Since launching her campaign, Dati has tried to drum up support with social media clips similar to those that propelled Zohran Mamdani from an unknown assemblyman to mayor of New York. Hers have, unsurprisingly, a right-wing spin. She’s been seen ambushing migrants, illicit drug users and contraband sellers in grittier parts of Paris, racking up […]
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump on Sunday predicted Cuba’s government could soon collapse and threatened Colombia’s president, a stark warning that underscored his administration’s increasingly aggressive posture toward leftist governments across Latin America. For good measure, he reiterated his desire to annex Greenland, as well. The comments made aboard Air Force One as the president returned to […]
Continue ReadingIt’s true, Yermak was a gift for MAGA’s Ukraine-bashing wing. Whereas Budanov, as a war hero, is less of an easy target, with no links to graft or any obvious self-serving politics. And if he does harbor personal political ambitions, it seems he has put those aside by taking on this new role — at […]
Continue ReadingVice President JD Vance on Sunday defended the Trump administration’s military operation in Venezuela and capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as part of the efforts to reduce fentanyl trafficking into the U.S. His defense comes as some Republican lawmakers broach skepticism toward the White House’s use of the fentanyl crisis as a justification for […]
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump threatened that Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez will “pay a very big price” if she doesn’t “do what’s right” and cooperate with U.S. intervention into the country following the attack and capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Trump told The Atlantic on Sunday that Rodriguez could face a fate similar to Maduro, who is […]
Continue Reading“We expect full respect for the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark,” Copenhagen’s ambassador to the U.S., Jesper Møller Sørensen, said in a post on X that included Miller’s posting, in what he termed a “friendly reminder” of the longstanding defense ties between the two countries. Trump last month named a special envoy to […]
Continue ReadingBritain and France conducted a joint strike late Saturday against an underground arms cache in Syria used by Islamic State (IS), the U.K. defense ministry said. Royal Air Force Typhoon jets were joined by French aircraft in the strike near the city of Palmyra in central Syria, the ministry said in a statement. “Careful intelligence […]
Continue ReadingU.S. President Donald Trump suggested Saturday that the U.S. used cyberattacks or other technical capabilities to cut power off in Caracas during strikes on the Venezuelan capital that led to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. If true, it would mark one of the most public uses of U.S. cyber power against another nation […]
Continue ReadingNEW YORK — Attorney General Pam Bondi said Saturday that Venezuela’s leader Nicolás Maduro has been charged with drug trafficking and “will soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts.” Bondi wrote in a social media post that Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, had been charged by the Manhattan U.S. […]
Continue Reading“The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr. Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition,” Kallas said in a post on X on Saturday. “Under all circumstances, the principles of international law and the U.N. Charter must be respected. We call for restraint,” she said. Kallas said she had spoken with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio […]
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