Ukraine launched more than 400 drones at Moscow late Sunday and into Monday, causing damage to an industrial park about 18 miles south of the capital and a fire at an oil depot 12 miles outside of the city as Kyiv continues to try and smash Russia’s energy economy.
Sonam Wangchuk, an engineer in India, has been on a hunger strike in solidarity with the country’s young people who have been rallying against the government over the lack of opportunities, which gave way to the popular Cockroach Janta Party.
The German government has taken steps to hasten its path to becoming a surveillance state after passing its “Security Package 2.0,” which is aimed at incorporating AI technology in its policing to ramp up its “digital investigative powers.”
The Ukrainian military continues to try to expand the war against Russia and has recently turned to long-range drones to target Russian vessels near Crimea as Kyiv tries to show that the Russian military is unable to defend the peninsula, according to a report last week.
A newly released survey found that China is viewed more positively in 25 out of 36 countries, which is the first time in 20 years that Beijing is more popular than Washington in the majority of countries involved in the survey.
Prabowo Subianto, the Indonesian president, called on the country’s richest people to do their share in spreading wealth across the country during a recent meeting at his residence just outside Jakarta, according to the Financial Times.
Alexander Stubb, the Finnish president, struck an optimistic tone about Ukraine’s chances against Russia, and told the Financial Times last week that Kyiv finds itself in its best position since the start of the war and still benefits from the full support from NATO.
Ukraine continued to batter the Russian energy system last week and carried out more drone strikes on separate days, targeting oil refineries and Russian tankers, which has resulted in additional problems for the country’s fuel supply.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz last week announced that the U.S. agreed to sell Germany Tomahawk long-range missiles after the NATO summit in Ankara, which he said exceeded his wildest expectations, claiming that the alliance emerged “united, strong, and confident,” according to the Financial Times.
Colombia and Peru held recent national elections that saw candidates closely aligned with President Donald Trump win office, which WSWS noted became the latest countries in Latin America to fall into the ‘far-right’ camp with Washington.