insert_link World Navalny dies in prison − but his blueprint for anti-Putin activism will live on The legacy of Alexei Navalny lives on. Ian Langsdon/AFP via Getty Images Regina Smyth, Indiana University Long lines of Russians endured subzero temperatures in January 2024 to demand that anti-Ukraine war candidate Boris Nadezhdin be allowed to run in the forthcoming presidential election. It was protest by petition – a tactic that reflects the legacy of Alexei Navalny, the longtime Russian pro-democracy campaigner. Authorities say Navalny, a persistent thorn in […] todayFebruary 19, 2024 12
insert_link World Alexei Navalny: reported death of Putin’s most prominent opponent spells the end of politics in Russia By Alexander Titov, Queen's University Belfast Reports of the death of Russia’s most famous opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, in an Arctic prison camp are shocking, but not entirely unexpected. It draws a line under Russia’s political development over the past two decades by highlighting that a challenge from within is no longer possible. Navalny was the last public politician to pose a real challenge to the Kremlin, but […] todayFebruary 19, 2024 12
insert_link World Potential breakthrough in talks between protesting farmers and Indian government. Protesting farm unions in India have extended the pause on their protest for another two days, after a fourth round of talks with central ministers offered the potential of a breakthrough. For a week, thousands of farmers have been held off from marching to New Delhi in the north Indian region of Punjab. Last week farmers clashed with security officials, who used tear gas shells to stop the farmers 200 […] todayFebruary 19, 2024 8
insert_link World White House Blames fall of Avdiivka on dwindling ammunition and “congressional inaction” The White House says Russian forces were able to capture the strategically critical town of Avdiivka because the Ukranians are running out of ammunition and it blamed Congress for failing to agree on a new round of funding. The fall of the town of Avdiivka in Ukraine's Donbas region is seen as Russia's biggest victory since last year's capture of Bakhmut. Our Washington Correspondent Jagruti Dave has more. todayFebruary 19, 2024 5
insert_link World Wholesale inflation in the U.S ticks up in January The United States Producer Price index rose zero point three percent following a decrease the month before. The latest numbers are higher than expected with some economists saying this is the latest sign that some inflation pressures in the economy remain elevated. Jody Jacobs reports from New York. todayFebruary 19, 2024 9
insert_link World US President Joe Biden blames Russian President Vladimir Putin for Alexei Navalny death US President Joseph Biden says his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin is "responsible" for the death of Russia's opposition leader Alexei Navalny. In a press conference at the White House, Mr Biden said he's "outraged" but "not surprised" by the news, though he stopped short of calling it an "assassination." Benji Hyer reports. todayFebruary 19, 2024 5
insert_link World Trump ordered to pay around $350 million in civil fraud trial A New York Judge has ordered that former US president Donald Trump pay over 350 million dollars in damages,after finding him liable for fraud. After a marathon court case, Judge Arthur Engoron also barred the former president from doing business in New York. Jody Jacobs reports from New York. todayFebruary 19, 2024 7
insert_link World Israeli siege has placed Gazans at risk of starvation − prewar policies made them vulnerable in the first place Displaced Gazan children wait in line to receive food. Belal Khaled/Anadolu via Getty Images Yara M. Asi, University of Central Florida The stories of hunger emerging from war-ravaged Gaza are stark: People resorting to grinding barely edible cattle feed to make flour; desperate residents eating grass; reports of cats being hunted for food. The numbers involved are just as despairing. The world’s major authority on food insecurity, the IPC Famine […] todayFebruary 16, 2024 12
insert_link World Gaza health ministry: 4 die in Israeli-raided hospital after oxygen cut The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said four patients died Friday due to lack of oxygen at one of the war-torn Palestinian territory's few operating hospitals that had been raided by Israeli forces. "The generators of the complex stopped and the power was cut off," the ministry said, raising fears over the fate of six other patients in intensive care and three children in a nursery at the […] todayFebruary 16, 2024 14
