Jimmy Carter spent just four years in the White House, but the past 40 leading the Carter Center, a nonprofit he and his wife Rosalynn — who passed away in Nov. 2023 — founded in 1982 to keep pushing their political vision.
Why it matters: The nonprofit not only has been "waging peace" across the world, as Carter often said, it rebuilt his public image following his 1980 landslide election loss.
Mexico is launching a smartphone app that allows Mexican migrants to warn relatives and instantly alert the nearest consulate if U.S. immigration agents detain them, officials said Friday.
Why it matters: The announcement came as part of a broad warning from the administration of Mexico'sPresident Claudia Sheinbaum that the nation will defend the human rights of Mexican citizens in the U.S. amid President-elect Trump'smass deportation plans.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday he apologized after the Azerbaijan Airlines flight crashed en route to Grozny, Chechnya, killing 38 people and injuring 29 others on Christmas Day.
The big picture: Putin apologized in a phone call with Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev "for the fact that the tragic incident occurred in Russian airspace," but the Russian president did not accept responsibility for the crash itself in a translated government news release.