Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that 2025 will be decisive in determining who wins the war, in an address to parliament on the 1,000th day of the Russian invasion. Details by Léo Paichard and Eliza Herbert. Source link
A driver in an SUV plowed into students and pedestrians outside a primary school in southern China on Tuesday, leaving several people injured, state media said, as worries spread over a spate of violent attacks in the country over the past week. Source link
He’s been a lumberjack athlete, MTV star, attorney, Fox News regular and US Representative for Wisconsin. Now, Sean Duffy’s been named the next Transportation Secretary by President-Elect Donald Trump. Source link
Boris Pistorius has been talking about as a possible candidate for chancellor for his center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD). After the collapse of the center-left coalition government at the beginning of November, this discussion gathered pace: Pistorius was repeatedly brought into play as an alternative to Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who wants to lead his party … Read more
G20 leaders on Tuesday were holding the final day of a summit that offered some impetus to stalled UN climate talks, diverged on wars in Ukraine and the Middle East — and foresaw global turbulence as Donald Trump readies to take over the US presidency. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondent in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, … Read more
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday urged Europe to push Moscow “harder” towards what he described as a “just peace”, in a speech to the European Parliament marking 1,000 days since the start of Russia’s invasion. Source link
PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, January 19: French newspapers praise Gisèle Pélicot, who took the stand for the final time in a rape trial that shocked the world. In New Zealand, the largest-ever protest for Māori rights takes place amid controversy over a new bill. Rafael Nadal competes for Spain in the Davis Cup, marking his … Read more
In her closing statement of the mass rape trial that has sent shockwaves across the country, survivor Gisèle Pelicot said it was time for “macho” society that “trivializes rape” to change. “I’ve lost 10 years of my life that I’ll never make up for,” she added. The trial enters its final stages this week. Source … Read more
Germany’s three-party governing coalition, which collapsed this month, hasn’t had many success stories. Yet most observers agree that Chancellor Olaf Scholz deserves praise for taking emergency energy measures to make sure that people didn’t freeze in the winter and there were no blackouts after Germany decided to wean itself off Russian oil and gas after … Read more
Russia vetoed a UN resolution Monday calling for an immediate ceasefire in the war between Sudan’s military and paramilitary forces and delivery of humanitarian aid to millions in desperate need. Source link