French President Emmanuel Macron wins re-election: a victory with deep challenges Emmanuel Macron’s decisive victory over Marine Le Pen in the second round of France’s presidential election on 24 April 2022 is no surprise. For more than a year, opinion polls had been predicting it. As early as April 2021, the leading polling institutes (Elabe, … [Read more…]
What Elon Musk’s $44 billion purchase of Twitter means for the platform Twitter said Monday it has agreed to sell itself to Elon Musk in a roughly $44 billion deal that has the potential to expand the billionaire’s business empire and put the world’s richest man in charge of one of the world’s most influential … [Read more…]
Russia-Ukraine: Google disables map navigation service in Ukraine Google has announced temporarily disabling Google Maps tools in Ukraine amid Russia’s invasion of the country. The software company provided live information about traffic conditions in Ukraine due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. On Sunday, the Google Maps traffic layer and its live information feature in Ukraine … [Read more…]
Biden in Delaware as Putin raises nuclear alert status President Biden remains at his private home in Delaware as the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues to escalate. Russian President Vladimir Putin raised the alert status for his nuclear forces to “special regime of combat duty” as Russia and Ukraine battle for the fourth day. Putin ordered the Russian defense … [Read more…]
Russia-Ukraine: Russia claims to have destroyed military targets in Ukraine raids An explosion strikes Kyiv on Feb. 24, 2022. ZUMAPRESS.com The US Embassy encouraged Americans in Ukraine to shelter in place amid Russia’s military mobilization. Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, Mariupol, and other cities were attacked early Thursday. Russia claims it wiped out Ukraine’s air force bases … [Read more…]
More Russian Mercenaries Arrive Central African Republic A new batch of Russian mercenaries of the Wagner Group has arrived in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, HumAngle can report. The mercenaries who have been arriving at the Bangui Mpoko airport in the last few days were always welcomed by the Central African Republic … [Read more…]
Ukraine asks Russia to withdraw troops from its territory, reverse recognition of separatists “We demand the immediate and complete verifiable withdrawal of the occupation troops,” Ukrainian UN Ambassador said in New York. Kyiv has called on Moscow to reverse its recognition of separatist territories in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region at an emergency UN Security Council … [Read more…]
Russia-Ukraine Standoff: Biden agrees to meet with Putin “in principle” US President Joe Biden has agreed “in principle” to a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin as long as Russia does not further invade Ukraine, according to the White House. The potential meeting was brokered by French President Emmanuel Macron amid renewed US warnings that … [Read more…]