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In his acceptance speech Vaughan Gething said:
Vaughan Gething to become Wales' first black leader
CARDIFF — Vaughan Gething is set to be Wales' next first minister after narrowly winning the Welsh Labour leadership election with 51.7% of the vote.Gething, who will become the first black person to lead Wales, beat his rival Jeremy Miles, who took 48.3%.He was congratulated by UK Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.But Plaid Cymru expressed "deep concerns" over donations from a controversial waste company in Cardiff.Gething's campaign was marred by headlines about £200,000 of cash from Dauson Environmental Group, owned by a man that had twice prosecuted for environmental offensesWelsh government minister and Miles supporter, Julie James called for a review of how leadership campaigns would be run in the future.Mark Drakeford is expected to...
March 17, 2024

Vaughan Gething to become Wales' first black leader

People stand in a line to enter a polling station around noon on the final day of the presidential election in Moscow on Sunday. — courtesy Reuters
Lines at Russian polling stations grow suddenly following opposition appeal
MOSCOW — Lines at some polling stations in Russia grew suddenly at around 12 p.m. local time Sunday, the hour at which supporters of the deceased opposition leader Alexey Navalny called on people to protest the election.A CNN team at a polling station in Moscow said the line grew rapidly over a five to ten minutes spell at around noon, and estimated 150 people had arrived.The CNN team said that police were letting people in batches through the gates to pass through security, with metal detectors and bags being checked inside the building.One 39-year old voter said he had come at noon “to see other people, and they have come too.”A woman told the CNN team, “This is the first time in my life I have ever seen a queue for elections.” Asked why she had come at that hour, she simply...
March 17, 2024

Lines at Russian polling stations grow suddenly following opposition appeal


A view shows destroyed cars following an incident which local authorities said was a Ukrainian missile attack, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Belgorod, Russia, Saturday. — courtesyTelegram channel of Governor of Belgorod Region /Handout via Reuters
Russia: Schools and shops shut in Belgorod amid air strikes
MOSCOW — Shops and schools have been closed in the Russian city of Belgorod after bombardments that authorities there have blamed on Ukraine.Belgorod governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said two people were killed — as voting continues in a general election Vladimir Putin is certain to win.Air defense systems downed eight Ukrainian missiles, Gladkov said. Putin accused Ukraine of trying to disrupt his bid for another six-year term.Students in Belgorod — which is near the border with Ukraine — will not attend school on Monday and Tuesday, the governor said. While shopping centers in Belgorod will be closed on Sunday and Monday, Gladkov added.Gladkov said one woman was killed in a car park while with her son, as they walked a dog. "Medics are fighting for her son's life," the...
March 16, 2024

Russia: Schools and shops shut in Belgorod amid air strikes

Human rights campaigners wanted the EU law to go further in tackling forced labor. — courtesy Getty Images
EU backs law against forced labor in supply chains
BRUSSELS — European Union countries have agreed to a law requiring companies to ensure their supply chains do not cause environmental damage or use forced labor.A majority of 17 out of the 27 members backed the legislation on Friday and there were no votes against it.The agreement came only after substantial changes were made to the original text.Critics argue that the law has now been diluted too much to be effective.The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) will mean European companies have to document that products they import adhere to environmental and human rights standards, such as not involving child labor.They will also be required to prevent or minimize potential harm and to communicate their findings.However, compromises made following weeks of negotiations...
March 16, 2024

EU backs law against forced labor in supply chains

Officials said that there had been five incidents across Russia of dye being dropped into ballot boxes
Arrests for vandalism as ballot boxes targeted in Russian elections
MOSCOW — Several people have been detained for vandalism at polling stations on the first day of voting in presidential elections, Russian officials say.Incidents involved green dye being poured into ballot boxes, the boxes being set alight and fireworks being set off inside polling stations, state media reported.Vladimir Putin is certain to win six more years in office after the vote.However, officials have called on law enforcement officers to be vigilant.Most of the incidents were reported at polling stations in Moscow, Voronezh in south Russia, and the region of Karachay-Cherkessia in the north Caucasus, according to state news agency Tass.Electoral authorities in St Petersburg said a woman had thrown a petrol bomb near a polling station but the fire was put out.Footage posted on...
March 15, 2024

Arrests for vandalism as ballot boxes targeted in Russian elections

A student of the Maritime State University named after Admiral Gennady Nevelskoy leaves a voting booth at a polling station during a presidential election
Russians vote in an election that holds little suspense
MOSCOW — Voters in Russia headed to the polls on Friday for a three-day presidential election that is all but certain to extend President Vladimir Putin’s rule.The election takes place against the backdrop of a ruthless crackdown by Putin that has crippled independent media and prominent rights groups and given him full control of the political system. It also comes as Moscow’s war in Ukraine enters its third year.Voters will cast their ballots Friday through Sunday at polling stations across the vast country’s 11 time zones, as well as in illegally annexed regions of Ukraine.The first polling stations opened in Russia's easternmost regions, Chukotka and Kamchatka, at 8 am local time.The election holds little suspense since Putin is running for his fifth term virtually...
March 15, 2024

Russians vote in an election that holds little suspense

Teenagers attend a ceremony at a military-patriotic educational camp in Russia's southern Rostov region on June 9, 2023
Russia’s war machine is trying to turn Ukrainian teenagers into soldiers
KYIV — Russian forces deported Bohdan Yermokhin from the occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol in the spring of 2022, flew him to Moscow on a government plane and placed him into a foster family. He was sent to a patriotic camp near the capital where flag-waving staff praised Russian President Vladimir Putin and tried to teach him nationalistic songs.The Ukrainian teenager was given a Russian passport and sent to a Russian school. And then, in the fall of 2023, not long before his 18th birthday, he received a summons from a Russian military recruitment office.Yermokhin, who’s now back in Ukraine and recovering from his ordeal in Kyiv, told CNN he believed this was the last step in Russia’s attempt to bully him into submission – a bid to sign him up as a soldier to fight against his...
March 15, 2024

Russia’s war machine is trying to turn Ukrainian teenagers into soldiers

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron shake hands after a press conference, on Feb. 16, 2024
Macron doesn't rule out sending troops to Ukraine
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron says 'all options are possible' in Ukraine, although the current situation doesn't require themEmmanuel Macron warned Western powers against showing any signs of weakness to Russia as he reiterated his position that sending Western troops into Ukraine shouldn't be ruled out.The French President admitted, however, that today’s situation doesn’t require it.In an interview on French national television TF1 and France 2 on Thursday, Macron was asked about the prospect of sending Western troops to Ukraine, which he publicly raised last month.His comments prompted pushback from other European leaders who stressed they had no plans to do so."We’re not in that situation today," he said, but added that “all these options...
March 15, 2024

Macron doesn't rule out sending troops to Ukraine

Russia's President Vladimir Putin is expected to extend his rule until at least 2030
Putin set to sweep to fifth term as Russians head to polls
MOSCOW — Russians are heading to the polls over the next three days for a presidential election that is set to hand Vladimir Putin a fifth term in power as he faces opponents carefully curated by the Kremlin and who pose no real threat to his legitimacy.Russians will vote from Friday until Sunday across the country’s 11 time zones – from the far eastern regions near Alaska to the western exclave of Kaliningrad on the Baltic Coast – and its 88 federal subjects, including parts of occupied Ukraine illegally annexed by Russia after it launched its full-scale invasion more than two years ago.With most opposition candidates either dead, jailed, exiled, barred from running or simply token figures, a victory for Putin, who has in effect been Russia’s head of state since before the turn...
March 14, 2024

Putin set to sweep to fifth term as Russians head to polls

The damaged Belgorod city hall after drone attacks on the city on Tuesday
Ukraine hits oil refineries deep inside Russian territory, as Kyiv steps up drone attacks 
KYIV — Ukraine has launched drone attacks on at least three oil refineries deep inside Russia, as Kyiv intensifies its cross-border strikes days before President Vladimir Putin’s anticipated re-election.A Ukrainian defense source told CNN on Wednesday that Ukraine is “implementing a well-planned strategy to decrease Russian economic potential.”It struck three Russian oil refineries targeted in the cities of Ryazan, about 130 miles southeast of Moscow; Kstovo, in the Nizhny Novgorod region, nearly 300 miles east of the capital; and Kirishi in Russia’s northwest. The trio of facilities are among Russia’s largest refineries, the source said.A fourth facility – the Novoshakhtinsky oil refinery in Rostov-on-Don – was also hit, a representative of the Defense Intelligence of...
March 14, 2024

Ukraine hits oil refineries deep inside Russian territory, as Kyiv steps up drone attacks 

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