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Alexei Navalny, jailed opposition leader and Putin’s fiercest foe, has died, Russian officials say
By Jim Heintz, The Associated Press on February 16th, 2024
MOSCOW – Alexei Navalny, who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests as President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe, died Friday in the Arctic penal colony where he was serving a 19-year sentence, Russia’s prison agency said. He was 47. The stunning news of Navalny’s death – less than a month before an election ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alexei Navalny, the fiercest foe of Russia’s Putin, has died, Russian authorities say
By Jim Heintz, The Associated Press on February 16th, 2024
MOSCOW – Alexei Navalny, the fiercest foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests, died in prison Friday, Russian authorities said. He was 47. Navalny, who was serving a 19-year sentence on charges of extremism, felt unwell after a walk, according to the Federal Penitentiary Service, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Russia’s prison service says that imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died
By The Associated Press on February 16th, 2024
MOSCOW (AP) – Russia’s prison agency says that imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died. He was 47. The Federal Prison Service said in a statement that Navalny felt unwell after a walk on Friday and lost consciousness. An ambulance arrived to try to rehabilitate him, but he died. There was no immediate confirmation of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Delay of Senegal’s Feb. 25 presidential election is ruled illegal, leaving date uncertain
By By Babacar Dione And Chinedu Asadu, The Associated Press on February 15th, 2024
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) – Senegal’s top election authority on Thursday voided the government’s postponement of a presidential election scheduled for Feb. 25 and its rescheduling for December, ruling that the moves were unconstitutional. Senegal’s Constitutional Council cancelled the decree signed by President Macky Sall that postponed the election, according to a judgement approved by seven ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In fiery testimony, Fani Willis hits back at misconduct claims that threaten future of Trump case
By Kate Brumback And Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press on February 15th, 2024
ATLANTA (AP) – Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis took the witness stand Thursday and forcefully pushed back against what she described as “lies” about her romantic relationship with a special prosecutor during an extraordinary hearing over misconduct allegations that threaten to upend one of four criminal cases against Donald Trump. A visibly upset Willis, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!FBI informant charged with lying about Joe and Hunter Biden’s ties to Ukrainian energy company
By The Associated Press on February 15th, 2024
An FBI informant has been charged with lying to his handler about ties between President Joe Biden, his son Hunter and a Ukrainian energy company. Alexander Smirnov falsely told FBI agents in June 2020 that executives associated with the Ukrainian energy company Burisma paid Hunter and Joe Biden $5 million each in 2015 and 2016, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Senegal court rules government’s postponement of Feb. 25 presidential vote was illegal
By By Babacar Dione And Chinedu Asadu, The Associated Press on February 15th, 2024
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) – Senegal’s top election authority on Thursday voided the government’s postponement of a presidential election scheduled for Feb. 25 and its rescheduling for December, ruling that the moves were unconstitutional. Senegal’s Constitutional Council cancelled the decree signed by President Macky Sall that postponed the election, according to a judgement approved by seven ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Greece becomes first Orthodox Christian country to legalize same-sex civil marriage
By Nicholas Paphitis, The Associated Press on February 15th, 2024
ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Greece has become the first Orthodox Christian country to legalize same-sex civil marriage, despite opposition from Church officials. A cross-party majority of 176 lawmakers in the 300-seat parliament voted late Thursday in favor of the bill drafted by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ center-right government. Another 76 rejected the reform while two ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fani Willis takes the witness stand to fight an effort to disqualify her from Trump’s election case
By Kate Brumback And Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press on February 15th, 2024
ATLANTA (AP) – Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis took the witness stand Thursday to defend herself from efforts to remove her from Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case, angrily pushing back against what she described as “lies” about her romantic relationship with a special prosecutor. In an extraordinary moment in a hearing that could ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Senegal’s top election authority voids president’s decree to postpone Feb. 25 presidential vote
By Babacar Dione, The Associated Press on February 15th, 2024
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) – Senegal’s top election authority on Thursday voided the president’s postponement of a presidential election scheduled for Feb. 25 and its rescheduling for December, ruling that moves were unconstitutional. Senegal’s Constitutional Council cancelled the decree signed by President Macky Sall that postponed the election, according to a judgement approved by seven members ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Venezuela orders UN human rights office to close, accusing it of anti-government activity
By Regina Garcia Cano, The Associated Press on February 15th, 2024
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Venezuela’s government on Thursday ordered the local United Nations office on human rights to suspend operations and gave its staff 72 hours to leave, accusing it of assisting coup plotters and terrorist groups. Foreign Affairs Minister Yván Gil announced the decision at a news conference in Caracas, which came amid heightened ... Read More »
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