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Month: November 2024

Turkey’s trade minister says the country expects to be offered partner status in the BRICS bloc

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s trade minister says Turkey expects to be offered “partner country” status with the BRICS bloc of developing economies. The state-run Anadolu Agency quoted his remarks during a parliamentary committee meeting. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attended the bloc’s summit in Russia last month. Turkey requested to join the group as a

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

El fiscal general de Venezuela rechaza que haya niños detenidos tras las elecciones, pero admite que hay adolescentes

Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) –– El fiscal general de Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, afirmó este lunes a la prensa que en Venezuela no hay niños detenidos tras las protestas postelectorales, pero a la vez reconoció que los menores tras las rejas son “unos pocos” adolescentes cuyas edades oscilan entre los 16 y 17 años. Ahora

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Ukraine can’t trademark ‘Russian warship, go f**k yourself’, EU court rules

By Caitlin Danaher, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s border guards cannot trademark the anti-Russian wartime insult, “Russian warship, go f**k yourself,” because it is a political slogan, an EU court ruled Wednesday. The cry was the defiant response of Ukrainian defenders to a Russian warship calling for surrender in the early days of Russia’s full-scale invasion

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Philadelphia mass transit users face fare hikes of more than 20% and possible service cuts

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia’s mass transit system is proposing a 21.5% fare increase starting New Year’s Day and also considering severe service cuts that would take effect in the summer. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority announced its plans Tuesday and scheduled a Dec. 13 public hearing on its proposal. If approved by SEPTA’s board, riders

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Mexican legislators reelect head of human rights agency who failed to address abuses

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Legislators from Mexico’s ruling party have reelected the head of the National Human Rights Commission despite widespread opposition and her refusal to criticize the government. The reelection of Rosario Piedra for another six-year term in a congressional vote Wednesday was another example of the ruling Morena party’s attempts to weaken independent

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Imprisoned Belarus activist Maria Kolesnikova is considering asking for a pardon, her father says

Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The father of imprisoned Belarusian opposition activist Maria Kolesnikova says she’s considering asking authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko for a pardon after more than four years behind bars. Alexander Kolesnikov spoke to The Associated Press a day after seeing his daughter at a prison near Gomel where the 42-year-old musician-turned-activist

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