Retired army General Petr Pavel defeated populist billionaire Andrej Babis in a runoff vote on Saturday to become the new Czech president.
Pavel will succeed Milos Zeman in the largely ceremonial but prestigious post. https://t.co/FRBfRic3Et— The Associated Press (@AP) January 28, 2023
The shocking death of Tyre Nichols after a police beating has reopened anguished debate across the United States about police violence, fueling a sense that the huge, nationwide demonstrations of 2020 have done little to solve the problem.https://t.co/F9nDJedlzH
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) January 28, 2023
Israel arrests 42 after deadly synagogue shooting https://t.co/7K8Cj0OZj5
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) January 28, 2023
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT: Two people were injured in a suspected Palestinian shooting attack around Jerusalem’s Old City, a day after a Palestinian gunman killed seven at a synagogue on the outskirts of the city https://t.co/y3t6tg2YrU pic.twitter.com/gD7ULgk80X
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 28, 2023
Peru’s embattled president Dina Boluarte on Saturday urged lawmakers to find a way of a deepening political crisis by agreeing to snap elections in December, just hours after Congress voted against the idea.https://t.co/Q7Jwa9YQcJ
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) January 28, 2023
Afghanistan is seeing its coldest winter in 15 years, with temperatures as low as -33 degrees Celsius. The death toll has risen to 166, the Taliban say: https://t.co/PNsnoUGeGw pic.twitter.com/373KUF7t1N
— DW News (@dwnews) January 28, 2023
Sri Lanka’s president suspended Parliament until Feb. 8, when he said he would announced a new set of long-term policies to address a range of issues including an unprecedented economic crisis that has engulfed the Indian Ocean nation for months. https://t.co/cgdyXYEXTC
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 28, 2023
Pilot dies in Indian army jet mid-air collision https://t.co/iNmSoHO3ik
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) January 28, 2023