Senegal PM proposes tougher anti-LGBT law, doubling prison terms
The bill seeks prison terms of five to ten years for what it describes as “acts against nature”.
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Australia police make arrests over alleged murder of grandfather mistakenly kidnapped
Police have said 85-year-old Chris Baghsarian was not the intended target of the alleged crime.
Continue ReadingDeadly routes – 606 dead and missing on the Mediterranean since January
606 dead and missing in the Mediterranean – the highest number to start a year in a decade.Image: watson/keystone/getty The first two months of 2026 were the deadliest on refugee routes across the Mediterranean in more than a decade, the International Organization for Migration reports. There is no improvement in sight. 02/25/2026, 06:0902/25/2026, 06:09 follow […]
Continue ReadingTrumps Rede zur Lage der Nation – POLITICO
Was steckt in Donald Trumps erster richtiger Rede zur Lage der Nation zu Iran, zu den Zöllen und Europa? Eine Einschätzung von Gordon Repinski und von Julius Brinkmann von POLITICO in Washington. Parallel dazu blickt die Bundesregierung nach Peking. Kanzler Friedrich Merz zwischen Partnerschaft, Wettbewerb und Systemrivalität. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview erklärt CDU-Staatssekretärin und Mittelstandsbeauftragte Gitta Connemann, […]
Continue ReadingWho showed up — and who didn’t — for Kyiv’s big day – POLITICO
Europe marked four years since Russia’s full-scale invasion with a high-profile show of solidarity in Kyiv on Tuesday. Ursula von der Leyen and António Costa stood alongside Volodymyr Zelenskyy — but the absence of some key leaders raised quiet questions in Ukraine about who showed up, and who didn’t. Zoya Sheftalovich was on the ground […]
Continue ReadingTrump’s “State of the Union” – these 8 things stood out during the speech
Video: Watson/Lucas Zollinger The State of the Union Address (“SOTU”) is an annual speech that the US President gives to Congress in which he presents his side of things to the nation. Tonight was Trump’s appearance – here’s what he had to say. 02/25/2026, 05:58February 25, 2026, 10:05 follow me The initial situation Trump went […]
Continue ReadingTrump’s “State of the Union” – these 8 things stood out during the speech
Donald Trump during his almost two-hour speech – it was the longest that a president has ever given at the State of the Union.Image: keystone The State of the Union Address (“SOTU”) is an annual speech that the US President gives to Congress in which he presents his side of things to the nation. Tonight […]
Continue ReadingProminent Russian scholar detained and ‘blacklisted’ in Latvia minutes before delivering lecture on North Korea
On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Andrei Lankov, a prominent Russian scholar on North Korea who teaches at a Seoul university, was detained in Latvia while delivering a lecture, Russian media reported. Mr Lankov confirmed […]
Continue ReadingTrump lavishes praise on Rubio as he claims foreign achievements
President Donald Trump had some exceptionally kind words for Secretary of State Marco Rubio as he listed what he claimed as his foreign policy achievements. The praise for Rubio — Trump said he might go down as the “best” in his job — could boost the Florida Republican should he choose to pursue a bid […]
Continue ReadingTrump defends his tariffs in State of the Union speech
President Donald Trump came to Capitol Hill to deliver his State of the Union speech needing to sell his tariff agenda to a skeptical public. He did so by touting the trade accords he reached with foreign countries, the peace deals he said tariffs helped them reach — and by saying that the money the […]
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