About 98,000 Russians have crossed into Kazakhstan in the week since President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization of reservists to fight in Ukraine, Kazakh officials said Tuesday, as men seeking to avoid the call-up continued to flee by land and air into neighboring countries. Kazakhstan...
Cuba held a rare referendum Sunday on an unusually contentious law — a government-backed "family law" code that would allow same-sex couples to marry and adopt, as well as outlining the rights of children and grandparents. Cuba holds parliamentary elections every two years, though no party...
Half of Puerto Rico is without power more than five days after Hurricane Fiona struck — including an entire town where not a single work crew has arrived. Many on the US territory are angry and incredulous, and calls are growing for the ouster of the...
The Prime Minister of St Kitts Nevis, Dr Terrance Drew says the United Nations finds itself at a crossroads in reckoning with history’s judgment. In his contribution to the 77th General Assembly here on Friday, Drew urged that the world body should not be used merely...
The Canadian government announced Monday it will no longer require people to wear masks on planes to guard against COVID-19. Transport Canada said the existing rules for masks will come off October 1. “We are able to do this because tens of millions of Canadians rolled up...