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Biden administration to give Haiti nearly $US110 million in security aid, Blinken says

Washington DC, US Reuters The Biden administration will award nearly $US110 million in security and police assistance to Haiti, a US State Department official told Reuters, a move that bypasses a months-long hold on the funds by Republican lawmakers. Senator Jim Risch (a Republican from Idaho) ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, attends […]

Explainer: 2024 US election vocab – cheap fakes, Dobbs dads, lawfare

Washington DC, US Reuters Every US national election, a cottage industry of strategists, pollsters and organisers craft brand-new words and phrases to describe the mood of American voters and the politicking aimed at influencing them.  From the 2000 election’s “Nader traders” (ask a Generation X voter) to 2004’s “Swift Boating,” to the 2008 “Obama coalition,” […]

Visiting Vietnam, Putin seeks new “security architecture” for Asia

Hanoi, Vietnam Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin said he wanted to build a “reliable security architecture” in the Asia-Pacific region during a state visit to Vietnam on Thursday, part of a trip to Asia seen as show of defiance to the West. A day after signing a mutual defence agreement with North Korea, Putin received […]

Zelenskiy calls for measures to preserve Ukraine’s energy system

Reuters President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced on Thursday a set of measures to protect Ukraine’s energy system, including protection for plants coming under Russian fire and the development of alternative renewable energy sources. “Life in Ukraine must be preserved and that includes in particular energy security,” Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address. Employee work at […]

Police fire tear gas, water cannon at anti-tax protesters in Kenya capital

Nairobi, Kenya Reuters Riot police in Nairobi fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of demonstrators on Thursday as coordinated marches took place across Kenya against government plans to raise $US2.7 billion in additional taxes. Late into the protest on Thursday, officers fired tear gas to disperse protesters who were marching on a […]

At least 36 die in India after drinking tainted liquor

Reuters At least 36 people died and more than 60 were being treated in hospitals after consuming tainted liquor in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, a government spokesperson said on Thursday. Since Wednesday over 100 people, suffering from vomiting, stomach ache and diarrhoea, have needed hospital treatment in the Kallakurichi district, 250 kilometres […]