Nine Egyptian men cleared by a Greek court of involvement in a migrant shipwreck disaster remain unfairly held in administrative detention days after they were freed from jail, their lawyers said Monday. Source link
KYIV, Ukraine — Only a few hundred residents remain in the embattled town of Vovchansk in northeast Ukraine, where Kyiv’s troops are locked in intense battles with the Russian army, according to local officials on Monday. The town, whose pre-war population of 17,000 had dwindled to just 2,500 before Russia renewed its ground assault last […]
ELDORADO DO SUL, Brazil — More heavy rain is forecast for Brazil’s already flooded Rio Grande do Sul state, where many of those remaining are poor people with limited ability to move to less dangerous areas. More than 15 centimeters (nearly 6 inches) of rain could fall over the weekend and will probably worsen flooding, […]
Barbarians throughout history have destroyed symbols of culture and learning. During the sack of Rome by the Visigoths in 410, priceless artifacts and works of art were carried off or destroyed. More recently, when the Taliban took over Afghanistan, they blew up the culturally valuable Buddha sculptures Salsal and […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — One of the two Black lawmakers briefly expelled from Tennessee’s GOP-controlled Statehouse last year will remain on the 2024 ballot after overcoming a challenge from a Republican opponent. Earlier this year, Rep. Justin Jones submitted 26 signatures to Nashville election officials in order to qualify to run as a Democratic candidate. He […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police have begun removing barricades at a pro-Palestinian demonstrators’ encampment on the UCLA campus. Thursday morning’s law enforcement effort comes after officers spent hours threatening arrests over loud speakers if people did not disperse. Hundreds of people had gathered on campus, both inside a barricaded tent encampment and outside of it […]
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected a bid to release from jail a former FBI informant who is charged with fabricating a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden’s family. Alexander Smirnov‘s lawyers had urged the California-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a lower court judge’s order that the […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Soccer Federation and its Mexican counterpart dropped their joint bid to host the 2027 Women’s World Cup on Monday and said they will focus on trying to host the 2031 tournament. The decision left a proposal from Brazil and a joint Germany-Netherlands-Belgium plan competing to be picked for 2027 […]
No woman had ever preached the keynote sermon at the Joint National Baptist Convention, a gathering of four historically Black Baptist denominations representing millions of people. That changed in January when the Rev. Gina Stewart took the convention stage in Memphis, Tennessee, – the Southern city home to Christ Missionary Baptist Church where she serves […]
For the second time in a matter of days, President Biden addressed one of the nation’s most important labor unions to boast that he’s fighting for them, but he’s also fighting to keep his grip on the once-reliable Democratic constituency. Recent polls show Mr. Biden struggling to win support with union households for his reelection, […]
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