Anger in Kenya against the U.S. over Ebola. The plan of Donald Trump’s administration to build a quarantine center to house Americans who have been exposed to the virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo or Uganda has outraged many Kenyans, who took to the streets to protest a measure that, they believe, puts the country’s public health at risk.
The image of a safe haven of the Persian Gulf countries, on which their opulent economies were based, has been disrupted by the Iran war. Maintaining the perception of security has become an imperative for these monarchies, even if it infringes on the freedom of expression of their citizens. Amnesty International (AI) denounced on Monday a “campaign of repression,” resulting in more than a thousand detainees accused of sympathizing with Iran during the United States and Israel war against the Islamic Republic.
A new Russian airstrike with drones and missiles against the main cities of Ukraine left at least nine people dead and dozens injured last night. In the capital, the number of dead was four and the number of injured, about 60, according to the report published on Telegram by its mayor, Vitali Klichkó. In Dnipro, there were five fatalities.
The strategy to curb common crime, but above all the armed groups that increasingly control more territory, will likely be what tips the balance in the second round of elections in Colombia. It will also be the greatest challenge for the next four years of government for whoever wins the contest.
Bogotá —where the popular neighborhoods massively voted for the leftist candidate Iván Cepeda— woke up yesterday to the reality of the new politics of heart-stopping surprises, “ultra” presidential candidates emerging out of nowhere, and snowballs driven by social networks.
In the midst of confusion this Monday over Iran’s announcement to leave negotiations with the United States due to Israel’s attacks in Lebanon, U.S. President Donald Trump later claimed to have had “a productive conversation” with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that had helped to unblock the situation. “Negotiations continue at a rapid pace,” he proclaimed.
Donald Trump sought to exit the war with Iran with a pact before the midterm elections, but his unruly ally, Israel, threatens to blow the agreement apart. Benjamin Netanyahu announced early Sunday a new wave of bombings in the southern neighborhoods of Beirut, one of the red lines that the United States had set in the ceasefire signed between the Lebanese and Israeli governments last April 17.
Europe confirms its new tough migration policy. While the European Parliament and the European Council have just given their green light to the final EU return regulation that endorses the creation of migrant deportation centers in third countries, some European countries do not want to waste any more time on bureaucratic processes and have gotten to work. Following the lessons of the Italian Giorgia Meloni in Albania, several capitals are grouping into small teams within the Twenty-Seven to probe other countries in Africa, the Balkans, or Central Asia where similar agreements to the one between Rome and Tirana can be created.
Donald Trump sought to exit the war with Iran with a pact before the midterm elections, but his unruly ally, Israel, threatens to blow the agreement to pieces. Benjamin Netanyahu announced early Sunday a new wave of bombings in the southern neighborhoods of Beirut, one of the red lines that the United States had set in the ceasefire signed between the Lebanese and Israeli governments last April 17.
If British politics were a horror movie (and the truth is it often seems like one, even Oscar-worthy), its title would be The Zombie and the Ghost. Because to the famous zombies of Night of the Living Dead, we must add Keir Starmer as the resident of Downing Street (awaiting to be guillotined), and to the famous ghosts like the Phantom of the Opera, Anne Boleyn roaming the Tower of London, the Flying Dutchman, or Abraham Lincoln in the White House, we must now add Peter Mandelson.
