The WSL’s only openly gay surfer has wrestled with competing in Abu Dhabi – where pro surfing has signed a ...

the posters proclaim beneath a photo of Lukashenko ... two years after the demise of the Soviet Union — earned him the nickname of “Europe’s Last Dictator,” relying on subsidies and political support ...

Lukashenko was dubbed “Europe’s last dictator” early in his tenure, and he has lived up to that nickname, harshly silencing dissent and extending his rule through elections that the West has ...

(24 Jan.) Portraits of candidates are displayed on an election poster at a polling center during an early voting in presidential elections in Minsk, Belarus, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel ...

Amir Daftari is a Newsweek reporter based in London, specializing in global affairs with a focus on the Middle East. He joined Newsweek in 2024 from the United Nations and has previously worked at ...

The last time Belarus staged a presidential election in 2020, authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko was declared the winner with 80% of the vote. That triggered cries of fraud, months of ...

As a second-term president, Donald Trump promised that he would not be a dictator “except for Day One.” The last part came true swiftly enough. The tyrannical record on his return was an ...

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