A Nicaraguan judge found Orlando Tercero guilty of femicide in the death of Binghamton University student Haley Anderson on Friday afternoon. The judge deliberated for about an hour and a half prior to delivering her verdict. Before she did, she denounced violence against women and advocated for equal rights between men and women. “[Anderson] tried to maintain autonomy over herself,” the judge... 

The United States is backing a new offensive by the junta in Kiev as it is supporting its “puppet regime” in Ukraine and trying to push pro-Russian forces out of the struggle, says a political analyst. “I think Washington wants to strengthen the position of the Kiev junta without calling into question the fact that its origins was in a military civilian coup which overthrew the elected government...