Ecuador votes in historic referendum that could democratize climate policy
CNN — The people of Ecuador are heading to the polls – but they’re voting for more than just a new president. For the first time in history, the people…
Five years after Ireland’s historic abortion referendum, access to care is still ‘patchy’
CNN — In 2018, the Irish public voted overwhelmingly to repeal the country’s Eighth Amendment, overturning one of the strictest abortion bans in the European Union. There were scenes of…
Putin to host ceremony annexing occupied Ukrainian territories on Friday, Kremlin says
results of a referendum on the joining of the DPR to Russia, in Donetsk, Ukraine, on September 27.” class=”gallery-image__dam-img” height=”1250″/> Photos: Russia invades Ukraine Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters Head of the separatist…
Why Vladimir Putin is annexing Ukrainian territory
CNN — President Vladimir Putin is set to sign agreements Friday that will absorb into Russia thousands of square miles of Ukrainian territory in what will be the largest forcible…
Russian forces have staged illegal ‘referendums’ in Ukraine. What comes next?
CNN — Pro-Russian authorities have held so-called referendums in four regions of Ukraine over recent days and, while the votes are illegal and have been universally dismissed as “a sham”…
Russia’s claimed observers in Ukraine ‘referendums’ violate numerous international principles: Experts
CNN — The foreigners that Russian state media routinely cite as being international observers to the so-called referendums in four regions of Ukraine are violating numerous international principles of election…
Cubans to decide on same-sex marriage in national referendum
Matanzas, Cuba CNN — The cake with figurines of two brides on top melted in the Caribbean heat and the wedding guests fretted aloud that one of Cuba’s frequent blackouts…
Protests, drafting mistakes and an exodus: Putin’s mobilization off to chaotic start
CNN — Russia’s “partial mobilization” for its war in Ukraine is off to a chaotic start amid protests, drafting mistakes and an exodus of citizens fleeing Russia, as the Kremlin…
Putin is trying to raise the stakes in Ukraine. Here’s what it means
CNN — In a speech as menacing as his declaration of a “special military operation” against Ukraine in February, President Vladimir Putin has declared a partial mobilization of Russian citizens…
Antigua and Barbuda to vote on whether to remove British monarch as head of state, PM says
CNN — The prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda said the Caribbean country will hold a referendum on whether to become a republic and remove King Charles III as the…