Myanmar junta to release prisoners to mark Independence Day – DW – 01/04/2025

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

Donald Trump’s honor narrowly saved, for the first time in 100 years, 2 MPs played a game

highlights Mike Johnson was again elected Speaker of the US House of Representatives.Johnson had to face tough opposition to become speaker.Trump intervened and helped Johnson become speaker. Washington: Donald Trump has been elected as the 47th President of America. He will take oath on January 20 and will then stay at the White House, the … Read more

Moldovan PM warns of security crisis after Russian gas cut

Kyiv, Ukraine – Prime Minister Dorin Racine said on Friday that Moldova was facing a security crisis, with its separatist pro-Moscow Transdniestria region cut off from Russian gas supplies, factories closed, central heating restricted. and a rolling power blackout has been imposed. The flow of Russian gas through Ukraine to Central and Eastern Europe was … Read more

Thousands of people evacuated due to fear of volcanic eruption – DW – 01/04/2025

Authorities have begun evacuating residents in northeastern Ethiopia after signs of potentially dangerous activity at a volcano, officials said Friday. Civilians in the Afar region were relocated to temporary shelters, according to state-owned Fana Broadcasting, which cited a regional administrator for the region. Shiferaw Teklemariam, commissioner of the Ethiopian Disaster Risk Management Commission, said it … Read more

France’s waning influence in West Africa

Ivory Coast is the latest country in West Africa to ask French troops to leave for good. It follows similar decisions by Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal and Chad. We analyze France’s shrinking military footprint in Africa – and ask what it means for the former colonial power’s relationship with the region. Source link

Trump’s sentencing date fixed for January 10, judge indicated not to go to jail – DW – 01/04/2025

A New York judge on Friday upheld President-elect Donald Trump’s conviction in a criminal money laundering case and scheduled his sentencing for January 10. New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan said Trump, who is 78, could appear in person or virtually at his sentencing. Trump’s lawyers have fought to dismiss the case in view … Read more

Winter storm set to hit much of US with snow, ice and bitter cold

A fierce blizzard followed by brutally cold conditions will soon engulf the eastern two-thirds of the United States as cold air moves out of the Arctic and south to Florida, meteorologists said. The National Weather Service warned Friday that starting Saturday, millions of people from Kansas City to Washington are set to be hit with … Read more