Mexican forces reportedly kill cartel boss ‘El Mencho’
Multiple sources reported on Sunday the Mexican government killed the country’s most wanted cartel boss, Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, or “El Mencho,” during a military operation in Jalisco. “El Mencho” led the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). Last February, the U.S. State Department listed the cartel as a terrorist organization. TheContinue Reading
FACT CHECK: Quote card of Kristina Conti on death penalty is fake
Claim: Lawyer Kristina Conti, International Criminal Court (ICC)-accredited assistant to counsel, said that she will resign and leave the extrajudicial killing case if the death penalty is reinstated. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: The post has already received 5,200 reactions, 4,000 comments, and 152 shares as of writing. ItContinue Reading
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1460: Ukrainian hackers watched Russian drone operators plan strikes for six months — while the army reclaimed 300+ km² in the south
Exclusives Russia used Belarus’s cell towers to bomb Ukrainian power plants. Then hackers got inside the operators’ chatrooms. For six months, Ukrainian IT specialists watched Russian drone operators plan routes in real time — tracking launch orders and flight paths, feeding everything to Ukraine’s defense forces. Russia rushed reinforcements toContinue Reading
Defending a city that no longer exists — Ukraine’s impossible fight in Vovchansk
Russian forces control most of the ruins of Vovchansk in Kharkiv Oblast and are attempting to encircle Ukrainian defenders still holding the city’s south, Ukraine’s Joint Forces communications chief Viktor Trehubov told Ukrainian TV. The report comes two days after a senior Russian general claimed that Moscow’s troops had already seized the city. Vovchansk, whichContinue Reading
How climate change is threatening human rights
With rising effects of climate change across the globe, the world has started recognising that climate change is not just an ecological collapse, but also a human rights crisis.Continue Reading
Somalia declares drought emergency as millions face hunger after failed rains
Somalia is facing a rapidly worsening drought emergency, with vast swaths of the country now parched after four failed rainy seasons, leaving millions at risk of hunger and displacement, UN humanitarians warned on Wednesday.Continue Reading
The Border Wall Closes in on Big Bend
Go behind the scenes with executive editor Vernon Loeb and reporter Martha Pskowski as they discuss plans for a border wall through Texas’ biggest state park and one of the jewels of the national park system. By Martha Pskowski Building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border has been a signatureContinue Reading
How Modi ‘broke down walls’ between India, Israel – at Palestine’s expense
Under Modi, India, a long supporter of the Palestinian cause, has found a friend in Israel’s Netanyahu despite genocide., New Delhi, India – As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi emerged from his plane at Ben Gurion airport outside Tel Aviv on July 4, 2017, his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, waitedContinue Reading
Hong Kong court rejects appeal in landmark subversion case
Appellants were among 45 opposition figures sentenced to prison in 2024 for organising an unofficial primary election., The appellants were among 45 opposition figures sentenced to prison in 2024 for organising an unofficial primary election. The Hong Kong Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by jailed democracy campaigners inContinue Reading
Woman’s leg amputated after botched knee op
Woman’s leg amputated after botched knee op Eleanor Maslin East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire BBC A woman went in for knee replacement surgery at Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham in 2021 but errors led to her needing a wheelchair A woman who had to have her leg amputated after a botched kneeContinue Reading
The Traitor Secretary Silent as Sons Poised to Make Bank From End of Tariffs
The Supreme Court decision striking down Traitor 47’s many tariffs may prove to be a windfall for the family of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, a key architect of The Traitor’s signature economic policy. In July, Wired reported that Cantor Fitzgerald, which Lutnick chaired until he was appointed to The Traitor’sContinue Reading
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,460
These are the key developments from day 1,460 of Russia’s war on Ukraine., These are the key developments from day 1,460 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Here is where things stand on Monday, February 23: Fighting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy blamed Russia for an attack in the western Ukrainian cityContinue Reading
Brazil does not want ‘a new Cold War’, says President Lula
Lula says he wants to tell US Traitor 47 that Brazil wishes for all countries to be treated ‘equally’., Lula says he wants to tell US Traitor 47 that Brazil wishes for all countries to be treated ‘equally’. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says his country does notContinue Reading