ROME (AP) — Israel has formally complained after a senior Vatican official spoke of “carnage” in Gaza and what he termed a disproportionate Israeli military operation following the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks. The Israeli Embassy to the Holy See called the comments by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, “deplorable.” In a statement […]
Ambassadors of the G7 countries have met with leading Ukrainian journalists regarding concerns about the decline of press freedom in Ukraine. Source: G7 Ambassadors’ Support Group for Ukraine on Twitter (X); The Kyiv Independent Details: The Ukrainian media community has complained about being under chilling effects, following a series of campaigns to discredit independent journalists […]
Alexander Lukashenko, self-proclaimed President of Belarus, has claimed at the meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin that Ukraine and Baltic countries “could cooperate with Russia instead of ‘seeking better life abroad’”. Source: Lukashenko and Putin at the meeting in St. Petersburg, as reported by the Pul pervogo Telegram-channel and the Russian Interfax Quote: “I thought […]
Valery Revenko, head of the Department of International Military Cooperation of the Belarusian Defence Ministry, complained that Minsk had received neither a notice about the largest NATO exercise since the Cold War nor an invitation to attend. Source: European Pravda Details: In a series of posts on Twitter (X) on 23 January, Revenko criticised “individual […]
The Defense Intelligence of Ukraine published an intercepted conversation between a Russian occupier and his wife on Jan. 23 He describes a Ukrainian machine gunner “eliminating” a company and a half of Russians who were sent to storm a long-term defensive point (LDT) controlled by the Ukrainian military. “They’ve already killed s**tloads,” the Russian says. “There are 60 people lying near the LDT, they still won’t pull them out. But they will not […]
Writer E. Jean Carroll’s second defamation trial against former President Donald Trump was adjourned Monday in Manhattan for a sick juror, per CNN. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan offered to continue with eight of the nine jurors present, which Carroll’s team said would be fine, but Trump attorney Alina Habba asked for an adjournment. The absent […]
Alina Habba got into an argument with the judge in E. Jean Carroll‘s defamation trial Wednesday. The Trump lawyer asked to delay the case so the ex-president could go to his mother-in-law’s funeral. The judge denied the delay, saying Trump’s presence wasn’t necessary. Donald Trump’s attorney Alina Habba got into a testy exchange with the […]
Two top elected officials in Deltona traded accusations and barbs at the end of a four-hour meeting this week, with the vice mayor suggesting the mayor got a special deal on a rental home. Vice Mayor Jody Lee Storozuk said he had heard from an attorney – who he did not name – that the […]