Venezuela celebrates arrival of Iranian petrol tanker
The first of five Iranian tankers has docked in the South American country. A worker of the Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA waves an Iranian flag as the Iranian-flagged oil tanker Fortune docks at the El Palito refinery in Puerto … Read More
Venezuela attorney general seeks to declare Guaido party ‘terrorist organization’
Venezuelan attorney general Tarek William Saab (pictured January 2020) asked the country’s Supreme Court “to determine if the Voluntad Popular political organization is a terrorist organization” Federico PARRA AFP/File Venezuela’s attorney general on Monday asked the Supreme Court to declare opposition … Read More
Bushfires left estimated 445 dead from smoke and a nation traumatised
An estimated 445 people were killed by exposure to bushfire smoke over the Black Summer fires, while 3340 were admitted to hospital due to heart and lung problems and 1373 people attended emergency departments due to complications with asthma. The … Read More
Earthquake rattles New Zealand for the second time in 48 hours
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck the New Zealand city of Levin, near the country’s capital Wellington, a day after a 5.8 tremor was recorded in the same area, government seismic monitor Geonet said on Tuesday. The epicentre … Read More
Germany wants to end travel warning for 31 European countries: report
BERLIN (Reuters) – The German government wants to end a travel warning for tourist trips to 31 European countries from June 15 if the coronavirus situation allows, magazine Focus on Tuesday cited dpa news agency as reporting. It said a … Read More
Libya stops nearly 400 migrants attempting to cross to Europe: IOM
TUNIS (Reuters) – Libya’s coastguard has stopped nearly 400 migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean in five boats in the past two days, the United Nations migration agency said on Monday. That brings to more than 1,000 the number of … Read More
PM says ‘inalienable right’ to build fence at Evros border
Greece has a right to extend a fence at the border with Turkey in the northeastern region of Evros to avoid a repeat of the tensions last March when thousands of migrants attempted to scale the fence and enter into … Read More
Palestine’s Mahmoud Abbas is threatening the nuclear option
Faced with the threat of illegal annexation, the Palestinian Authority is signaling that it is running out of options. An Israeli activist holds a banner during a protest against the US peace plan for the Middle East, in front of … Read More
Time running out on the last US-Russia nuclear arms treaty
In this June 28, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin walk to participate in a group photo at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan. (Susan Walsh/AP) WASHINGTON — Time is running out on an arms … Read More
Mayor Lori Lightfoot Plans To Fine Churches That Defied Stay-At-Home Order Rules To Hold Sunday Services
CHICAGO (CBS) — Mayor Lori Lightfoot said the city “will be taking action” to fine churches that violated the statewide stay-at-home order on Sunday, by holding services with more people than allowed by the governor’s COVID-19 restrictions. “Certainly there were some … Read More
Trump to pull U.S. out of Open Skies treaty, leaves New START in limbo
Illustration: Rebecca Zisser / Axios The U.S. is moving to withdraw from Open Skies, a 1992 treaty that allows NATO countries and Russia to surveil one another from the air to prevent the risk of military conflict. Why it matters: This … Read More
‘Constitution above pay grade,’ say offending governors
Recently, two Michigan police officers visited a mother who had allowed her daughter to play with the child next door in the backyard. The police demanded to know why she was not enforcing the government’s stay at home order. They … Read More
Governors drunk on power are out of control
WESTERLY, RI – MARCH 28-SATURDAY: A sign welcoming visitors and a sign telling drivers with New York license plates to stop are side-by-side along Router 95 North as drivers cross into Rhode Island from Connecticut March 28, 2020, in Westerly, … Read More