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Russia frees ailing ex-US marine after Putin’s ‘goodwill’ pardon

Moscow on Tuesday freed a former US marine jailed in Russia since 2022 after Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a pardon for the ailing American based on humanitarian reasons, US officials said. The White House and the State Department had urged Moscow to release Robert Gilman, 32, so he could receive medical treatment in the United States. Gilman was being held in a prison in Voronezh,…

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Israel, Venezuela open up consular relations for first time in 17 years

The move creates an official channel of coordination between Israel and Venezuela, which have not maintained diplomatic relations since 2009.

  • Israel and Venezuela reestablish consular relations after 17-year break
  • Foreign Ministers Gideon Saar and Félix Plasencia brokered talks
  • Coordination mechanism to facilitate consular services for citizens

Unfunded municipal budgets: Councils promise, residents pay dearly

An unfunded budget is not a misfortune that befell a municipality. It is a council voting to spend money it knows will not arrive. Last year, 116 councils did it.

  • 116 South African municipalities adopted unfunded budgets last year.
  • Municipalities committed R288.17 billion they knew would not arrive.
  • Unfunded budgets cause dire consequences for residents and infrastructure.