The Mali military government has increasingly suppressed dissent since the army seized power. A presidential decree announced on state television on Tuesday: “All meetings of political party members and political character organizations are spread throughout the country’s territory.” It was signed by military leader Aspimi Goïta, who seized power after the 2020 and 2021 coup,…
Russia's only independent election supervisor was sentenced to five years in prison on Wednesday for being guilty of working with “unpopular organizations.” Golos movement co-chair Grigory Melkonyants was arrested in August 2023. He pleaded not guilty to the trial. Human rights activists say the case against the 44-year-old is part of a wider crackdown on…
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney criticized Britain's second state visit to Donald Trump's invitation, saying it undermined his administration's efforts to oppose the U.S. president's talk about Canada's annexation of Canada's united front. Since taking office in January, Trump has repeatedly said he wants Canada to be the 51st state in the United States, a…
Local authorities say radar images of speed offenders captured in central Switzerland last month show that the culprit is not only a duck, but may be a “repeated offender.” The municipality said on its Facebook page over the weekend that they were surprised when they found the savages in the radar images taken on April…
Starting in 2028, General Motors (GM) and battery partner LG Energy Solutions plan to start commercially producing lower-cost batteries at U.S. facilities for future electric vehicles, the companies said Tuesday. These cells will have lithium-rich (LMR) chemistry, which GM costs less than nickel-rich cells used today, but will still provide customers with the range they…
President Donald Trump told Gulf leaders on Wednesday that he was eager to “reach an agreement” with Iran to stop its nuclear program, but Tehran must end support for agent groups across the region as part of any potential agreement. Iran “must stop sponsoring terror, stop its bloody commissioned war, and permanently and reliably stop…
The French interior minister said on Wednesday he would meet with cryptocurrency professionals to discuss how to prevent future kidnapping of ransoms after several such high-profile cases in France. Bruno Retailleau's invitation comes the second day of the latest attempts to violent kidnapping in the vast daylight of Paris and a series of previous series…
Hong Kong business owner Itay Sharon breathed a sigh of relief this week when he heard that the United States and China had moved the trade war and temporarily reduced the punishment tariffs between them. Under the agreement, the United States will temporarily reduce its tariffs on Chinese goods from 145% to 30%, while China…
U.S. President Donald Trump assured voters that his administration would conduct mass deportations of unauthorized people in the country if elected for a second time, which they seem far from pursuing. But many refugee-advocating groups say the United States is now taking a rough attitude towards its principles as a signator in international refugee treaties…
Warsaw, Poland (AP) – Poland held its presidential election on Sunday, with conservative incumbent Andrzej Duda approaching his second and final term. If none of the 13 candidates win at least 50% of the vote, runoff will be held between the top two on June 1. All signs suggest that this will be a showdown…