The conference seeks to offer a 'learning, sharing, and capacity-building venue' to highlight the importance of investigative and watchdog journalism in the face of challenges in the country
By Chris Doyle
From June 6 to 9, the most extraordinarily massive election will take place in Europe. It will involve more than 400 million voters in 27 states. In terms of electoral processes, few are more complex.
In a single country election, voters normally determine their support based on a few key issues, with the economy typically being the top priority. But European Parliament elections are akin to having 27 separate elections, involving 24 official languages, rolled into one. Читать дальше...
A court in the Central African Republic has issued an international arrest warrant for former President François Bozizé over human rights abuses between 2009 and 2013.
By Lisa Vives
Another group of American military personnel has been ordered to pack up and withdraw from an African base in the Central African nation of Chad, three senior U.S. officials said this week. It comes amid a broader, involuntary reconfiguration of Washington’s security policy in a volatile part of Africa.
The officials said the repositioning could be temporary as the U.S. intends to negotiate with Chad about their security relationship, – including potentially returning the troops who departed. Читать дальше...
Lewis Hamilton hits up the Empire State Building to celebrate the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula 1 and WhatsApp partnership on Tuesday (April 30 in New York City. The 39-year-old Formula 1 driver was joined by Mercedes team principal and CEO Toto Wolff as they helped launch the new Mercedes car emoji for Whatsapp. In addition, Lewis [...]
The Orioles mostly sprayed the ball around to where the Yankees were not while keeping them in check for a second straight night.
By William Chislett
Little did they know it, but the military captains who overthrew Portugal’s decades-long dictatorship 50 years ago ushered in a wave of democratisation around the world, including Spain, after the death of General Franco in 1975, but in very different circumstances.
Portugal’s dictatorship was the oldest in Europe, totalling 48 years since a military coup in 1926 against the chaotic First Republic and 41 since the authoritarian Estado Novoestablished in 1933 under António de Oliveira Salazar. Читать дальше...
New York state Sen. Timothy Kennedy, a Democrat, has won the Empire State’s special election to fill retired Democratic Rep. Brian Higgins’s seat in Congress, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ. Kennedy defeated Republican Gary Dickson in New York’s 26th Congressional district for the seat, which was expected to stay in Democratic hands...
The top U.N. court, in a 15-1 vote, has rejected Nicaragua's request to order that Germany halt aid to Israel and renew funding to the U.N. aid agency in Gaza.
Dean Kremer pitched seven innings of two-run ball, Adley Rutschman extended his hitting streak to a career-best 11 games and the Baltimore Orioles defeated the New York Yankees 4-2 on Tuesday night.
If there’s one thing that keeps me up at night, it’s my worry that those of us who are dedicated to democracy and therefore committed to playing by the rules are underestimating the willingness of House Republicans to break the rules to elect Trump.
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My disdain for the Left began at a young age. From as early as I can recall, I hated evil, and I therefore always hated communism. When I realized the Left either supported communism or, at the very least, opposed anti-communism, I understood that leftism was a force for evil. Liberals and conservatives hated communism;…
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Investors better hope that Nvidia Corp. exceeds Wall Street’s current expectations, after Tuesday’s disappointments by two other favored AI-related companies, Advanced Micro Devices and Super Micro Computer.
Project 529 works by encouraging owners to register their bike details and personal information with an online database.
Former President Donald Trump is lashing out at the lawyers over his less-than-innocent optic in his Manhattan hush money criminal trial, "The Art of the Deal" writer Tony Schwartz argued Tuesday.
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New York police made their way into Columbia University late Tuesday after being called in by college officials who said they had "no choice" after window-smashing protesters broke into an academic building and refused to leave.
"They're not here to promote peace, unity, allow a peaceful display on one voice, but they are here to create discord and defensiveness."
"You have an unfortunate tendency of demolishing," a Verdun citizen said during question period.
Albuquerque Public Schools in New Mexico also installed an acting principal as it investigates a high school prom.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Tuesday to carry out a military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah regardless of whether there is an agreement with Hamas for a cease-fire and release of hostages held in Gaza.
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