N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Chad’s constitutional council confirmed Thursday that President Mahamat Deby Itno, who seized power in 2021, was elected president in the May 6 vote and rejected an appeal by his main opponent . Deby Itno, also known as Mahamat Idriss Deby, seized power after his father, who spent three decades in power
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden marked this week’s 70th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that struck down institutionalized racial segregation in public schools by welcoming plaintiffs and family members in the landmark case to the White House. The Oval Office visit Thursday to commemorate the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision to
Slovakia’s prime minister Robert Fico was gravely injured in an apparent assassination attempt that rocked the small country and the rest of Europe just weeks before an election. Here’s a global look at other notable political assassinations and attempts during the 21st century: — Sept. 1, 2022: Argentina’s then-Vice President Cristina Fernández is targeted by
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Authorities in Belarus on Thursday announced raids and the seizure of property belonging to 104 opposition activists who have fled the country, the latest step in a crackdown on dissent that has continued unabated for nearly four years. Belarus’ authoritarian president, Alexander Lukashenko , unleashed the crackdown in August 2020, when
Politika | 16.05.2024 | access_time 09:10 Ministar unutrašnjih poslova Ivica Dačić izjavio je da je uhapšen D.M. iz Sombora zbog pretnje ugrožavanja sigurnosti predsednika Srbije Aleksandra Vučića, saopšteno je danas iz Ministarstva unutrašnjih poslova (MUP). U saopštenju se navodi da je zbog pretnje ugrožavanja bezbednosti predsednika Srbije, određeno D.M. policijsko zadržavanje od 48 sati. Vučić
Politika | 15.05.2024 | access_time 22:00 Programski direktor Transparentnosti Srbija i predsedavajući Radne grupe za unapređenje izbornog procesa Nemanja Nenadić rekao je danas da iz redova stranaka vladajuće koalicije nije stigao nijedan predlog u postavljenom roku, kao i da od njih zavisi da li će izmene koje bi mogle da načine promene i za predstojeće
BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico is in stable but serious condition on Thursday after being shot multiple times in an assassination attempt a day earlier, a hospital official said. Doctors are continuing to treat Fico in an attempt to improve his condition, Defense Minister Robert Kalinak told reporters outside the
Asian shares were mostly higher on Thursday after U.S. stocks rallied to records on hopes that inflation is heading back in the right direction. The optimism came from a report showing U.S. consumers had to pay prices for gasoline, car insurance and everything else in April that were 3.4% higher overall than a year earlier
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military finished installing a floating pier for the Gaza Strip on Thursday, with officials poised to begin ferrying badly needed humanitarian aid into the enclave besieged over seven months of intense fighting in the Israel-Hamas war. The final, overnight construction sets up a complicated delivery process more than two months
THE HAGUE (AP) — The United Nations’ top court opens two days of hearings on Thursday into a request from South Africa to make sure Israel halts its military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where more than half of Gaza’s population has sought shelter. It is the fourth time South Africa has
