Category: Politico News

On Sunday, most of France was no longer on red alert, after more than a week of scorching heat, including several record-breaking days and nights. High temperatures are now moving eastward. The heat wave — the worst to ever to hit Western Europe — could not have occurred without humans heating the planet by burning fossil fuels, scientists […]

Introducing the discussions on Friday, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, argued that governments increasingly apply moral and legal principles according to political convenience rather than universal standards. “If a country is an enemy, it is condemned as undemocratic and sanctioned in various ways; but if it […]

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday tapped little-known Oklahoma law enforcement officer Lance Schroyer to serve as the next director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), elevating a relatively obscure figure to lead one of the administration’s highest-profile agencies as it ramps up its mass deportation campaign. Trump described Schroyer as “a PATRIOT with real […]

The nomination comes as the Trump administration continues to make immigration enforcement the centerpiece of its second-term agenda. ICE has expanded workplace raids and interior enforcement operations while relying more heavily on state and local law enforcement agencies through 287(g) agreements. But the agency has moved away from the flashy, and controversial, enforcement tactics championed […]

SEATTLE — As a lesbian raised in Egypt, Noha Mahgoub could have chosen to dress for what local organizers branded a “Pride Match” in colors associated with either her sexual orientation or her ethnic identity. The 43-year-old Democratic legislative aide — one of the top staffers in Washington state government — chose the latter, arriving in a […]

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić on Saturday announced that he will resign in the near future, paving the way for early presidential and parliamentary ‌elections. “These are my last days and weeks as the republic’s president. After that, I will resign,” Vučić told supporters of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) at a rally in Belgrade […]

“This is a major industrial complex where the enemy manufactures artillery systems and specialized military equipment, including components for missile launchers used to strike our people,” Zelenskyy said. “Every Russian defense facility that serves the war against Ukraine is a just target for our long-range sanctions.” Andrey Bocharov, governor of the Volgograd region, confirmed the […]

Auf einem Spaziergang durch die ukrainische Hauptstadt zeigt Deutschlands Botschafter Heiko Thoms im Gespräch mit Gordon Repinski, wie der Drang nach Alltag für die Ukrainer zu einem bewussten Akt des Widerstands gegen die russische Aggression geworden ist. Thoms blickt auf den härtesten Winter seit Jahrzehnten zurück. Wochenlange zweistellige Minustemperaturen, systematische Angriffe auf die Energieinfrastruktur und […]

The U.S. conducted a strike against Iran on Friday in response to an attack on a commercial ship passing through the Strait of Hormuz, the most significant test yet of the deal to end hostilities that President Donald Trump signed last week. U.S. Central Command said Friday that American aircraft struck Iranian missile and drone […]

There have been “drone sightings in proximity to offshore energy structures,” reported Offshore Energies UK in April. “Our platforms are 100, 150 miles out in the middle of the sea, so you don’t typically have many neighbors — you don’t have people coming and visiting unless they are there for a very good reason,” Graham […]