Philippines accuses Chinese fishermen of dumping cyanide in South China Sea
Beijing rejects the allegation as a "farce", while Manila claims the poison was used to kill fish and deprive troops stationed in the area of food.
US drivers head to Native American lands for cheaper gas
Some of the cheapest fuel in the country can be found on tribal land due to tax exemptions.
Hungarian voters celebrate ‘much-needed’ change
Viktor Orbán's 16-year rule is over, defeated by 45-year-old ex-party insider Péter Magyar.
Colombia to euthanize dozens of “cocaine hippos” linked to drug lord Pablo Escobar in bid to control population – CBS News
- Colombia to euthanize dozens of "cocaine hippos" linked to drug lord Pablo Escobar in bid to control population CBS News
- Colombia to cull dozens of wild hippos from herd started by Pablo Escobar Sky News
- Colombia approves plan to cull roaming hippos linked to Pablo Escobar CNN
- Colombia to control hippo population through euthanasia Reuters
- Colombia authorizes the use of euthanasia to stop the spread of Pablo Escobar’s hippos EL PAÍS English
Brazil’s former spy chief who fled country arrested by ICE agents in US
Alexandre Ramagem fled country after he was sentenced to 16 years for his role in plotting military coup in Brazil
When Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to nearly 30 years in prison for an attempted coup, six other members of his cabinet were also found guilty and all began serving their sentences – except for one.
Days before the verdict, Alexandre Ramagem, Bolsonaro’s former spy chief, fled by car to Guyana and boarded a flight to the United States, where he has remained ever since.
Continue reading...Vance’s bad week: vice-president risks becoming face of two Trump foreign policy failures
Orbán is out in Hungary and talks have failed to end the war in Iran – ill-fated road trip has been setback for Maga aims
Shortly before JD Vance’s ill-fated week crisscrossing the world, Donald Trump asked him during a private Easter brunch about how the Iran negotiations were shaping up. “If it doesn’t happen, I’m blaming JD Vance,” Trump said to laughs in the room. “If it does happen, I’m taking full credit.”
The joke at Vance’s expense contained an unfortunate nugget of truth: this is not an administration that rewards failure.
Continue reading...UK report lays bare ‘catastrophic’ missed chances before stabbings at girls’ dance class – AP News
- UK report lays bare ‘catastrophic’ missed chances before stabbings at girls’ dance class AP News
- Southport attack inquiry blames ‘catastrophic’ failures by agencies and killer’s ‘irresponsible’ parents The Guardian
- 'They didn't have to die' and 'You're not the Messiah' BBC
- U.K. inquiry lays bare 'catastrophic' missed chances before stabbings at dance class NPR
- The selfishness of Axel Rudakubana’s parents is simply unforgivable The Telegraph
Colombia to cull up to 80 hippos descended from Pablo Escobar zoo
Dozens of feral pachyderms linked to drug kingpin to be killed because of threat to native species and villagers
Colombian officials have authorized a plan to cull dozens of hippos descended from animals brought to the country in the 1980s by Pablo Escobar, after the feral beasts displaced native species and threatened local villagers.
The environment minister, Irene Vélez, said the decision was reached because other methods to control their population had been expensive and unsuccessful, including neutering some of the animals or moving them to zoos. Vélez said that up to 80 hippos would be affected by the measure. She did not say when the hunting would begin.
Continue reading...Orbán’s defeat holds lessons for US: ‘Autocrats may rise, but are not invincible’
Stunning loss of rightwing populist in Hungary carries symbolic significance for opponents of Donald Trump
For US Democrats seeking rays of light in the dark landscape of Donald Trump’s authoritarian onslaught, illumination has arrived from the unlikely source of Budapest.
Viktor Orbán’s stunning defeat in Hungary’s general election – ending 16 years of unbroken rule for his governing Fidesz party – carries symbolic and psychological significance for American politics out of all proportion to the central European country’s modest size and distance from the US.
Continue reading...US blockade of Iranian ports explained in two minutes
The BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner explains how the US blockade of Iranian ports will work.
Italian PM condemns ally Trump over ‘unacceptable’ Pope criticism
Italy's prime minister and the US president are close allies, but Trump has refused to apologise to the "very weak" Pope Leo XIV.
Italian PM condemns ally Trump over ‘unacceptable’ Pope criticism
Italy's prime minister and the US president are close allies, but Trump has refused to apologise to the "very weak" Pope Leo XIV.
Pope Leo visits Algeria in sign of Africa’s growing importance to Catholic church
Pontiff makes first papal visit to country as he starts 11-day tour that will also include stops in Cameroon and Angola
Pope Leo XIV has arrived in Algeria for the first papal visit to the country, calling for peace on the opening stop of a tour of Africa that signals the continent’s growing importance to the Catholic church.
The 11-day trip, which will include stops in Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea, is the longest by Pope Leo since being elected to the papacy in May last year.
Continue reading...Senegal has first conviction under law toughening punishment for homosexual acts – AP News
Why and how is US blockading Iranian ports in Strait of Hormuz?
Donald Trump says that the US is blockading the Strait of Hormuz. What does this mean in practice?
Ex-Nigerian oil minister denies taking bribes
Diezani Alison-Madueke is accused of living “a life of luxury” in the UK at properties paid for and refurbished by industry figures.
Ex-Nigerian oil minister denies taking bribes
Diezani Alison-Madueke is accused of living “a life of luxury” in the UK at properties paid for and refurbished by industry figures.
Peru extends voting for president into Monday after chaos at polling stations
Lack of ballot papers and defective computers disrupt election that Keiko Fujimori appears to be leading
Peruvians will have to wait at least until the end of Monday to know the result of the presidential election held on Sunday, after the voting process descended into chaos in some polling stations due to a lack of ballot papers or defective computers.
In an unprecedented move, Peru’s electoral agency ONPE announced on Sunday night that it would extend voting for an extra day to allow tens of thousands of Peruvians in the country and abroad, who had been unable to vote, to cast their ballots.
Continue reading...Leo becomes first Pope to visit Algeria at start of major Africa tour
Leo XIV wants the world's attention on a continent vital to the Church's future, an aide says.