The governing Pastef party is projected for an overwhelming victory after Senegal’s legislative elections. Any win for President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko is set to strengthen their mandate to implement ambitious reforms and address economic and social challenges. We’re on the ground with our correspondent in Dakar. Source link
European foreign ministers meet in Warsaw Tuesday to address Ukraine’s war, Trump’s potential return, and European security. Germany, France, Italy, and Poland join in person, with UK and Spain attending remotely. Talks focus on Europe’s defense identity amid escalating tensions and shifting US policies, Polish and German officials confirmed. Source link
markets NTPC Green Energy IPO: According to experts keeping an eye on gray market trends, NTPC Green Energy shares are trading at a premium of Rs 1-2 in the unofficial market. Accordingly, the company’s shares are expected to be listed at a price of Rs 109. If this happens then investors will make minor profits. … Read more
The US, NATO and South Korean spy agencies have all confirmed that Russia has brought in North Korean soldiers to the fight against Ukraine. Many on social media assert to show proof of the presence of these North Korean soldiers in the Russian-Ukraine front. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake. … Read more
Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group said Monday it had launched explosive-laden drones at military targets in Tel Aviv, as Israeli rescuers said five people were injured by rocket fire in the city suburbs. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments in the Middle East. Source link
The US decision to authorize long-range Ukrainian strikes could help Kyiv defend the foothold in Russia’s Kursk region that it seized as leverage in any war talks, but may come too late to change the course of the war, analysts said. Details by FRANCE 24 correspond in Slovianska, Ukraine, Gulliver Cragg. Source link
Major escalation or mother parting shot? Nine weeks before Joe Biden hands the reins back to his predecessor, the US president approving Ukraine’s use of American-made long-range missiles inside Russian territory. The move is in response to Moscow’s deployment of North Korean troops to the frontline in Kursk region. Are the missiles only for that … Read more
There was no time for nostalgia or looking back in anger, as Germany’s Greens pivoted into campaign mode at their weekend party conference in Wiesbaden. Germany is expected to elect a new federal parliament on February 23, seven months earlier than expected, following the collapse of its governing coalition of the Greens, the neoliberal Free … Read more
Tyler Bosselman was wearing the dark blue vest and the red tie of a Deutsche Bahn train driver. As he sat comfortably in the operator’s seat of his regional DB train, the landscapes of southern Germany rushed from outside, reflected in his sunglasses. Construction is underway on one of the routes that the 24-year-old Bosselman … Read more
The Taurus cruise missile is one of the most powerful weapons in the German army’s arsenal, and has been at the top of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s wish list for a long time. However, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, of the Social Democrats (SPD), continues to reject exports of the weapon to Ukraine. With a warhead … Read more