Opposition
The Faroe Islands’ yearly ‘grind’ kills over 150 dolphins, some with their calves, turning the sea scarlet
More than 150 dolphins have been killed in the Faroe Islands, provoking outrage from animal rights NGOs as well as some disappointed islanders. On Saturday, an estimated 156 Atlantic white-sided dolphins were purposely killed during the traditional grindadráp hunt at Skálabotnur. Harrowing photos and video footage showed how the unfortunate animals were stabbed and sliced in the bay, painting the water blood red before being carried onshore, lined up, and killed.
South Korea PM may resign after opposition’s midterm victory
President Yoon Suk Yeol, who has three years remaining in office and has been contending with low approval ratings and a liberal opposition-controlled parliament that has constrained his major policy platforms, has been dealt a devastating political setback by the election results. Parliamentary elections in South Korea have been won by the liberal opposition party by an overwhelming margin; senior ruling party politicians have reportedly offered to resign in the wake of the devastating defeat.
Can Yulia Navalnaya Unite Russia’s Opposition Post-Navalny?
"Baby, we are like the lyrics of the song [Hope] – there are cities, airport takeoff lights, blue blizzards, and thousands of kilometers between us," he wrote on St. Valentine's Day, February 14. Nevertheless, I sense your presence in my life constantly, and my affection for you grows," he wrote beside a photograph of himself and Yulia Navalnaya, a tall, blonde former bank teller whom he met in 1998 while on vacation in Turkey.