[ad_1] Opening statements are expected Wednesday in Sen. Robert Menendez’s corruption trial. He is accused of accepting bribes to benefit three New Jersey businessmen and the governments of Egypt and Qatar. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: Opening statements began today in the corruption trial of Senator Bob Menendez. Until recently, the New Jersey Democrat was chair of […]
[ad_1] GENEVA — Ahead of IDAHOBIT, commemorated worldwide on 17 May, UNAIDS is calling on governments everywhere to protect the human rights of LGBTQ+ people. Protecting the human rights of every person, UNAIDS research shows, is essential for protecting public health, because it enables inclusive and equitable access to health services without discrimination. The movement […]
[ad_1] Islamist Armed Group Deploys Boys as Young as 13 in Attack on Macomia Photo: Rwandan Counter-Terrorism Special Units and Mozambique police patrol streets in Palma, Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique on December 18, 2023. © 2023 Cyrile Ndegeya/Anadolu via Getty Images An armed group linked to the Islamic State (ISIS) in northern Mozambique used boys […]
[ad_1] Secretary of State Antony Blinken ended his trip to Ukraine by promising U.S. help to push Russian troops out. But the lengthy debates in Washington over aid to Ukraine has impacted the battleground. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has wrapped up his latest trip to Ukraine, saying that country’s future is […]
[ad_1] In November last year, Muralikrishnan Chinnadurai was watching a livestream of a Tamil-language event in the UK when he noticed something odd. A woman introduced as Duwaraka, daughter of Velupillai Prabhakaran, the Tamil Tiger militant chief, was giving a speech. The problem was that Duwaraka had died more than a decade earlier, in an […]
[ad_1] More than seven months into the war, babies are still being born too small, warned the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA. “Habiba was born in a small tent. She’s two weeks old and weighs less than two kilogrammes,” the UN agency said in a post on X, adding that more than 150,000 pregnant […]
[ad_1] The U.S. Supreme Court Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court has for all practical purposes upheld a new congressional redistricting plan in Louisiana that provides for a second majority Black district. But the court’s decision appears to be limited […]
[ad_1] Washington, DC – “It’s wrong,” United States President Joe Biden said last week of the ongoing Israeli offensive against the southern Gaza city of Rafah, pledging to stop supplying offensive weapons if the assault proceeds. One week later, however, Israeli forces have seized the Rafah border crossing and pushed into the city, where more than […]
[ad_1] Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines testifying before a Senate hearing earlier this month. During a May 15 hearing, she identified Russia as the greatest foreign threat to this year’s U.S. elections. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines testifying before a Senate hearing earlier […]
[ad_1] Updated May 15, 2024, 6:44 p.m. ET May 15, 2024, 6:44 p.m. ET Slovakia’s prime minister, Robert Fico, a fixture in the country’s politics and known for defying his fellow leaders in the European Union, underwent hours of emergency surgery on Wednesday after being shot five times and critically wounded in a town in […]