KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine on Wednesday lowered the military conscription age from 27 to 25 in an effort to replenish its depleted ranks after more than two years of war following Russia’s full-scale invasion. The new mobilization law came into force a day after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed it. Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna […]
Between animated box-office flops, superhero duds and a streaming service that’s hemorrhaging members, Disney is losing money like a drunken poker player — except, instead of alcohol, the House of Mouse seems to be gulping down wokeness. If Nelson Peltz has anything to say about it, that could change in a hurry. Peltz is a […]
It’s a given that nearly everyone in San Francisco politics is on the left. Still, there’s a difference between those on the left who still want and expect a city that is sanely run and which makes a real effort to maintain public safety and the woke utopia that leftists are trying to usher in […]
Joe Biden said on Monday that negotiations for a cease-fire and prisoner release were progressing and that it was possible that the fighting could be halted as early as next week. “I hope by the end of the weekend… My national security adviser tells me that we’re close — […]
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians have begun evacuating the main hospital in the southern Gaza town of Khan Younis, according to videos shared by medics on Wednesday. Weeks of heavy fighting had isolated the medical facility and claimed the lives of several people inside it. The war between Israel and Hamas, now in its […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Nearly a hundred members of Myanmar’s Border Guard Police have fled their posts and taken shelter in Bangladesh during fighting between Myanmar security forces and an ethnic minority army, an official of Bangladesh’s border agency said Monday. Shariful Islam, spokesperson for Border Guard Bangladesh, said by phone that the Myanmar forces […]
This story first caught my eye because, well, it is about human trafficking, and like any sane person, I abhor human trafficking. I got the impression when I read the piece that Illinois was a standout in having bad policies–after all, the story was that Illinois got an “F,” and such a grade catches the […]
RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli forces battled Palestinian militants on Wednesday near the main hospital in Gaza‘s second-largest city of Khan Younis, where medics said hundreds of patients and thousands of displaced people were unable to leave because of the fighting. Israel has ordered residents to leave a swath of downtown Khan Younis that includes […]
NEW YORK — Billionaire businessman-environmentalist Tom Steyer has a book out this spring that combines personal and professional stories for a guide on how to battle climate change. “Cheaper, Faster, Better: How We’ll Win the Climate War” will be published May 28, Spiegel & Grau announced Wednesday. In his book, Steyer urges action from investors, […]
CONCORD, N.H. — Calling her second-place finish in the New Hampshire primary “a great night,” presidential candidate Nikki Haley said she will continue to fight for the nomination and called on former President Trump, the primary winner and prohibitive frontrunner, to debate her on stage. “This race is far from over,” Ms. Haley told a […]
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