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Uganda shuts down internet as Museveni seeks to extend long rule

Ugandan authorities shut down internet access nationwide on Tuesday, two days ahead of elections in which President Yoweri Museveni has overseen a crackdown on the opposition as he seeks to extend his...

1dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

South Korean prosecutors demand death penalty for ex-leader Yoon

South Korean prosecutors called on Tuesday for the death penalty to be handed down to former president Yoon Suk Yeol for his December 2024 declaration of martial law, which plunged the country into ch...

1dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Bilt unveils credit cards with 10% interest rate for first year after Trump calls for cap

Bilt Rewards CEO Ankur Jain Taylor Hill/Getty Images Trump has called for a 10% cap on credit card interest rates. Bilt is rolling out a new suite of 3 credit cards offering 10% interest for the first...

10hBusiness InsidereconomicsImpact

4 years after his arrest in Russia, American David Barnes sent to remote penal colony

Four years after David Barnes was charged in Russia with abusing his children in Texas despite not being charged with a crime in the U.S., he is now in a penal colony....

1dABC Newsworld_newsImpact

China, Canada poised to reset trade ties after Trump’s tariffs force rethink

Canada and China appear ready to kick-start trade talks after years of strained relations, with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to Beijing this week coinciding with both countries question...

1dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

South Korean prosecutors demand death penalty for Yoon Suk-yeol over martial law

A Seoul court says an independent counsel has demanded a death sentence for former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on rebellion charges in connection with his imposition of martial law in Decembe...

1dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

UK digital ID plans will no longer be mandatory

The United Kingdom has walked back plans to make its upcoming digital ID scheme a mandatory requirement for working adults. While the UK government remains "committed to mandatory digital right-to-wor...

12hThe VergePoliticsImpact

Senate passes a bill that would let nonconsensual deepfake victims sue

The Senate passed a bill that could give people who've found their likeness deepfaked into sexually-explicit images without their consent a new way to fight back. The Disrupt Explicit Forged Images an...

1dThe VergePoliticsImpact

South China Sea: claims of coercion, deception as Beijing and Manila wage new war of words

China and the Philippines have again exchanged barbs over confrontations in the disputed South China Sea, with each accusing the other of provocation and escalating tensions. The Chinese embassy in th...

1dSouth China Morning Postworld_newsImpact

Australia: Writers' festival called off amid boycott

The Adelaide Writers' Week retracted an invitation to an Australian-Palestinian author, citing the the Bondi Beach attack. Dozens, including the event's director and the former PM of New Zealand, with...

1dDeutsche Welleculture

Trump administration faces backlash over Nvidia H200 AI chip sales to China

Witnesses and lawmakers at a foreign affairs hearing blasted the Trump administration’s approval for the sale of Nvidia’s H200 AI chips to China and called for it to reverse the decision, as the White...

7hSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

JD Vance, Rubio to meet Greenland officials

The Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers are set to visit the White House on Wednesday in a high-stakes effort to ease tensions over Greenland, after President Donald Trump said the territory “nee...

20hFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Syria: No end to conflict between Kurds, central government

The past week's fighting between the Syrian army and Syrian Kurdish paramilitaries shows how difficult the military integration of the two will be to achieve....

13hDeutsche WellePolitics

At least 3,428 killed in Iranian security crackdown on protesters, rights group says

Meanwhile, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Iran was ready to respond "decisively" to its enemies, accusing the US and Israel of being behind the protests....

12hEuronewsPoliticsImpact

Case on whether Myanmar committed genocide against Rohingya opens at UN court

The Gambia filed the case at the International Court of Justice in 2019, arguing a so-called "clearance operation" by Myanmar's military in 2017 violated the 1948 Genocide Convention....

2dEuronewsPoliticsImpact

At least 2,000 protesters killed in Iran, with footage suggesting summary executions

The death toll from nationwide protests in Iran spiked January 12 to at least 2,000 people killed, activists say. With the Internet down in Iran, gauging the demonstrations from abroad has grown more ...

1dFrance 24world_newsImpact

Iran at geopolitical crossroads as protests pressure regime

The Islamic Republic is a key player in the Middle East, with close ties to Russia and China. As the regime in Tehran comes under fire, DW looks at Iran's place on the global stage....

1dDeutsche WellePoliticsImpact

Hungary sets parliamentary election date

Hungary’s president announced on Tuesday that the next parliamentary election will be held on April 12th. Although the official campaign begins in a month, the race is already shaping up to be the mos...

16hFrance 24PoliticsImpact

How Iran jammed Starlink (and how Iranians are trying to get around it)

After shutting down the internet, the Iranian government is now attempting to jam the Starlink satellite service made free to Iranians by the company. Iranians are now seeking ways to circumvent this ...

9hFrance 24TechnologyImpact

Minnesota: Prosecutors reportedly resign over federal probe

Several state prosecutors have reportedly resigned over the lack of a civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis by an ICE agent. The US Justice Department denies the...

1dDeutsche WellecrimeImpact
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