Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia will meet Argentina’s President Javier Milei on Saturday, days ahead of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s inauguration for a third term following contested July elections. The US and the European Parliament have recognized González Urrutia as Venezuela’s legitimate president, as have Argentina, Costa Rica and Uruguay. Source link
Myanmar’s ruling military government announced the release of 5,864 prisoners, including 180 foreigners, under an amnesty, state media reported on Saturday. The annual pardon will mark the country’s 77th Independence Day. Myanmar regularly announces mass prisoner release orders on Independence Day. What else do we know about the release order? Military government spokesman Major General … Read more
Faced with the never-before-seen dilemma of how, when or even whether to sentence a former and future US president, the judge in President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money case scheduled the sentencing for January 10. “It took everyone by surprise,” said David Smith, Washington bureau chief for The Guardian. “The judge was making a point that … Read more
South Korea’s political leadership was in uncharted territory Saturday after the sitting President Yoon Suk Yeol resisted arrest over a failed martial law decree on Friday, days before the warrant expires on January 6. Source link
South Korean investigators on Saturday said they expected to complete the transcript from the cockpit voice recorder recovered from the wreckage site of the Jeju Air Boeing flight which crashed last Sunday. Source link
Nashville, Tennessee – Just days after Tennessee announced a new manual for executing death row inmates, the state’s top prison officials said they will not release the document to the public. The Tennessee Department of Corrections asked The Associated Press to file a public records request to obtain a copy of the latest execution manual, … Read more
German rail operator Deutsche Bahn (DB)’s punctuality problems will persist until 2024, according to data published by the company on Friday. According to its latest figures, only 62.5% of DB ICE and IC long distance trains arrived within 6 minutes of arrival time last year. This figure is slightly worse than in 2023 when 64% … Read more
A highly decorated US Army soldier who fatally shot himself in a Tesla Cybertruck just before he blew up outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas was “likely” suffering from PTSD, FBI officials said on Friday. They added that he had “no animosity” towards Donald Trump. Source link
Myanmar’s ruling military government will release 5,864 prisoners, including 180 foreigners, under an amnesty, state media reported on Saturday. The annual pardon will mark the country’s 77th Independence Day. Where is Aung San Suu Kyi? Myanmar’s ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other elderly prisoners were reportedly put under house arrest last year … Read more
