Month: January 2022
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy urges calm as world leaders work to avert Russian invasion
With more than 100,000 Russian troops on his borders, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that the reaction of world leaders had created a “panic” in his country. (Image credit: Ukrainian Presidential Press Office/AP)
Read MoreRussian President Putin said the West has not addressed Russia’s main demands
Russian President Vladimir Putin weighed in for the first time on answers from the U.S. and NATO to Russia’s security proposals. Other signals from the Kremlin are encouraging.
Read MoreInflation Continued to Run Hot and Consumer Spending Fell in December
Prices are rising rapidly, wages are growing and consumers are glum as a fraught economic moment poses big challenges for policymakers.
Read MoreOne former NASA astronaut’s view on what is next in space exploration
“It’s a good time to be a human being because, you know, these things are starting to open up and everybody is going to be able, or more people at least are going to be able to see what it’s
Read MoreBurkina Faso at risk for more unrest after coup
Already there appear to be tensions between the military and gendarme security forces. There is also the risk that some elements within the military could stage a counter-coup against the junta now leading the West African country.
Read MoreRed States Aren’t Waiting for the Supreme Court’s Roe Decision to Push New Abortion Bans
As the Supreme Court weighs the high-profile case that could unwind Roe v. Wade—and, with it, the Constitutional right to abortion—conservative state lawmakers are introducing a wave of new bills aimed at limiting abortion at the state level. While several
Read MoreEast Coast prepares for possible winter blizzard conditions
Residents and officials in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic regions of the U.S. are bracing for a powerful winter storm expected to produce blizzard conditions Friday and Saturday.
Read MoreBridge in Pittsburgh collapses hours before scheduled Biden visit to talk infrastructure – CNN
Bridge in Pittsburgh collapses hours before scheduled Biden visit to talk infrastructure CNN Pittsburgh bridge collapse causes massive gas leak leaving 4 hospitalized ahead of Biden’s visit Fox News Human chain formed to rescue people from dangling bus after Pittsburgh bridge collapse
Read MorePentagon Warns Russia Could Seize Ukrainian Cities, While Kyiv Pleads for Calm
The Pentagon warned that Russia has amassed sufficient combat power to take cities and substantial swaths of territory in Ukraine, whose leaders warned the U.S. was overstating the Russian threat.
Read MoreU.K. police request redactions to information on lockdown violation parties
British police say they want parts of a key report into lockdown-breaching government parties to remain unpublished until they finish a criminal investigation.
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