NATO formalized its invitation to Sweden and Finland to join its alliance Wednesday, a historic expansion of the defense bloc that directly undercuts Russian President Vladimir Putin's aims as his war in Ukraine grinds ahead. Source: Latest CNN News
Seychelles celebrates its National Day today, on 29 June, in remembrance of its Independence Day in 1977, when it gained freedom from British colonial rule. The highlight of the celebrations, traditionally, is a military parade but this year due to unfavourable rainy weather conditions, the event has been postponed to Sunday July 3. Meanwhile, President Wavel [...]
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation was initially founded to protect Western European countries from the threat posed by the Soviet Union. Over seven decades later, as Russia's war in Ukraine continues, NATO's role in the region has come back into focus. Source: Latest CNN News
Mauritius has reopened nightclubs and bars, lifted restrictions on gatherings, and scrapped a public mask mandate as it eased Covid-19 measures in the Indian Ocean island paradise popular with holidaymakers. Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth said Mauritius had achieved a very high rate of vaccination and could "enter a new phase" of the pandemic more than [...]
More than 7 million people in Bangladesh are in desperate need of shelter and emergency relief after what one aid agency has described as the worst flooding to hit South Asia in living memory. Source: Latest CNN News
Republican primary voters in Colorado resoundingly rejected Donald Trump's brand of politics Tuesday, choosing more moderate nominees for key offices over a group of candidates that had embraced the former President's lies about election fraud. Source: Latest CNN News
A grandmother who was shot by her grandson before he killed 21 people at a Texas elementary school has been released from a hospital. Source: Latest CNN News
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and journalist Maria Ressa said Tuesday the Philippine government has ordered her news organization Rappler to shut down. Source: Latest CNN News
On the same day a former aide to President Donald Trump's chief of staff testified on Capitol Hill about how Trump had wanted to join the thongs of his supporters at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, Republicans in Colorado could nominate a 2020 election denier to be their next secretary of state. Source: [...]
Brett Patman never set out to be a photographer. Source: Latest CNN News