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Demonstrators descended on the Ramstein military installation in Germany, calling for an end to arms deliveries to Ukraine
Several hundred people gathered on Sunday outside Ramstein US airbase in southwestern Germany to demand an end to weapons shipments to Ukraine. The military site is where Western officials have regularly held meetings over the past year to coordinate their aid to Kiev.
Washington should focus on countering China and tackling the Taiwan issue instead, Vivek Ramaswamy believes
The US is being “played” by Beijing in the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, with China allegedly seeking to prolong the hostilities for as long as possible, Vivek Ramaswamy believes. The entrepreneur officially announced his candidacy for the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries earlier this week.
Washington has been the largest financial contributor to Ukraine in its conflict with Russia
Robust safeguards must be in place to prevent fraud and corruption from undermining foreign aid packages to assist Ukraine in its conflict with Russia, according to John Sopko, the United States’ Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR).
Sopko,
A major newspaper has claimed that the US government believes the Covid-19 pandemic most likely originated in a Chinese laboratory
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan has rejected a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report which stated that a US Department of Energy study concluded that the Covid-19 pandemic was likely the result of a failure of safety practices at a laboratory in China,
The $400 million “humanitarian aid” package was announced during a surprise visit by the Saudi foreign minister to Kiev
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan made a surprise visit to Ukraine on Sunday, meeting President Vladimir Zelensky in the capital city Kiev and becoming the highest-ranking official of the kingdom ever to visit the country.
Rallies against the US-led NATO bloc and the supply of weapons to Ukraine have been held across France
Multiple mass protests against France’s NATO membership and its continued support of Kiev were held on Sunday in the capital Paris and at other locations across the country.
he demonstrations, taking place for the second consecutive weekend,
US First Lady Jill Biden arrived in Kenya on Friday, kicking off a visit aimed at focusing attention on the worst drought to hit the Horn of Africa in decades.
Five straight seasons of poor rainfall have killed millions of livestock, destroyed crops and left some 22 million people at risk of hunger in Ethiopia,
On a normal day, Balogun Market in Nigeria’s Lagos is packed with shoppers looking for a bargain on anything from clothes, to freshly cooked street food or cut-price electronics.
But, as Nigerians head to the polls for Saturday’s presidential election, although the aroma of spices and the cacophony of hawkers selling their wares still filled the air,
Philippine protesters rallied on Saturday to mark the 37th anniversary of the “People Power” revolution, which ousted President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s dictator father and sent the family into exile.
It was the first commemoration of the uprising since Marcos Jr took office in June 2022. He has praised his father’s 20-year regime, which critics describe as a dark period of human rights abuses and corruption that left the country impoverished.
The lack of women nominees was a talking point on Friday at the Cesar Awards, France’s answer to the Oscars, despite the top prize going to a film focusing on femicide.
Best Film went to “The Night of the 12th”, a thriller based on the true story of a young woman’s murder.
There was a spot of Hollywood glitz thanks to a surprise cameo by Brad Pitt,
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