Source link Four countries recently joined the economic bloc, and the door has been left open for further additions Vietnam is actively working on a bid to join the BRICS economic group, the Izvestia newspaper has reported, citing Hanoi’s embassy in Russia. BRICS members Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa were joined by four […]
Source link Jacob Zuma is seeking a seat in the National Assembly after previously leading the country for more than eight years Former South African president Jacob Zuma can run for office as a lawmaker in the upcoming general election, the country’s Electoral Court has ruled, reversing an earlier verdict that had blocked him from […]
Source link Petitioners demanded the nullification of the Anti-Homosexuality Act, which subjected the East African nation to Western sanctions Uganda’s Constitutional Court has rejected an appeal to annul an anti-LGBTQ law that imposes the death penalty for ‘aggravated homosexuality’, which includes same-sex sexual acts with minors, disabled persons, or the elderly, as well as gay […]
Source link Residents of India’s northernmost territory were jubilant when Ladakh was separated from Jammu and Kashmir in 2019. Jubilation has been replaced by fear of potential devastation brought by outsiders For 16 days climate activist Sonam Wangchuk has been sleeping, in sub-zero temperatures, under the open sky in India’s northernmost frontier Ladakh region. He […]
Source link Somaliland will apply to the International Court of Justice with a request for sovereignty The government of Somaliland is set to appeal to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a bid to be granted sovereignty, local media reported on Sunday. Lawyers have compiled a case on behalf of the government and will […]
Source link Mark Rutte once said Hungary should be out of the EU or down on its knees over gay rights Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will not have Budapest’s backing in his bid to become the next secretary general of NATO, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Tuesday. The Nordic politician is considered […]
Source link Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said that a fighter jet deal helped secure Budapest’s approval The Hungarian parliament has voted overwhelmingly to allow Sweden to join NATO, nearly two years after Stockholm applied for membership in the US-led military bloc. The vote brings to a close the latest round of NATO expansion, with […]
Source link Less than 40% of the French support Ukraine’s accession to the bloc, a fresh survey has shown The prospect of Ukraine joining the EU has divided French society almost evenly, a new survey conducted by the CSA marketing research institute has shown. According to the poll results published on Friday, 43% of people […]
Source link Bloc is unlikely to draft a negotiation framework for Kiev until after EU parliament elections, Ursula von der Leyen has said Kiev’s EU membership bid is likely to remain stalled for at least the next three months, European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen told journalists on Wednesday. The official cited difficulties with […]
Source link Ursula von der Leyen is too hawkish on Russia for the job, Olaf Scholz reportedly told the White House German Chancellor Olaf Scholz intervened last year to prevent European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen from becoming NATO’s next secretary general, Germany’s Die Welt newspaper has said. Scholz reportedly felt that von der […]
Source link WikiLeaks co-founder is battling extradition to the US, where he faces a possible sentence of 175 years on espionage charges Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was among several federal lawmakers to vote in favor of a motion to call on authorities in the UK and US to allow the repatriation of WikiLeaks co-founder […]
Source link Britain’s envoy to the military bloc has told Kiev not to expect significant progress on its membership aspirations at the next summit Ukraine should not hold out hope of significant progress with its NATO membership bid at the military bloc’s next summit, the UK’s ambassador to the organization, David Quarrey, has warned. Western […]
Source link Political strategist David Axelrod has told the NYT that findings on the US president’s memory loss will resonate with voters President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign may have been undermined by a report showing that he averted criminal prosecution partly because of his allegedly declining mental acuity, David Axelrod, the US political strategist who […]
Source link The Ukrainian president has vowed to personally compensate American aid skeptic Ron DeSantis “once Kiev has won the war” Ukrainian pensioners will die without social benefits financed by Western aid, President Vladimir Zelensky told journalists in Latvia on Thursday. The leader lashed out at US politicians who oppose continued assistance to Kiev, taking […]
Source link Romania and Bulgaria will become part of world’s largest borderless area, with free movement allowed only by air and sea for now Romania and Bulgaria have reached a political agreement with Austria that will allow them, from March 2024, to join the Schengen Area, though at first only at air and sea borders. […]