Month: May 2022
UK’s Queen Elizabeth pulls out of state opening of parliament
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth will not attend the opening of parliament on Tuesday as she has had a recurrence of issues with her mobility, Buckingham Palace said on Monday, adding her son Prince Charles would set out the
Read MoreFive years ago, Trump secretly celebrated firing FBI director and gave Russians classified intel inside the Oval Office
Exactly five years ago tomorrow then-President Donald Trump gave top Russian officials code word classified top secret intelligence, putting Israeli spies at risk, and celebrated his firing of FBI Director Jim Comey, all during a meeting inside the Oval Office.
Read MoreI Had an Unplanned Pregnancy, and a Choice
First, some caveats. As every woman who writes something on the internet knows, I must insert the appropriate number of “I love my kids!” “My kids are my life!” in anything that may be construed as complaining, lest the trolls
Read More‘We are not Nazis’: Kyiv quietly marks Victory Day
As Lera Nelyub walked alongside her grandfather Nikolai, she admitted it was difficult to find a way to talk about the ongoing Russian invasion with the 97-year-old World War II veteran. At Kyiv’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Monday,
Read MoreFerdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr., a Dictator’s Son, Takes Huge Lead in Philippine Presidential Election
Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., the 64-year-old son of a kleptocratic dictator, has a huge lead in race to become the next president of the Philippines’ following the election Monday. With more than 80% of the votes counted, Marcos had received
Read MoreWorld leaders weighed in on the war in Ukraine on Victory in Europe Day
Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned peace is impossible under Russian dictatorship, saying “freedom and security will win the day, just as freedom and security triumphed over oppression, … 77 years ago.” (Image credit: Alexey Furman/Getty Images)
Read MoreMarcos Jr., son of Philippine dictator, takes lead in presidential vote
The son and namesake of ousted Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos has taken a commanding lead in an unofficial count in the presidential election in the deeply divided Asian democracy.
Read MoreAfter nearly a thousand interviews, Jan. 6 panel considers calling Trump and Pence
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection has interviewed nearly 1,000 people. But the nine-member panel has yet to talk to the two most prominent players in that day’s events — former President Donald Trump and former Vice President
Read MorePope postpones trip to Lebanon for health reasons: minister
Pope Francis has postponed a trip to Lebanon initially planned for June over health concerns, Lebanon’s tourism minister Walid Nassar said Monday. Nassar did not elaborate on the “health reasons” behind the postponement, but the pope who has suffered from
Read MoreMexico president says hiring Cuban doctors, praises Cuban counterpart
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday lavished praise on Cuba’s leader, reiterated his wish for the Caribbean island nation to be invited to the Summit of the Americas in June and said Mexico would be
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