Ukraine acknowledged last week that it fired U.S.-provided ATACMS into Russia on Tuesday for the first time since the Trump administration lifted the ban, which was seen as a significant escalation because these systems require targeting and intelligence guidance to fire.
When Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau announced the arrests stemming from its investigation into an alleged $100 million embezzlement scheme, it delivered the news in a way usually reserved for Hollywood action movies, with explosions and suspenseful titles that reportedly captivated the country.
Ecuadorians last week went to the polls to defeat proposals that would have allowed the U.S. to build military bases inside the country, rewrite the country’s constitution, and cut public funds for political parties—which was seen as an effort by President Daniel Noboa to consolidate power.
t didn’t take Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to anger Beijing.
Protests accompanied by massive strikes have broken out across Europe over new domestic austerity measures during a massive military buildup over what governments have been selling as the threat of war against Russia.
Gen Z protesters played a central role on Saturday in protests that broke out across Mexico to reject the government’s lackluster effort to crack down on crime and corruption inside the country.
Russia carried out its biggest attack on Kyiv since the start of the war, launching 430 drones and 18 missiles into the capital, which prompted the Ukrainians to launch missiles into Russia.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was forced on the defensive last week after the announcement of a corruption investigation focused on his inner circle that involves a $100 million kickback scandal.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said last week that Russia has been ramping up its weapons production to levels that make it seem that the Kremlin has no intention of stopping in Ukraine and is, in fact, girding for a wider war against Europe.
Mark Rutte, the head of NATO, told a conference in Bucharest last week that the collective West needs to be prepared for a long-term confrontation with Russia and other countries that are not compliant with the current rules-based order that is dictated by Washington and Brussels.