[ad_1] The only thing faster than the American withdrawal from Afghanistan might be how quickly the world moved on. The Biden Administration largely stopped talking about it. Most news organizations were already scaling back in Afghanistan when the Taliban took over. But a question remained, at once basic and vast. How did it come to […]
[ad_1] Rising prices remain a top concern for Americans, according to a new survey by the Federal Reserve. But 72% of adults say they’re living comfortably financially or at least doing OK. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images Rising prices remain a top concern for […]
[ad_1] 4 hours ago Matt Murphy,Lucy Clarke-Billings Reuters Thousands of mourners attend the procession on Wednesday Iran’s supreme leader has presided over a funeral for the country’s late president, foreign minister and others killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei led prayers at Tehran University, where caskets carrying the dead were draped […]
[ad_1] Super Eagles Head Coach Finidi George has shared some inside details of the recent contract he signed with the Nigeria Football Federation. Finidi, currently on a media tour, was a guest on Arise News on Thursday, where he spoke on varying issues, including some of the misrepresented facts about his contract. Finidi addressed misconceptions […]
[ad_1] In the nearly two years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, abortion access has been in an almost constant state of flux. State laws keep changing – with new bans taking effect in some places while new protections are enacted in others. And there have been a slew of lawsuits and ballot […]
[ad_1] Japanese prosecutors again sought the death penalty in the retrial on Wednesday of an ex-boxer who was the world’s longest-serving death row prisoner until his release in 2014. Iwao Hakamada, now 88, spent 46 years on death row — a stretch recognised by the Guinness World Records — after being convicted in 1968 of […]
[ad_1] Small island developing states (SIDS) are scattered across the globe, dotting the Pacific Ocean, the Caribbean, the west and east coasts of Africa and the Indian Ocean. These low-lying highly indebted countries are on the frontlines of climate change and natural resource scarcity, already facing the extremes of sea level rise, unpredictable weather events, […]
[ad_1] U.S. citizens have been implicated in a thwarted coup attempt in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which aimed to assassinate President Félix Tshisekedi and seize power. The coup plot, led by Congolese nationals, was intercepted by DRC security forces and, according to the Congolese military spokesperson General Sylvain Ekenge, led to the death […]
[ad_1] Food distribution in the southern Gaza city of Rafah has been suspended due to a lack of supplies and insecurity, the UN says. The UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa, warned its distribution centre and a World Food Programme warehouse were now inaccessible because of the ongoing Israeli military against Hamas in eastern Rafah. […]
[ad_1] “Relentless aerial attacks continue, prolonging and exacerbating an already dire situation,” said UN refugee agency (UNHCR), spokesperson Shabia Mantoo. “More than two years since Russia’s full-scale invasion, regular shelling and attacks continue to claim lives and destroy homes and critical infrastructure across the country.” Ms. Mantoo noted that in the past week, more than […]