Former US President Jimmy Carter has penned an op-ed warning Americans that the country needs to take “immediate action” if it is going to keep from losing its “precious democracy.” “Our great nation now teeters on the brink of a widening abyss,” Carter, who served as president from 1977 to …
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With Covid infections in the Philippines hitting a three-month high, President Rodrigo Duterte took a firm approach to the unvaxxed, threatening to arrest such “recalcitrant persons” if they violate a confinement order. In a televised address to the nation on Thursday, Duterte declared that, as he is “responsible for the …
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The Kazakh president has asked the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) for help amid violent unrest gripping the nation, claiming that “terrorists” were overrunning strategic facilities across the country. “I believe reaching out to the CSTO partners is appropriate and timely,” President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was quoted as saying by …
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Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has vowed a strong response to violence seen during ongoing nationwide protests on Wednesday. Tokayev added he has assumed the post of the head of the country’s Security Council. “As the head of state and from now on as the chief of the Security Council, I …
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Mario Antonio Palacios, allegedly a member of the mercenary crew that assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moise last year, has been arrested by US authorities in Panama while in transit from Jamaica to his home Colombia. The former Colombian military member was intercepted at the airport in Panama on Monday and …
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A wave of mass protests has swept across Kazakhstan over a sharp spike in the cost of liquefied petroleum gas after controls were removed. The government has promised a rethink in an attempt to quell the unrest. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev addressed the nation, on Tuesday night, saying that the the …
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Top US officials behind the assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani must be put on trial, the country’s president said on the two-year anniversary of the killing, warning the US will face revenge of Muslims otherwise. President Ebrahim Raeisi paid tribute to the late commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force, …
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was taken to the hospital early Monday morning for treatment of a probable intestinal obstruction, local media reported. Bolsonaro was admitted to the Vila Nova Star Hospital in Sao Paulo, G1 news website said. The politician was stabbed during the election campaign in 2018, and has …
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US President Joe Biden has assured his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, that Washington and its allies will “respond decisively” in the event that Moscow invades its neighbor. The two leaders spoke by phone on Sunday, with the White House later releasing a statement. Apart from the usual comments about America’s …
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Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming), who serves as vice chair of the House January 6 Committee, said action should be taken to ensure that former President Donald Trump is never allowed near the White House again. In an interview with ABC News on Sunday, Cheney said the House January 6 Committee …
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