SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s government sent 2,000 more suspects to a huge new prison built especially for gang members Wednesday, and the the justice minister vowed that “they will never return” to the streets ... Over the last 354 days, about 65,000 people have been arrested in the antigang campaign ... Source .
The situation for Russian forces trying to capture the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut is "difficult" because there are no signs that Kyiv is ready to order a withdrawal of its troops, the Russian-installed head of Ukraine's Donetsk region said ... "That is, we do not see that there is any premise that the enemy is going to simply withdraw units," he added ... .
Joining us today is Pfizer's former Vice President and Chief Scientist for Allergy and Respiratory, Michael Yeadon, here to discuss his expert opinion on the topics of COVID-19, mRNA vaccine technology, as well as suppression and outright censorship of medical and scientific experts. .
PARIS (AP) — France’s standoff over a bill raising the retirement age heads toward a climax Thursday, either via a parliamentary vote or through a special presidential move to force it through the legislature ...Nearly500,000 people protested around the country Wednesday ... Economic challenges have prompted widespread unrest across Western Europe ... ... ....
A Libyan flag flies as fireworks explode in LibyaDecember 6, 2016. Reuters-Yonhap. The UN nuclear agency said on Wednesday that approximately 2.5 tons of natural uranium had gone missing from a site in Libya ... (AFP). .
Lok Sabha was adjourned Thursday with proceedings lasting just three minutes through the day as the Opposition and treasury benches remained at loggerheads over Rahul Gandhi's democracy remarks and the demand for a joint parliamentary committee probe into the Adani issue ... Advertisement ... You have to go to your seats ... This is not right," he said ... .
Israeli protesters have pressed ahead with demonstrations against a plan by the far-right government to weaken the independence of the judiciary, pushing back against Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu after he rejected a compromise proposal from PresidentIsaac Herzog that was meant to diffuse the crisis ... .
In an apparent warming up of bilateral ties, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday flew to Japan for a two-day official trip, the first by the country’s head of state since 2011. Yoon met with Fumio Kishida, the prime minister of Japan, in Tokyo, and the two will hold their first bilateral summit in four years ... .
The death toll from Tropical CycloneFreddy has passed 300 as the body count continues to rise, with authorities in Mozambique and Malawi taking several days to assess the extent of the damage and loss of life. The storm tore through Southern Africa over the weekend for a second time after first making landfall in late February ... .
Pakistani police failed to arrest former Prime MinisterImran Khan after two days of clashes between Khan supporters from his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party and police. On Wednesday afternoon, a court in Lahore ordered the immediate halt of the operation to arrest Khan until 10 a.m. on Thursday ... (credit. Mohsin Raza/Reuters) ... Dr ... He tweeted on Tuesday ... .
The incident of a Russian fighter jet allegedly colliding with a US drone has attracted global attention, with growing worries over increasing direct confrontation between Russia and the US over the Ukraine crisis ... Russia noted the drone was detected near the Crimea peninsula ... (Web editor. Zhong Wenxing, Liang Jun). .
Daboya, Ghana — US commanders leading annual counter-terrorism exercises in West Africa have urged coastal countries to depend on each other to contain a spreading Islamist insurgency, rather than non-Western powers, after Mali hired Russian mercenaries in 2022 ... In March’s exercises, soldiers patrolled barren scrubland dotted with thin bushes.
Taiwan warned Honduras on Thursday not to be tempted by the "poison" of aid from China no matter how indebted it was and ruled out getting involved in a bidding war for diplomatic allies with its mainland rival. ...The StandardChannel. IOSAndroid. IOS Android. More>> ... (Reuters). .
CycloneFreddy returned to the African coast for a second time in less than three weeks and set an unofficial record as the world's longest tropical storm, leaving with it a massive trail of death and destruction ... The president also attended a funeral ceremony for some of the victims in the Blantyre township of Chilobwe ... 'YOU CAN'T EVEN MOURN' ... .