Ouattara while recently shifting away from France to secure his power, due to France not exactly being popular in Africa, still remains one of the last remaining close allies of France in Africa and one of the most influential

In fact it was the French who installed him into power through a military intervention in 2010

If he falls the already desolate French position in Africa is pretty fucked

🗺️ Land cover map of the holy land (and the Golan) by @milos_makes_maps on instagram

🗺️ Another map by @milos_makes_maps showing the low population density of Australia

🇦🇺👨‍⚖️ Australian Neo Nazi Thomas Sewell has been found not guilty of offensive behaviour during a rally in Ballarat, Victoria in 2023. Where he led around 30 members of the National Socialist Network with a banner reading “Australia For The White Man”

✍️ A passerby who witnessed the rally said in court:

“It just looked like a bunch of boys in a group, going for a walk, Nothing stood out as offensive to me, but that's just me."

🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ Queensland to reinstate ban on puberty blockers for children after it was overturned for just a few hours.

👨‍⚖️ A mother of a transgender child challenged the Queensland government's ban in the supreme court and won the case, overturning the ban.

⛑️ Hours later however Health Minister Tim Nicholls confirmed that he would issue a ministerial direction that will restore the puberty block pause in Queensland.

🇭🇺🇸🇰🇨🇿 Hungary seeks to form an anti-Ukraine bloc with Slovakia and the Czech Republic, Politico reports.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán plans to align with Czech populist leader Andrej Babiš and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico to coordinate their positions ahead of upcoming EU leaders’ meetings.

According to Politico, Fico and Babiš share Orbán’s views on Ukraine, advocating for dialogue with Moscow rather than economic pressure.