Russia mulls labelling queen of Soviet pop Pugacheva a ‘foreign agent’ | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia mulls labelling queen of Soviet pop Pugacheva a ‘foreign agent’ | Russia-Ukraine war News

Musician Alla Pugacheva, who is currently abroad, has criticised the Kremlin for its actions in Ukraine. Russian prosecutors have asked the justice ministry to consider labelling Alla Pugacheva, the queen of Soviet pop music, as a “foreign agent”, the Reuters news agency reported. If successful, the move would officially designate…

‘Overwhelmed in joy’: Texas court overturns woman’s voter fraud conviction | Elections News

‘Overwhelmed in joy’: Texas court overturns woman’s voter fraud conviction | Elections News

A woman in the United States is rejoicing after a Texas appeals court on Thursday overturned her voter fraud conviction in a case that advocates say highlights efforts to disenfranchise Black people and other voters of colour in the country. An African American mother of three from Fort Worth, Texas,…

Will the ICJ’s latest orders help Palestinians under attack in Gaza? | TV Shows News

Will the ICJ’s latest orders help Palestinians under attack in Gaza? | TV Shows News

Israel has ignored previous International Court of Justice rulings about its war on Gaza. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has told Israel to allow supplies into Gaza – saying famine is setting in. But the court’s previous orders in the war have so far been ignored. So what is…

Mexico debates a rising political party’s ‘New Deal’ for the poor | Features

Mexico debates a rising political party’s ‘New Deal’ for the poor | Features

Mexico City – The fliers promoting the kickoff rally for Claudia Sheinbaum’s presidential campaign posted an official start time of four in the afternoon, but by 2pm, the main square here in this capital city – popularly known as the Zocalo – was already teeming with thousands of supporters jostling…

Nine detained in Tajikistan in relation to Moscow concert hall attack | Russia-Ukraine war News

Nine detained in Tajikistan in relation to Moscow concert hall attack | Russia-Ukraine war News

A Russian court meanwhile charged one more suspect in last week’s deadly attack on Crocus City Hall. Tajikistan’s state security service has detained nine people for suspected contact with the perpetrators of last week’s attack by gunmen on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed 144 people, Russian state media…

Northern Ireland DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson resigns after police charges | Politics News

Northern Ireland DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson resigns after police charges | Politics News

Media reports say the charges against the Democratic Unionist Party head relate to ‘non-recent sexual offences’. The leader of Northern Ireland’s largest unionist party, Jeffrey Donaldson, has resigned after confirming he has been charged with “allegations of an historical nature”, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) says. “In accordance with the…

How US police are co-opting a law meant to protect victims of crime | Police News

How US police are co-opting a law meant to protect victims of crime | Police News

Columbus, Ohio – Some of the final moments of Ta’Kiya Young’s life unfolded in a supermarket car park last August. Suspected of stealing from a Kroger’s grocery store in Blendon Township, Ohio, Young had just climbed into her black Lexus sedan when two police officers approached her. “Are you going…

Photos: Israeli air raids kill dozens across the Gaza Strip | Israel War on Gaza News

Photos: Israeli air raids kill dozens across the Gaza Strip | Israel War on Gaza News

Israel has continued its aerial and ground bombardment of the Gaza Strip, killing dozens more Palestinians, as fighting rages around Gaza City’s main al-Shifa hospital, Palestinian officials and the Israeli military said. Seventy-one people were killed and 112 wounded over the last 24 hours, Gaza’s Ministry of Health said on…