Instead of partying, thousands turn New Year celebration into anti-government protest in Serbia The protesters have been demonstrating following the collapse of a concrete canopy in the city of Novi Sad’s central train station on Nov. 1, which resulted in 15 fatalities. 01/1/2025 - 4:47 pm | View Link
U.S. releases 4th prisoner this month from Guantánamo Bay, leaving 26 at the American facility in Cuba The Pentagon said Monday it had repatriated to Tunisia one of the remaining detainees at the Guantánamo Bay military prison. Ridah Bin Saleh al-Yazidi was sent there the day it opened ... 12/31/2024 - 12:09 am | View Link
Serbia’s prosecutor charges 13 in a deadly canopy fall that fueled mass protests Serbia's public prosecutor has indicted 13 people including a former minister over the collapse of a concrete canopy that killed 15 last month and triggered weeks of massive anti-government protests. 12/30/2024 - 12:04 am | View Link
Serbia indicts 13 for railway station awning collapse Prosecutors in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad filed an indictment on Monday against 13 people in connection with the collapse of a railway station awning last month that killed 15 people and ... 12/29/2024 - 9:02 pm | View Link
Pentagon transfers out 3 Guantanamo Bay detainees Three detainees held at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba have been sent back to their home countries of Malaysia and Kenya, the Pentagon announced. The transfers of Mohammed Farik bin Amin and Mohammed ... 12/18/2024 - 6:01 am | View Link
President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would move to try to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” a name he said has a “beautiful ring to it.”
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It’s his latest suggestion to redraw the map of the Western Hemisphere. Trump has repeatedly referred to Canada as the “51st State,” demanded that Denmark consider ceding Greenland, and called for Panama to return the Panama Canal.
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Here’s a look at his comment and what goes into a name.
Why is Trump talking about renaming the Gulf of Mexico?
Since his first run for the White House in 2016, Trump has repeatedly clashed with Mexico over a number of issues, including border security and the imposition of tariffs on imported goods.
Justin Trudeau had a special bond with Canadians, who had known him since he was born, on Christmas Day in 1971, as the son of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.
That bond helped him get his Dad’s old job. In his first federal election as Liberal leader in 2015, his Conservative opponents warned Canadians that he was a lightweight, a celebrity with nice hair but no relevant work experience.
PARIS — Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right National Front who was known for fiery rhetoric against immigration and multiculturalism that earned him both staunch supporters and widespread condemnation, has died. He was 96.
A polarizing figure in French politics, Le Pen’s controversial statements, including Holocaust denial, led to multiple convictions and strained his political alliances.
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Le Pen, who once reached the second round of the 2002 presidential election, was eventually estranged from his daughter, Marine Le Pen, who renamed his National Front party, kicked him out and transformed it into one of France’s most powerful political forces while distancing herself from her father’s extremist image.
Jordan Bardella, president of the National Rally as the party is now known, confirmed Le Pen’s death in a post on social media platform X on Tuesday.
BEIJING — A strong earthquake killed at least 95 people in Tibet on Tuesday and left many others trapped as dozens of aftershocks shook the high-altitude region of western China and across the border in Nepal.
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Officials in the region said at a brief news conference that 130 others were injured, state broadcaster CCTV said.
Video on CCTV showed orange-suited rescue workers climbing piles of debris blocking homes in a heavily damaged village, while chunks that had been knocked off buildings littered streets and crushed cars in other areas.
State media reported that about 1,000 houses were damaged and 130 people were injured in addition to the deaths, citing the Tibet earthquake relief headquarters.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is stepping down as the leader of the ruling Liberal Party, following months of pressure from partymates to resign amid increasingly poor public approval ratings.
“I intend to resign as party leader as prime minister, after the party selects its next leader through a robust, nationwide competitive process,” Trudeau said at a press conference Monday morning outside of his home in Ottawa.
LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday condemned “lies and misinformation” that he said are undermining U. K. democracy, in response to a barrage of attacks on his government from Elon Musk.
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The billionaire Tesla CEO has taken an intense and erratic interest in British politics since the center-left Labour Party was elected in July.