A newly-unveiled statue of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in the municipality of Atlacomulco, which has strong ties to the opposition, was knocked down several days after it was inaugurated by a mayor. The statue was unveiled on Thursday in a festive ceremony led by Atlacomulco’s outgoing mayor Roberto …
Read More »Putin signs bill outlawing Russia’s other president
Since 1991 and the fall of the Soviet Union, the head of the Republic of Tatarstan, a region in European Russia, has been referred to as its president. It is the only part of Russia to give this title to its regional leader, and that had been a cause of …
Read More »Arrest warrant issued for ex-Ukrainian president – media
The head of the country’s most popular opposition party, according to polls, claims the case against him is a sham. Earlier this year, another opposition leader, Viktor Medvedchuk, was placed under house arrest on similar charges. The former president’s arrest was allowed with the possibility of bail set at 1 …
Read More »Former GOP candidate for Vice President on Covid-19 vaccine: ‘Over my dead body’
Appearing at Turning Point USA’s ‘AmericaFest 2021′ in Phoenix, Arizona, Palin made her stance on coronavirus vaccines clear during a discussion with Turning Point founder Charlie Kirk over the weekend. “It’ll be over my dead body that I’ll have to get a shot. I will not do that. I won’t …
Read More »Chile turns leftward with election of its youngest-ever president
Kast conceded defeat on Sunday with Boric holding a sizable lead – at around 55% to 45% — with more than two-thirds of the votes counted. Boric, 35, has pledged to expand Chile’s social programs, nationalize the pension system and raise government revenue through taxes on the massive mining companies …
Read More »Will the real president please stand up? Harris bristles at suggestion Biden isn’t it
Asked which “Joe” was the “real president of this country,” Harris insisted at first in a resigned tone, “Come on Charlamagne, it’s Joe Biden,” talking over his attempted replies – “I can’t tell sometimes” – with a torrent of patronizing no’s. “It’s Joe Biden,” she repeated, growing increasingly heated and …
Read More »Biden calls VP ‘President Harris’ again
Speaking at the historically black school in Orangeburg, South Carolina, on Friday, Biden told a joke about Delaware State University – another historically black college – and followed up with “all kidding aside, of course President [Kamala] Harris is a proud Howard alum,” a reference to yet another HBC in …
Read More »President delegates power after contracting Covid
Ramaphosa’s office announced his condition on Sunday, saying the president, who is fully vaccinated, was tested after not feeling after “leaving the State Memorial Service in honor of former Deputy President FW de Klerk in Cape Town earlier today.” The president is currently self-isolating in Cape Town and he is …
Read More »Was this the Ukrainian president’s biggest mistake?
That’s according to politician Evgeny Muraev, speaking on Ukrainian TV channel Nash, which he owns, on Friday. The businessman leads the opposition party of the same name. Muraev said that it was the biggest mistake of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s life to give up acting and enter the serious business of …
Read More »Protesters demand Ukrainian president quit on day of ‘planned coup’
The demonstrations, which kicked off on Wednesday, are understood to have included members of Ukrainian nationalist parties, supporters of former President Petro Poroshenko, and activists representing small business owners and entrepreneurs. A total of around 1,000 people are said to have gathered in the Ukrainian capital, calling for Zelensky’s impeachment …
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