The Mayor of a small town in Southern Mexico entered into holy matrimony with a female reptile in a traditional rite to bring good fortune to his people, amidst clapping and dancing by onlookers Victor Hugo Sosa, Mayor of San Pedro Huamelula, a town of Indigenous Chontal people in the Tehuantepec isthmus of Mexico, took…
In a historic move, Dutch King Willem-Alexander has apologised for the Netherlands’ involvement in slavery, declaring his personal and moral guilt in a speech at the annual “Keti Koti” celebration event in Amsterdam. This day marks the occasion of the abolition of slavery in Suriname and the Dutch Caribbean 150 years ago. Thousands of descendants…
Former Russian President and current Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said Friday that the United States “will sooner or later abandon” Ukraine and said that the issue of aid delivery to Kiev is a “toxic” issue in the US country. “The United States has always abandoned its friends. It will do it…
President Vladimir Putin’s declaration of martial law on Wednesday officially imposed it only in four occupied regions of Ukraine. But many experts said in reality Putin appeared to have laid the groundwork to apply a form of martial law across the whole of Russia, just under another name. In his public address, Putin portrayed the…
At least two people have been killed in a series of Russian rocket attacks on Ukraine’s southern city of Zaporizhzhia, local officials say. They say the missiles hit residential buildings before down and then again several hours later. People are reported to be under the rubble. Rescue workers are now combing through the shattered remains…
China, traditionally an ally of Russia on the international stage, made a call to the United Nations for peace negotiations in Ukraine. Al Jazeera reported that Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi requested the governments of Moscow and Kyiv “keep the crisis from spilling over” to developing nations. “China supports all efforts conducive to the peaceful…
Russian forces launched new strikes on Ukrainian cities Saturday as Kremlin-orchestrated votes continued in occupied regions of Ukraine to pave the way for their annexation by Moscow. Zaporizhzhia Gov. Oleksandr Starukh said the Russians targeted infrastructure facilities in the Dnieper River city, and one of the missiles hit an apartment building, killing one person and…
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday repeated his willingness to foster negotiations to resolve the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, calling for a ceasefire but renouncing sanctions and economic isolation. “We have tried to avoid blocking the channels of dialogue caused by the polarization around the conflict,” Bolsonaro said, during a speech at the U.N….
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday he would only back the idea of reopening Russian ammonia exports through Ukraine if Moscow handed back prisoners of war (POWs), an idea the Kremlin quickly rejected. In an interview, Zelenskiy told Reuters he had proposed the arrangement to the United Nations, which has suggested resuming…
Ukrainian officials say they are targeting towns in the eastern Donbas region after making a series of gains in a rapid counter-offensive. In recent days Ukraine’s army reclaimed swathes of occupied territory, forcing Russian troops to retreat. President Volodymyr Zelensky said his forces were fortifying their hold over 8,000 sq km (3,088 sq miles) of…
