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Volodymyr Zelensky was elected as Ukraine’s president in 2019.
Ukraine: Fierce row erupts over 2024 election
KYIV — How can you hold elections in a war?For months, Ukraine has been caught up in a heated debate over whether the country needs to hold a presidential election in March next year as originally scheduled.All elections — including presidential ones — are prohibited under the country’s current martial law, imposed after Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.Many in Ukraine are outraged by the idea, fearing a vote could distract the nation from its fight for survival.Tensions eased after President Volodymyr Zelensky said in November that it was “not the right time” for elections.But the issue seems to be far from over, and has fueled a political confrontation unseen in the country since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion.One of the big driving forces...
November 26, 2023

Ukraine: Fierce row erupts over 2024 election

Russia’s Defense Ministry said it had thwarted multiple drone attacks from Ukraine over many regions, including its capital, Moscow. — courtesy Getty Images/File
Russia destroys Ukrainian drones including over Moscow, Defense Ministry says
MOSCOW — Russia has foiled at least 20 Ukrainian drone attacks over the past day, including on the capital, Moscow, officials said Sunday, a day after it launched its largest drone attack against the Ukrainian capital.According to Russia’s Ministry of Defense, 11 drones were destroyed over the territories of Moscow, Tula, Kaluga and Bryansk oblasts over Saturday night, adding later on Sunday that nine more were also destroyed over the same regions.Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said there were no injuries or damage as a result of the wreckage.In the Russian region of Tula, one of the drones crashed into an apartment building, resulting in damage to windows and one person receiving a slight cut, according to the Tula governor, Alexey Dyumin.An attack also targeted the self-proclaimed...
November 26, 2023

Russia destroys Ukrainian drones including over Moscow, Defense Ministry says

Emma Hansson, chairman of IF Metall Stockholms lan, stands on strike outside Tesla’s Service Center in Segeltorp, as workshop workers at the electric car company Tesla have gone on strike demanding that the company sign a collective agreement, in Stockholm, Sweden. — courtesy TT News/via Reuters
‘This is insane.’ Swedish workers are getting under Musk’s skin
LONDON — It has taken nearly a month, but workers striking against Tesla in Sweden have finally drawn a response from the company’s famously anti-union boss.“This is insane,” CEO Elon Musk said Thursday on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter that he owns.Musk was responding to news that Swedish postal workers are refusing to deliver Tesla license plates, joining a wave of action in sympathy with mechanics who stopped servicing Tesla cars late last month.About 130 mechanics began their ongoing strike in October after their employer, a Tesla subsidiary in Sweden, announced that it would not recognize their labor union, according to Expressen, a CNN affiliate.The industrial action soon spread to dockworkers who started blocking deliveries of Tesla cars at the country’s ports,...
November 26, 2023

‘This is insane.’ Swedish workers are getting under Musk’s skin

A police officer walks past a kindergarten that was heavily damaged by a drone strike. with a hollowed-out side. — courtesy Reuters
Ukraine war: Kyiv hit by biggest drone attack since war began
KYIV — Russia has launched its biggest drone attack on Kyiv since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine began last year, the city’s mayor has said.Residents were woken by explosions before dawn on Saturday, and for more than six hours, the booms of Kyiv’s air defenses echoed through the city.There was wave after wave of attacks from the north and east.Officials said that more than 75 Iranian-made Shahed drones were fired at the capital, and 74 were shot down.With Russia’s dwindling missile stocks, Shahed drones are seen as a cheap alternative. They are slower than ballistic missiles and have a distinctive wingspan.It was a night where the whines of their engines blended with the booms of the city’s air defenses.As ever, even if a missile or drone is intercepted, the falling debris...
November 25, 2023

Ukraine war: Kyiv hit by biggest drone attack since war began

Friction over immigration has been exploited by organised racist groups to whip up mob violence.
Dozens arrested after far-right mobs riot in Dublin over immigration
DUBLIN — Police in Dublin say they have arrested more than 30 people after a night of rioting and looting that saw shops and public transport infrastructure smashed and set on fire by far-right racist gangs. The violence broke out in the Irish capital on Thursday evening after a knife attack in the city centre which left a 5-year-old girl and a school care assistant in critical condition. The police have arrested a suspect. Online far-right groups and activists posted under hashtags such as "Ireland is Full" and "Ireland for the Irish", variously rounding on immigrants, asylum seekers and non-white people in general as they justified the violence as a proportionate response to the stabbing – while also blaming "non-Irish" people for looting...
November 24, 2023

Dozens arrested after far-right mobs riot in Dublin over immigration

Geert Wilders reacts to the results of the Dutch election on Wednesday night
Dutch environmental groups shocked by far-right election swing
THE HAGUE — Environmental groups have expressed shock and promised climate action in response to Dutch election results. Wednesday night saw the historic victory of the far right Party for Freedom (PVV).The party led by Geert Wilders is projected to win 37 seats in the 150 seat Dutch parliament, putting it in the driver's seat to form a new government.“We are shocked,” Extinction Rebellion Netherlands says. “This outcome will likely mean a rollback of climate measures, new fossil investments, exclusion of marginalised groups, and more.”Friends of the Earth Netherlands spelled out what PVV’s rule could mean for Dutch society: “A Wilders government will mean four years of climate change denial, exclusion and a breakdown of the rule of law.”It declares: "We have been...
November 24, 2023

Dutch environmental groups shocked by far-right election swing

Police officers walk to the entrance of a building during a raid in Berlin, Germany
German police swoop on suspected extremists 'plotting to undermine government'
BERLIN — German authorities announced on Thursday they were searching 20 homes belonging to suspected far-right conspiracy plotters whom they say were planning to "destabilize" the communications of state administrations.Among other things, the suspects are accused of "trying to block the communication channels of public authorities" by "contacting them in a targeted and massive manner", Munich's public prosecutor's office said in a statement.The people targeted are suspected of belonging to the far-right Reichsbürger movement, which brings together various groups of conspiracy theorists and extremists who do not recognise the legitimacy of German institutions.The police seized computers, laptops and mobile phones.The public prosecutor's office...
November 23, 2023

German police swoop on suspected extremists 'plotting to undermine government'

Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders celebrates exit poll lead
Dutch election: Anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders wins dramatic victory
THE HAGUE — Veteran anti-Islam populist leader Geert Wilders has won a dramatic victory in the Dutch general election, according to the latest results with almost all votes counted.After 25 years in parliament, his Freedom party (PVV) is set to win 37 seats, well ahead of his nearest rival, a left-wing alliance."The PVV can no longer be ignored," he said. "We will govern."His win has shaken Dutch politics and it will send a shock across Europe too.But to fulfil his pledge to be "prime minister for everyone", he will have to persuade other parties to join him in a coalition. His target is 76 seats in the 150-seat parliament.Wilders, 60, harnessed widespread frustration about migration promising "borders closed", and he put on hold his promise to ban...
November 23, 2023

Dutch election: Anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders wins dramatic victory

Polina Menshikh was giving a performance in a dance hall in occupied Ukraine, according to local reports. — courtesy instagram.com/polinamenshikh
Russian actress killed in Ukrainian strike while performing to soldiers
MOSCOW — A Russian actress has been killed in a Ukrainian strike while giving a performance to troops, according to her theater.A dance hall in occupied Ukraine where Polina Menshikh was performing was hit by shelling on Nov. 19.The actress was reportedly giving a show to celebrate a Russian military holiday.Ukraine said about 20 Russian soldiers were killed in the strike, but Russian authorities have not commented on this.Menshikh was giving a performance in a dance hall capable of seating around 150 people, according to local reporting.A video purporting to show the moment of the strike was uploaded to social media. A woman, apparently Menshikh, is seen on stage singing and playing guitar, before an explosion is heard and the hall's lights go out.Menshikh died in hospital of her...
November 22, 2023

Russian actress killed in Ukrainian strike while performing to soldiers

Buildings destroyed by shelling in Izyum, Ukraine. — courtesy UNICEF/Pashkina
Ukraine: Civilian casualties mount as war enters second winter
KYIV — At least 10,000 civilians, including over 560 children, have been killed and more than 18,500 injured since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February last year, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission there said on Tuesday.The Monitoring Mission stated that the casualty figure represents deaths verified according to its methodology, cautioning that the actual figure may be significantly higher given the challenges and time required for verification.“Ten thousand civilian deaths is a grim milestone for Ukraine,” said Danielle Bell, head of the Monitoring Mission, adding that the war, now entering into its 21st month, “risks evolving into a protracted conflict, with the severe human cost being painful to fathom.”Monitoring also showed that a significant...
November 22, 2023

Ukraine: Civilian casualties mount as war enters second winter

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