Navalny’s widow Yulia will meet EU foreign ministers, Borrell says
Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of the late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, will meet European foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday, the European Union’s foreign policy chief said. The 47-year-old Navalny, President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent domestic foe, died in a Russian jail on Friday after spending more than three years behind bars, prompting outrage Read More
Haley: Congress is ‘lying to the American people’ by tying foreign aid to border security
GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley alleged Sunday that Congress is “lying to the American people” by tying foreign aid to border security. “Congress is failing because they’re making this sound like you have to choose between Ukraine and Israel, or securing the border. They are lying to the American people. That’s a false premise. We Read More
Kansas City mayor accuses governor of racial ‘dog whistle’ for calling Super Bowl parade shooters ‘thugs’
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas accused Missouri Gov. Mike Parson of using a racial “dog whistle” when referring to the suspected shooters at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade as “thugs.” Lucas made the comment during an appearance on local radio show “Up to Date” on Friday. He told KCUR host Steve Kraske that Read More
Hochul apologizes after saying Israel ‘has right to defend itself’ with ‘inappropriate’ Canada analogy
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul apologized for recent remarks in which she said Israel “has a right to defend itself,” while making what she later called an “inappropriate analogy” about Canada invading Buffalo, New York. “Call out Hamas for what it is, and it is a terrorist organization that must be stopped. No one, no Read More
‘Congress is demoralised, therefore…’: PM Modi addresses BJP cadre ahead of Lok Sabha elections
BJP cadre to work with renewed vigour and confidence for the next 100 days to reach out to new voters and win their confidence for the Lok Sabha election win.
US signals it will block proposed Gaza ceasefire resolution at UN
US says it would veto an Algerian draft resolution at the UN Security Council urging ‘immediate humanitarian ceasefire’. The United States has said it will block another resolution that will soon be presented at the United Nations urging a ceasefire in Israel’s war on Gaza. Algeria has proposed a new resolution be put to a Read More
Brazil’s Lula compares Israel’s war on Gaza with the Holocaust
Israeli foreign minister says he will summon Brazil’s ambassador for a reprimand over the remarks which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as ‘disgraceful’. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has accused Israel of committing “genocide” against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and compared its war on Gaza with Adolf Hitler’s campaign to exterminate Jewish Read More
Week in pictures: From elections in Indonesia to a film festival in Germany
[unable to retrieve full-text content] A roundup of some of last week’s events.
Rep. Mike Turner says Biden admin was ‘sleepwalking’ on Russian nuclear threat before his surprise disclosure
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, says President Biden’s administration was “sleepwalking” on Russia’s nuclear threat before he disclosed it last week. Turner notified all congressional lawmakers of Russian intentions to send nuclear weapons into space on Wednesday, and called on Biden to declassify information about the threat. He worried that the White Read More
Squad member Tlaib urges Michigan residents to vote ‘uncommitted’ in Democratic primary, snubbing Biden
Squad member Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., encouraged residents in her district to vote “uncommitted” – instead of for President Biden – in the upcoming Democratic primary. In a video shared by the Listen to Michigan campaign, Tlaib stood outside the Ford Civic Center in the city of Dearborn, reminding residents that early voting would Read More