Category: World

The 2025 World Press Freedom Index, released by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), paints a grim picture of global journalism. For the first time in the index’s history, half of the world’s countries are classified as having a “poor” environment for press freedom. Only 45 nations—less than a quarter of those assessed—received “satisfactory” or “good” ratings. […]

Ruth Nivar, a 57-year-old former employee of the D.C. Department of Human Services (DHS), has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for extorting money from low-income, non-English-speaking residents seeking public assistance. The scheme, which began in 2018 and continued through May 2023, involved Nivar exploiting her position to demand payments from applicants for […]

Serbian authorities have arrested two foreign nationals—Cui Guanghai, 43, from China, and John Miller, 63, from the United Kingdom—at the request of the United States. They are accused of orchestrating a conspiracy to harass and intimidate a Los Angeles resident who had publicly criticized Chinese President Xi Jinping. According to a criminal complaint unsealed by […]

On the morning of Monday 28 April, nothing was out of the ordinary in peninsular Spain’s electricity system. Demand was at normal levels for the time of year, and was being easily met by the total generation capacity available. The day before, the Spanish National Grid Network (REE, Red Eléctrica Española, commercially known as Redeia) […]

Kellie Lee Crawford, 57, was sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for the voluntary manslaughter of her 70-year-old neighbor, Richard Strade, in Grove, Oklahoma. U.S. District Judge Gregory K. Frizzell imposed the sentence, which will be followed by three years of supervised release. In September 2021, Crawford, under the influence of methamphetamine, struck Strade […]

BUCHAREST, 2 May 2025 – International election observers will hold a press conference to present their findings following the repeat presidential election in Romania. What: Who: When: Where: Registration: The international election observation is a joint mission of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA). […]

On May 2, 2025, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) marked World Press Freedom Day by highlighting the dual-edged impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on journalism and media freedom. OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen, and the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Jan Braathu, issued a joint statement emphasizing […]

On May 1, 2025, Israel marked its 77th Independence Day under a cloud of grief and uncertainty. While the blue and white flags fluttered across Tel Aviv and the familiar scent of barbecues filled the air, the celebrations were markedly subdued. The nation, still reeling from the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack that resulted in […]

A powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck off the southern coasts of Chile and Argentina on Friday, May 2, 2025, at 08:58 local time (12:58 GMT). The epicenter was located approximately 218 kilometers (135 miles) south of Puerto Williams, Chile, in the Drake Passage, at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles). Despite its strength, […]

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on May 1, 2025, directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to eliminate all federal funding to National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) by June 30. The order accuses both broadcasters of producing biased and partisan news coverage and mandates that affiliated stations cease […]