Russian Reporter Who Protested On TV Jailed In Absentia
An exiled Russian reporter who protested against Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine live on state TV was handed over to eight years in jail in absentia on Wednesday for spreading “fakes” about Moscow’s army. Marina Ovsyannikova, 45, held up a protest placard during an evening news programme last March but was sentenced for a separate protest she made outside the Kremlin...
Canada Elects First Indigenous Provincial Leader
Canada’s province of Manitoba elected First Nations politician Wab Kinew as its leader on Tuesday, making him the first Indigenous person voted in to head a provincial government. Kinew, of the New Democratic Party, will take power with a majority government. “This is a great victory for all of us in Manitoba,” Kinew told a crowd of cheering supporters in provincial...
Kenya To Shut Down Private Orphanage Homes Over Trafficking Fears
Plans are ongoing to phase out all privately owned orphanages and children's homes in Kenya within the next eight years, a government minister has announced, citing fear of trafficking. "In the next eight years private homes will not exist. We need to prepare in order to absorb those children," Minister of Social Protection Florence Bore said on Sunday during an...
Putin meets Former Wagner Commander Andrei Troshev
Russian President Vladimir Putin has met one of the most senior ex-commanders of the Wagner mercenary group, who the Kremlin says now works for the defence ministry. Andrei Troshev is a former aide of late Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who was killed in a plane crash in August. His death came two months after Wagner's troops briefly marched on Moscow. President Putin...
Sweden PM Summons Army Chief Amid Surge In Killings
Sweden's prime minister has summoned the head of the armed forces to help curb a surge in gang killings. The two men and the country's police chief will meet on Friday to discuss what role the military could play. It comes after a bloody 12 hours that saw two men shot dead in Stockholm and a 25-year-old woman killed in a...
Biden Dog Commander Bites Another Secret Service Agent
Commander, the Biden family's two-year-old German Shepherd, has bitten yet another Secret Service agent. The attack happened on Monday night and the officer was treated at the scene, the Secret Service said in a statement on Tuesday. This is the 11th time the dog has bitten a guard at the White House or the Biden family home. The White House press secretary...
Mandela’s Granddaughter Zoleka Passes On At 43
Zoleka Mandela, the granddaughter of South Africa’s first democratically elected president, the late Nelson Mandela, has tragically passed away at 43 after battling metastatic cancer. She was admitted to the hospital last Monday for treatment but succumbed to the disease on the eve of her grandmother’s birthday, surrounded by loved ones and friends. In a heartfelt statement shared on Instagram, a...
US Condemns Deadly Attack On Police In Kosovo
The United States on Monday condemned a deadly clash between authorities in Kosovo and gunmen near the Serbian border which left one officer dead. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Kosovo and Serbia to avoid any actions or language that could further inflame the situation after Sunday’s violence. “The perpetrators of this crime must be held accountable via a transparent...
Suspected Rwanda Serial Killer Pleads Guilty To Killing 14 People
A Rwandan man pleaded guilty on Thursday to killing 14 people after the discovery of a pile of bodies buried in a hole in his kitchen. Denis Kazungu, 34, was indicted with multiple charges, including murder, rape, forgery, impersonation and desecration of human corpses. At a packed court hearing in Kigali, Kazungu said “yes” when asked by the judge if the...
California Sues Anti-Abortion Groups For Saying Pregnancy-Ending Pill Can Be Reversed
California is suing two anti-abortion organizations for telling patients they could reverse the effects of an abortion pill. Heartbeat International (HBI) and RealOptions Obria claimed a high dose of the hormone progesterone could undo the effects of the mifepristone pill. However, the only clinical trial of the process was stopped after patients reported severe bleeding. HBI said it had not yet been...
