Politics

Tuesday, February 22nd 2022 - 21:14 UTC
Russian Council ratifies treaties with rogue Ukrainian provinces

The Council of the Russian Federation voted unanimously Tuesday to ratify President Vladimir Putin's decree recognizing the independence of the rogue Ukrainian provinces of Donetsk and Lugansk as well as the agreements on friendship, cooperation, and mutual assistance signed with the new self-proclaimed people's republics.
Tuesday, February 22nd 2022 - 20:13 UTC
West launches sanctions against Russia, but door still open to diplomacy

Western powers have started imposing sanctions on Russia for its unilateral decision to move into the rogue Ukrainian provinces of Donetsk and Lugansk in the Donbass region, which have now proclaimed themselves as independent republics (DPR and LPR) with friendship agreements with Moscow which include dual citizenship, mutual defense, and a unified currency.
Tuesday, February 22nd 2022 - 10:50 UTC
Uruguay has what world investors need, President Lacalle tells Dubai fair

Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou told attendees at the Expo Dubai 2022 international fair that the private sector made a country thrive and urged investors to pour into the South American country to become “owners, partners or shareholders of the food generation.”
Tuesday, February 22nd 2022 - 10:05 UTC
Ukraine situation: “China hopes for dialogue and consultation to safeguard the security of Europe”

“China hopes all parties will pursue dialogue and consultation to find a solution that is truly conducive to safeguarding the security of Europe”, replied Beijing's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin when asked about China's position regarding the situation concerning Ukraine following on Russian president's Vladimir Putin to recognize Donetsk and Luhansk regions as independent from Ukraine.
Tuesday, February 22nd 2022 - 10:04 UTC
Sanctions impact on Belarus potash fertilizer and global food production

Some of the first consequences of the Ukraine conflict? Belarus, a close ally of Russia's Vladimir Putin, has announced that the Belarus Potash Corporation, BPC, will no longer abide by some contracts following sanctions imposed by the United States and other countries.
Tuesday, February 22nd 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Russia recognizes independence of Ukrainian rogue provinces

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has officially started after President Vladimir Putin signed a decree recognizing the independence of the rogue provinces of Donetsk and Lugansk.
Tuesday, February 22nd 2022 - 09:45 UTC
Abortion legal in Colombia until week 24

Colombia's Constitutional Court Monday ruled to decriminalize medical procedures to terminate pregnancies up to the 24th week. In other words, there will be no criminal consequences for such actions until the sixth month.
Tuesday, February 22nd 2022 - 09:39 UTC
The plight of the Ilois: Victims of the Cold War and the War on Terror

“The object of the exercise is to get some rocks which will remain ours... There will be no indigenous population except seagulls,” wrote Sir Paul Gore-Booth, a senior official at the British Foreign Office, as the plan to expel the 2,000 Chagos Islanders from their homes was taking shape in 1966. “We must surely be very tough about this.”
Tuesday, February 22nd 2022 - 09:35 UTC
UN chief calls Russia's decision “a violation of territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine”

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday called out Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to recognize certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine as independent as “a violation of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine” in a statement read by his spokesperson.
Tuesday, February 22nd 2022 - 09:08 UTC
Bolivia signs judicial protocol with UN mission

Bolivian authorities and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Monday signed a “protocol for the observation of judicial processes,” which is also to apply to the cases against former president Jeanine Áñez, it was announced.