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Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Angola, an oil- and mineral-rich country in south-west Africa, marked the third leg of his tour of four African nations. On Saturday, after meeting with Angolan President João Lourenço, the Pope delivered his first address to Angola’s governing authorities, repeatedly referring to the country’s turbulent history, scarred by colonial plunder and civil war. “I wish to meet you in a spirit of peace and to affirm that your people possess treasures that can neither be bought nor stolen,” the Holy Father warned. “You know well that, all too often, people have looked – and continue…
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“Once oil deliveries are restored, we will no longer stand in the way of approving the loan,” Orbán wrote on X Sunday afternoon. Approving the financial lifeline to Kyiv could be among his last actions as Hungarian prime minister — a surprising turnaround for a leader who has weaponized anti-Ukraine sentiment for years. Orbán is set to step down in mid-May after losing last Sunday’s election to opposition leader Péter Magyar. The Druzhba pipeline carrying Russian oil through Ukraine to Hungary and Slovakia has been at the center of a diplomatic quagmire between the EU and Hungary. In February, Orbán vetoed the…
“Republicans have the best candidates that they’ve had in a long time but are facing serious headwinds,” said New Hampshire GOP strategist Mike Dennehy.“I wouldn’t say I feel warm and fuzzy about things right now,” said a Georgia Republican operative, granted anonymity to speak about party strategy, like others in this story.The Senate wasn’t initially expected to be a concern for Republicans.Even as typical midterm dynamics often dog the party in power, this year’s map strongly favored Republicans. Democrats need to hold onto all their seats — including defending Sen. Jon Ossoff in Georgia and an open seat in Michigan,…
Sánchez has emerged as one of Israel’s most vocal critics in the EU. He accused Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of committing genocide in Gaza and denounced the joint U.S.-Israel strikes against Iran as an “immense error.” Critics claim that Israel’s continued strikes against Lebanon are undermining a peace settlement in the broader region. During his speech in Andalusia, Sánchez called for an immediate end to the war in the Middle East that has led to a surge in global oil prices and mass displacement across the region. The foreign ministers of Spain, Ireland and Slovenia accused Israel of breaching…
Western leaders have urged the Iranian regime to reopen the waterway, through which a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas transits. Prolonged closure is driving up global oil prices and damaging economic growth prospects across the EU. Kallas, the EU’s foreign policy chief, wrote on X that “under international law, transit through waterways like the Strait of Hormuz must remain open and free of charge.” But the Iranian regime poured scorn on Kallas’ assertion. “Oh, that ‘international law’?! The one that the EU dusts off to lecture others while quietly green-lighting a U.S.-Israeli war of aggression…
Democratic strategist Fred Hicks said he’s encouraged by voters reengaging with the party after an uninspiring 2024 that saw former President Joe Biden drop out from the presidential race and Harris’ abbreviated campaign fail to prevent Trump’s reelection.“Trump’s decisions and his announcements sobered up Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters right away, so that people realized they didn’t have the luxury of sitting in their feelings,” Hicks said.Another encouraging sign for Democrats is that some of the state legislative elections have overlapped with congressional battlegrounds. Three state legislative special elections in Iowa, for example, occurred within the bounds of the state’s 1st…
By Serge Duchêne Published on 19/04/2026 – 13:57 GMT+2 A night-time strike in northern Ukraine claimed the life of a teenager and wounded four people, the city’s military administration said on Sunday. “One person was killed: a 16-year-old boy”, Dmytro Bryjynsky, head of the military administration of the town of Chernihiv, said on Telegram. He added that four people were injured in the attack, which damaged several homes as well as administrative and school buildings. On Saturday night, Russian forces launched 236 drones against Ukrainian cities, 203 of which were shot down or neutralised by Ukrainian air defences. 18 sites were…
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For Mullin’s backers, those moves — in particular the reversal of the contract review policy — are a sign he is turning the department around. But his approach so far has brought him criticism from both Democrats who say Mullin’s changes don’t go far enough, and from immigration hardliners in President Donald Trump’s political base who argue Mullin’s rhetoric is undermining the president’s promised immigration crackdown.“During this grace period, things have happened that have been counter to the mass deportation cause, and nothing seems to have happened that is in favor of the mass deportation cause,” said Mike Howell, who…