Colombia elects leftist president for 1st time

Gustavo Petro won the presidential election in Colombia on Sunday with over 50% of the vote in a runoff, defeating construction magnate Rodolfo Hernandez, who has conceded. He will become the first left-wing leader in the nation’s history.

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Russian FM reacts to being barred from foreign visit

The actions of NATO states that prevented him from reaching Serbia are “unthinkable,” Sergey Lavrov says Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday slammed NATO and the EU for using the lowest means to pressure other countries. The statement came after Bulgaria, North Macedonia, and Montenegro closed their airspace for the diplomat’s plane heading to…

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US nuclear fusion is a breakthrough for the chosen

American scientists have achieved a major nuclear energy milestone but questions remain about how the technology can be applied The United States Department of Energy announced last week that on December 5 scientists at the National Ignition Facility (NIF), a complex at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, achieved a key advance in nuclear…

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