce progressive taxes on personal income. According to the newspaper Kommersant, which obtained a copy of the draft amendments, the progressive scale would begin with annual incomes exceeding 2.4 million rubles ($27,100) with the …
Source: Bronze statue honoring mutineer Yevgeny Prigozhin appears at St. Petersburg cemetery — Meduza A monument has been erected in honor of Yevgeny Prigozhin in St. Petersburg at Porokhovskoye Cemetery, where the late mercenary leader and one-time insurrectionist is buried. The installation features a granite obelisk bearing Prigozhin’s name, the dates of his birth and …
Source: Third camp for Russian POWs launched in Ukraine The new detention camp for prisoners of war, “Center 3”, was deployed in Ukraine. That’s according to the Hochu Zhyt (I Want to Live) initiative’s Telegram channel, Ukrinform reports. “Due to the large number of Russians who surrendered and the actual blocking of exchanges by the Russian side, …
Source: Netherlands in cooperation with partners planning to assemble Patriot system for Ukraine The Netherlands, together with its partners, is trying to expedite the assembly of a complete Patriot air defense system and send it to Ukraine. Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren announced this ahead of a meeting of the EU defense ministers, according to …