NEW YORK (AP) — A man who served 14 years in prison for a deadly 1990s shooting was exonerated Thursday after prosecutors said they now believe the killer was an acquaintance he has implicated for decades. “I lost 14 years of my life for a crime that I didn’t commit,” Steven Ruffin told a Brooklyn […]
David Cameron and Argentinian leader Javier Milei “agree to disagree” over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands, the British Foreign Office has said. The UK foreign secretary met the Argentine president for talks at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Mr Milei has suggested a Hong Kong-style agreement which would see the UK hand sovereignty […]
The Polish truckers protesting at the border with Ukraine have reached an agreement with Warsaw and will end their blockade until March 1, Polish Infrastructure Minister Dariusz Klimczak announced at a press conference on Jan. 16. “We’ve signed an agreement. The outcome of the agreement will be the discontinuation of protests at road border crossings […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen held a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos. Source: European Pravda, citing the Office of the President of Ukraine The parties discussed key priorities on the agenda of relations between Ukraine and the EU in the near […]
The current government of Ukraine will not agree to freeze the war and will keep the course for further liberation of the occupied territories of Ukraine. Source: Andrii Yermak, head of Ukrainian President’s Office, speaking in Davos on the results of discussions on the Ukrainian Peace Formula, as reported by Radio Liberty Quote: “This president […]
Myanmar’s military has reached a ceasefire agreement with an alliance of ethnic minority guerrilla groups it has been battling in the country’s northeast. The agreement was brokered at talks mediated by China on Wednesday and Thursday in Kunming, a Chinese provincial capital about 250 miles from the border with Myanmar, Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appealed for more air defence systems on Wednesday and appeared to get his wish with NATO countries agreeing to additional support in the face of Russia’s invasion. “Air defence systems are primarily among the things we lack,” Zelensky said after a meeting with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda in Vilnius, on the […]
NEW YORK — Donald Trump wants to personally deliver a closing argument during his civil fraud trial on Thursday, but his lawyer balked when presented with a lengthy set of preconditions on what the former president could say. The surprise last-minute request from Trump appeared to be dead Wednesday afternoon after the judge told Trump’s […]
Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) isn’t afraid to go against Wall Street and the S&P 500. But in some cases, the consensus agrees with the famed ETF manager. X Analysts think eight stocks in ARK Innovation, including Verve Therapeutics (VERV), 2U (TWOU) and Intellia Therapeutics (NTLA), will jump 50% or more in the next […]
Denys Shmyhal and Dorin Recean, Prime Ministers of Ukraine and Moldova, signed a series of protocols establishing joint border control at checkpoints between the two countries during a videoconference on Thursday 21 December. Source: Prime Ministers of Ukraine and Moldova on Twitter (X), as reported by European Pravda Details: The Ukrainian prime minister noted that […]
Former President Donald Trump has claimed he is immune from prosecution – specifically on the federal charges that he tried to subvert the results of the 2020 presidential election. He says that his actions in connection with the 2020 election were part of his official duties, and he also argues that because he was not […]
Austria is said to have been planning not to agree to the decision to open EU accession negotiations with Ukraine, but these plans are unlikely to be implemented at the EU leaders’ summit. Source: a European Pravda article on the eve of the EU summit Details: Austria is known to have some favourites among the […]