MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, a top ally of President Vladimir Putin, pledged on Monday to help Latin American countries counter what he described as U.S. attempts to interfere in their internal affairs. He made his comments in Nicaragua, led by former Marxist guerrilla Daniel Ortega, after meeting Cuba’s former leader […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan on November 23, 2022Contributor/Getty Images Armenia said it has “in practical terms frozen our participation” in the Russian-led CSTO. Russia wanted the CSTO to be a NATO equivalent, but in recent years it has been crumbling. Armenia is a longtime Russian ally but it […]
By Filipp Lebedev and Andrew Osborn (Reuters) -Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was close to being freed in a prisoner swap at the time of his death, a close ally said on Monday, repeating an allegation by his family and supporters that President Vladimir Putin had him killed. Speaking on YouTube, Maria Pevchikh said talks […]
ROGACA, Serbia (AP) — When Elena Koposova signed an open letter against Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, she didn’t expect a backlash in her newly adopted home state of Serbia. After all, Serbia is formally seeking to join the European Union while adopting all the democratic values that go along with the membership, she thought. […]
(Bloomberg) — A move similar to the expansion of the Mexican capital’s tax base could be achieved at the national level to allow the government to grow its revenue, said Mexico City Administration and Finance Chief Luz Elena Gonzalez, a long-time colleague of presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum. Most Read from Bloomberg A focus on boosting […]
An ally of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny said that Russian authorities have given his mother a deadline to agree to forgo a public funeral or else they will bury him on prison grounds. Lyudmila Navalnaya was given three hours to accept a proposal for a private funeral outside the public eye, Mr Navalny’s close […]
As some Republicans were agonizing over the party’s disappointing 2022 midterm election performance – and occasionally laying the blame at the feet of former President Donald Trump – New York Rep. Elise Stefanik tripled down. Shortly after Election Day, Stefanik, now the fourth-ranking House Republican and a top GOP fundraiser, endorsed Trump’s reelection bid – […]
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — As Thursday dawned in Dearborn, Michigan, Arab American leaders entered a local coffee shop and greeted Rep. Ro Khanna of California before pulling up chairs at a table. Over the next two hours, the leaders spoke about how they were personally affected by the war in Gaza and criticized President Joe […]
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania decided Wednesday to seal off another two of its six checkpoints with Belarus as of next month, amid growing tensions with its eastern neighbor, an ally of Russia. This brings the total of closed border crossings into the Baltic country to four. The Lavoriskes and Raigardas checkpoints will stop functioning […]
While other late-night hosts were off for Presidents’ Day, Jon Stewart once again resumed his chair at the Daily Show to defend his monologue about Joe Biden’s age and talk Tucker Carlson’s interview with Vladimir Putin. Related: ‘Honest, critical, sane’: Jon Stewart’s welcome return to The Daily Show The Daily Show Jon Stewart opened his […]
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernandez’s trial on U.S. drug trafficking charges starts Tuesday, giving a New York jury the chance to determine whether Washington’s onetime key anti-drug ally actually ran the Central American country as a “narco-state.” Hernandez was close to Washington during his 2014-2022 tenure. Honduras […]
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) – Alexei Navalny‘s vision for change in Russia will be kept alive by his team, his ally and spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said in an interview. The Kremlin critic, 47, fell unconscious and died on Friday after a walk at the Arctic penal colony where he was serving a long prison […]