Poland’s political battle over state media continued Wednesday as the president filed a revised spending bill in defiance of the new pro-European Union government ‘s goal of freeing the media from political control.President Andrzej Duda, an ally of the previous right-wing government, had vetoed the new government’s bill that provided…

The Mexican military launched a commercial airline this week with services to tourist destinations and Caribbean resorts.Mexicana airlines celebrated its inaugural departure from Mexico City’s Felipe Angeles airport on Tuesday with the enthusiastic support of the federal government.”This will be the great legacy of [President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s] administration,…

Tehran has tried to take some credit for the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel as part of revenge for the killing of a high-ranking Iranian official, but the terrorist group Hamas flatly denied the claims in a bizarre spat between close allies. “It’s natural for Hamas to deny any linkage…

A main opposition candidate in Congo accused police of using live bullets to break up a protest Wednesday in the capital, as demonstrators demanded a re-do of last week’s presidential election.Holding up a bullet, Martin Fayulu told The Associated Press that it landed near him while he was barricaded inside…

The newly-elected president of Argentina has announced he will be cutting 5,000 government jobs, refusing to renew the workers’ contracts.President Javier Milei will not continue the employment of anyone hired by the federal government in 2023 before his election earlier this month.Individuals hired by the government before 2023 will be…

The Eiffel Tower was shut down to visitors Wednesday because of a strike over contract negotiations, the day the Paris monument marks 100 years since the death of its creator, Gustave Eiffel.Tourists can still access the glass-enclosed esplanade beneath the tower, but access to the 984-foot landmark itself is closed…

Russian politician Yekaterina Duntsova, advocating for peace in Ukraine, lost her appeal against election officials’ rejection of her presidential nomination.Duntsova said she envisions a “humane” Russia that is peaceful, friendly and cooperative, based on respect.Putin’s 24-year control makes his reelection in the upcoming presidential vote highly likely, with key critics…

The North Korean regime hosted an expensive function this week to gather the country’s elites for a meeting. The Central Committee of the North Korean Workers’ Party gathered in Pyongyang on Tuesday for the plenary meeting to review policies leading into the new year.Officials arrived in luxurious Mercedes S-class vehicles, despite…

Nomadic herders in Nigeria killed at least 140 people during a Christmas Eve rampage through 15 villages, according to media reports. The hours-long attacks happened in the country’s central Plateau state as suspected nomadic herders used firearms and machetes on their victims, Reuters reported. “As I am talking to you, in Mangu…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — One of Brazil’s top criminal leaders was locked up in a 6-square-meter (65-square-foot) isolation cell at a maximum security prison to avoid being killed by rivals, authorities said Tuesday.Luiz Antônio da Silva Braga, the boss of the largest militia group in the state of Rio…