Month: May 2022
WATCH LIVE: Pelosi and House Democrats speak on abortion and the Supreme Court
House Democrats are address abortion and the Supreme Court’s draft decision days after the Senate failed to agree on a federal law to protect abortion access.
Read MoreBiden’s Abortion Stance and Catholic Faith Have Never Been More at Odds
It’s a side of Joe Biden the public rarely sees. Friends who’ve endured lengthy car rides with him or joined in his impromptu huddles after mass know that chewing over the ins and outs of religious thought is a time-honored
Read More‘Credible evidence’ of sexual violence against Ukraine’s children – and attacks on schools mounting
Evidence of “credible allegations” of sexual violence against children by Russian troops, and other violations of UN Security Council rules on young people in wartime, have been recorded by a senior British diplomat.
Read MoreNorth Korea confirms first COVID death with fever spreading ‘explosively’
North Korea has announced its first COVID death, a day after the country confirmed its first official coronavirus case since the pandemic began.
Read MoreUkraine river ambush shows once again that Russian military ‘not up to scratch’
The Ukrainian military demonstrated its prowess once again on Wednesday, when satellite images showed dozens of Russian tanks and armored vehicles destroyed after failing to cross the Donets River. The episode cost the Russian military an entire battalion – the
Read MoreTrump struggles to keep control of his own MAGA movement – CNN
Trump struggles to keep control of his own MAGA movement CNN
Read More‘It’s a war’: Russia’s Pussy Riot on European tour to help Ukraine
Balaclava-clad members of Russian protest punk band Pussy Riot mounted the stage for a Ukraine benefit concert with a blunt message for the Berlin audience about Vladimir Putin: we told you so. Since their raucous performance at Moscow’s Christ the
Read MoreSheikh Khalifa bin Zayed, the UAE’s long-ailing leader, has died
The United Arab Emirates’ long-ailing ruler, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, died Friday, the government’s state-run news agency announced in a brief statement. He was 73. (Image credit: AP)
Read MoreSenate confirms Jerome Powell for second term as Fed Chair
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Jerome Powell for a second four-year term as Federal Reserve chair, giving bipartisan backing to Powell’s high-stakes efforts to curb the highest inflation in four decades.
Read MoreIn Sweden, misgivings over rushed debate to join NATO
Sweden is widely expected to apply for NATO membership after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sparked a surge in support, but many Swedes are uncomfortable with how quickly the decision-making process has gone. The country is set to reverse a decades-old
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