Ukraine war: Putin tells Trump ‘no self-respecting country and no self-respecting people ever decides anything under pressure’
Putin derided the sanctions as an unfriendly act, saying they would not significantly affect the Russian economy and talked up Russia’s importance to the global market. He warned a sharp supply drop would push up prices and be uncomfortable for countries like the United States.
US hits Russia oil companies with sanctions as Moscow as Moscow holds nuclear drills
The United States hit Russia’s major oil companies with sanctions on Wednesday and accused the Russians of a lack of commitment toward ending the war in Ukraine, as Moscow conducted a major training exercise involving nuclear arms. The new sanctions were unveiled one day after plans for a summit between...
Lawyers for Cuban man deported by Trump to Africa demand to know his health condition after going on hunger strike in prison
Roberto Mosquera del Peral was one of five men sent to the small kingdom in southern Africa in mid-July as part of the US deportation programme to Africa. It has been criticised by rights groups and lawyers, who say deportees are being denied due process and exposed to rights abuses.
Lack of ‘enough Republican votes’ forces Trump nominee to top job to pull out for claiming to have ‘Nazi streak’
Ingrassia also denounced the Martin Luther King Jr holiday in private text messages, according to a report in Politico.
Why the ‘No Kings’ protests matter: Americans’ peaceful stand against illegal, authoritarian and un-American Trump agenda
Throughout US history, mass protest has driven some of our most consequential shifts in public opinion. Mass protests were critical in building public support and shaping beliefs to win core democratic advances, including civil rights, the social safety net, and women’s suffrage.
Trumps calls them ‘Hate America’ rallies but the ‘No Kings’ protests expose unease with current regime
While protests earlier this year – against Elon Musk’s cuts and Trump’s military parade – drew crowds, organizers say this one is uniting the opposition. Top Democrats such as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Independent Senator Bernie Sanders are joining what organisers view as an antidote to Trump’s actions, from the administration’s clampdown on free speech to its military-style immigration raids.
‘No Kings’ protests draw large crowds in US cities to decry President Trump authoritarianism
Vice President JD Vance, speaking on Saturday to a gathering of Marines at Camp Pendleton in Southern California, made no mention of the protests. But he criticised Democrats over the government shutdown that began early this month in a partisan standoff over federal appropriations.
US senator kicks up storm with claims of ‘Christian mass murder’ in Nigeria, but data says otherwise
Analysts say Nigeria’s complex security dynamics do not meet the legal definition of a genocide. The UN convention on preventing genocide calls it acts “committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.”
US Supreme Court conservatives prepared to water down key Voting Rights Act provision
Black voters appealed a lower court’s finding that a voting map that added a second Black-majority congressional district in Louisiana was guided too much by racial considerations in violation of the constitutional promise of equal protection under the law. That map was approved by the Republican-led state legislature after a judge ruled that an earlier map that had just one Black-majority district likely harmed Black voters in violation of Section 2.
Rights group sues Ghanaian government for signing ‘illegal’ deportation deal with US
The US sent a first group of five deportees to Eswatini in July, saying they had been convicted of serious crimes including murder and child rape.
