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What did Benjamin Netanyahu’s US trip achieve? | US Election 2024

What did Benjamin Netanyahu’s US trip achieve? | US Election 2024

Israeli prime minister’s visit comes amid the Gaza war and a US presidential race. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was welcomed by a cheering US Congress this week as thousands of people took to the streets in Washington, DC, to protest against Israel’s nine-month-old war on Gaza. How is Netanyahu’s visit being viewed in the […]

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Venezuela’s potentially historic election: Five things to know

Venezuela’s potentially historic election: Five things to know

CARACAS, Venezuela — After more than a decade in power, Venezuela’s strongman, President Nicolás Maduro, is facing the greatest threat yet to his authoritarian rule. On Sunday, Venezuelans will choose a leader in an election that Maduro pledged would be free and fair. The opposition, whose candidate leads in polls by double-digit percentage points, is

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Slovakia proposes ‘technical solution’ to unblock Russian oil supplies – POLITICO

Slovakia proposes ‘technical solution’ to unblock Russian oil supplies – POLITICO

The Slovak government office told Reuters in a statement on Friday that Prime Minister Robert Fico had discussed the issue with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Fico had proposed “a technical solution in which several states including Slovakia would have to participate.” Slovak and Hungarian officials have criticized Ukraine for halting Lukoil’s supplies, saying

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Georgia’s divide: Seniors wary of angering Russia as youth want change | Politics News

Georgia’s divide: Seniors wary of angering Russia as youth want change | Politics News

Tbilisi, Georgia – Georgia is in flux. Protests erupted in the mountainous nation in the Caucasus region in mid-April over a “foreign agents bill” that requires organisations receiving more than 20 percent of their funding from overseas to register as “agents of foreign influence”. Critics see the measure as resembling Russia’s own “foreign agents” law,

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Venezuela blocks Panama plane carrying senior politicians – DW – 07/26/2024

Venezuela blocks Panama plane carrying senior politicians – DW – 07/26/2024

A plane carrying a number of former Latin American presidents hoping to observe Venezuela’s anticipated elections this weekend was not allowed to take off from Tocumen airport in Panama, the country’s President Jose Raul Mulino said on Friday. The plane carrying former Panamanian president Mireya Moscoso and other ex-presidents was denied permission to “take off

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Could China’s diplomatic initiatives on the Ukraine war succeed? | Russia-Ukraine war

Could China’s diplomatic initiatives on the Ukraine war succeed? | Russia-Ukraine war

Bejing’s diplomacy intensifies as the US and the West help Ukraine fight Russia’s invasion. Ukraine’s foreign minister visits Beijing for talks – the first trip by a government representative to China since Russia’s invasion more than two years ago. Beijing is intensifying its diplomatic efforts. Why now? And could they help end the war? Presenter:

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UK police officer under criminal investigation over airport incident

UK police officer under criminal investigation over airport incident

Police watchdog confirms officer is due to be interviewed after video shared online of suspect being kicked. A British police officer is under criminal investigation over an incident at Manchester Airport in which a suspect was kicked and stamped on during an arrest, the police watchdog says. “We can confirm we are conducting a criminal

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Bangladesh minister on government’s response to deadly anti-quota protests | Protests

Bangladesh minister on government’s response to deadly anti-quota protests | Protests

Bangladesh Information Minister Mohammad Arafat talks to Al Jazeera about deadly anti-quota protests and unrest. Bangladesh has recently seen some of its worst violence in decades – violence sparked by student protests against a government-job quota system that demonstrators say favoured supporters of the ruling Awami League party. The Country’s Supreme Court has now scrapped

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Journalists at Australian newspapers go on strike on eve of Olympics

Journalists at Australian newspapers go on strike on eve of Olympics

Editorial staff vote to walk off the job after rejecting annual pay increase of between 3 and 4 percent. Journalists at some of Australia’s biggest newspapers have gone on strike on the eve of the Paris Olympics after management knocked back their demands for higher pay. Editorial staff at Nine Entertainment, which owns The Sydney

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