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[ September 29, 2023 ] Iranian Navy Repeatedly Aimed Laser at American Military Helicopter Politics
[ September 29, 2023 ] Zelensky, Navalny Among Favorites for Nobel Peace Prize NGO
[ September 28, 2023 ] Disputed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic to Cease to Exist on January 1 Politics
[ September 28, 2023 ] Poland Might Seek Extradition of Ukrainian Nazi Veteran that Embarrassed Canada Politics
[ September 27, 2023 ] UN Women’s Bahous Asks UN to Declare ‘Gender Apartheid’ in Afghanistan NGO

US Supreme Court’s Brings Relief to Biden Officials Reinstating Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy

September 7, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Despite the generally expressed dismay among Biden’s administration after the US Supreme Court decided earlier this month to reinstate former President Donald Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” migration policy, it has definitely brought relief to some […]

Ohio Common Pleas Judge Rules Court Can’t Force Hospital to Use Ivermectin as Covid Treatment

September 7, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Michael Oster Jr. has reversed on Monday an earlier decision by Butler County Court ordering West Chester Hospital to give a patient ivermectin for Covid-19, pointing that the hospital cannot […]

HRC President David Fired for Advising Gov. Cuomo during Sex Scandal

September 7, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Human Rights Campaign (HRC) fired its first Black president on Monday after he refused to step down following the report revealing that he had advised former Gov. Andrew Cuomo during his sexual harassment scandal, The […]

Third Japanese Dies Due to Moderna’s Contaminated COVID-19 Vaccine

September 7, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Japan’s Ministry of Health informed on Monday that a 49-year-old Japanese man has died last month after getting a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from a batch that was since recalled over stainless steel contamination, Japan Times […]

Ukrainian FM Asserts US Will Take Part in His Country’s Efforts to Stop ‘Russian Aggression’

September 7, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

US President Joe Biden has allegedly convinced his Ukrainian counterpart Vladimir Zelensky during their meeting in Washington that the United States will not leave Ukraine alone and allies in its efforts to curb the Russian […]

Texas Governor’s Approval Rating Hits All-Time Low in Light of Abortion, Election Laws and COVID

September 6, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

In the wake of the passing of the controversial Abortion law in Texas that has provoked heated discussions and criticism, the poll from The Texas Policy Project at the University of Austin showed Texas GOP […]

FDA Awaits Israel’s Data on COVID Jab to Back Biden’s Boosters Rollout Plan

September 6, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Israel’s Health Ministry is expected to send its data from Israel’s Covid-19 booster jabs rollout to the US in an effort to help the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), potentially providing them with ammunition […]

Louisiana Refineries Damage Slowdown U.S. Oil Offshore Output

September 6, 2021 Maja Popovska

A week after Hurricane Ida made landfall, damage to oil manufacturing plants in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico forced the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement to temporarily suspend operations, Reuters reports. It’s taken energy […]

Post-Ida Death Toll in Louisiana Tops 600,000

September 6, 2021 Maja Popovska

On Sunday, the death toll from Hurricane Ida continued to grow, with many in the Northeast hoping to find individuals who had been lost in the floodwaters, while almost 600,000 customers in Louisiana were still […]

unemployment, job market, recession

Over 7mn U.S. Workers to Lose Unemployment Benefits

September 6, 2021 Maja Popovska

As pandemic social programs expire on Monday, more than seven million individuals in the United States will lose their jobless benefits, The Hill reports. If the government does not intervene, the emergency federal welfare benefits will […]

Israel’s Opposing the US Consulate’s Reopening in Jerusalem Condemned by the Palestinian Authority

September 6, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The Palestinian Authority has blasted Israel on Sunday for opposing the US Consulate reopening in Jerusalem, accusing it for sabotaging Biden administration’s efforts to revive the peace process between the Palestinians and Israel, The Jerusalem […]

Saudi Aramco Enhances Carbon Neutrality Drive with New Glass Fiber Facility

September 6, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

In an effort to enhance the drive towards carbon neutrality in Saudi Arabia, Saudi Aramco has officially opened a new fibreglass production centre that will help reduce the use of steel rebar in its construction […]

GOP Senator Graham Believes US Troops Will Return to Afghanistan

September 6, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

In the wake of the humiliatingly fast military withdrawal of the US from Afghanistan and the Taliban takeover of the country soon afterward, GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham stressed in an interview with BBC that American […]

Taliban Proclaim End of War in Afghanistan, Claiming They Control Whole Country

September 6, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Taliban militants’ spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid announced Monday that the war in Afghanistan has ended after they had conquered Afghanistan’s last holdout of resistance against the country’s new rule, the Panjshir province, and said an announcement […]

Latest Houthi Missile Attack in Saudi Arabia Condemned by the US

September 6, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

In the wake of the latest missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil-rich Eastern Region during the weekend by Iran-backed Houthi militia, the United States led on Sunday the unequivocal, global condemnation of Yemen’s […]

Two Children Injured, Homes Damaged as Saudi Arabia Intercepts Houthi Missile, Drone Attacks

September 5, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Saudi Arabia managed to intercept and destroy three ballistic missiles and three explosive-laden drones launched by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi extremist militia towards the Saudi oil-rich Eastern Region, Jizan, and Najran, the Saudi Ministry of Defense’s […]

More US Strikes Expected in Afghanistan as General Milley Envisages Civil War, Terrorist Attacks

September 5, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Doubting that the Taliban would be able to establish sustainable government in Afghanistan after the power grab following the chaotic US and NATO withdrawal, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley […]

Oregon Police, Firefighters Sue Governor Brown Over State’s Vaccine Mandate

September 5, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Oregon state troopers of the Fraternal Order of Police, nine Oregon State Police and the Kinglsey Firefighters Association have filed a lawsuit against Oregon Governor Kate Brown after she signed an order that imposes state’s […]

Russia Poised to Slap Social Media Giants with Almost $ 1 Million in Fines for Refusing to Delete Illegal Content

September 5, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Russian court is poised to slap three social media giants, Facebook, Telegram and Twitter with fresh bout of fines amounting to almost $1 million, for refusing to delete prohibited content, Russian media report. They are […]

Qatar’s Tech Team Helps Kabul Airport to Reopen, Announces Commercial Flights in Next Few Days

September 5, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

According to New York Post’s report quoting Middle East media, Kabul airport, which is a vital link for those still seeking to flee the country, was reopened Saturday evening to receive humanitarian aid and the […]

White House Urged to Delay COVID Vaccine Booster by Health Officials Citing Science

September 4, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Pointed to insufficient data to show the usefulness of booster shots in the general population even the US Advisory Committee on Immunization (ACIP) emphasized, top US health officials urged Biden administration to freeze its plans […]

Palestinian Authority PM Wants US to Reopen Jerusalem Consulate Soon

September 4, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

After meeting with a US Democrat delegation in Ramallah on Friday, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister urged Biden administration to speed up the reopening of the US Consulate General in Jerusalem, The Jerusalem Post reports. Mohammad […]

At Least Two Afghans Sent to Kosovo as US Struggles to Identify Evacuees from Kabul

September 4, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Due to security concerns raised by something in their profile after they arrived in the United States, at least two Afghan evacuees from Kabul will be sent back put of the country to Kosovo for […]

Former Trump’s Advisors Claim He’ll ‘Definitely’ Run for President in 2024

September 4, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

In light of Biden administration’s fiasco in Afghanistan and the numerous calls for his impeachment, it seems that added additional push to the idea of former President Donald Trump gunning for the White House once […]

UN’s Guterres Schedules International Aid Conference for Afghanistan on September 13

September 4, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Faced with looming humanitarian catastrophe that is on the verge to happen in Afghanistan following the hastened US troops pullout and the evacuation efforts afterward, UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres announced on Friday that the UN […]

UN Resumed Humanitarian Air Service to Bring Aid to Afghanis in Need

September 3, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

While the European Union members and other Western countries are trying to come to solution that would allow them to increase aid to Afghans without lending credibility to the Taliban, the UN resumed transferring humanitarian […]

Taliban Spokesman Denies ‘Baradar the Butcher’ will Lead New Government in Afghanistan

September 3, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid refuted as rumours Friday afternoon numerous media reports regarding the names to be included in the new government of Afghanistan the militant group is expected to announce almost three weeks after […]

Texas Anti-Abortion Website Bombed with Shrek Porn Memes by TikTokers Attempting to Crash It

September 3, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Texas’ abortion whistleblower website was bombed Shrek porn memes and tonnes of fake reports from angry TikTok and Reddit users that have joined the trending pro-choice online campaign against the controversial anti-abortion law Texas enacted […]

Moldovan Party of Communists Blasts US Plans to Send Afghan Refugees to the Country

September 3, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

After the US State Department published a list of states- including Moldova- that would receive Afghan refugees in the wake of its troops’ withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Moldovan Party of Communists blasted Washington saying it […]

Dutch Watchdog Sides with Students Accusing Shell of Greenwashing

September 3, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Netherlands’ Advertising Code Committee (Stichting Reclame Code) has accepted last week the complaint filed by nine law students from the Free University in Amsterdam who claimed Shell’s campaign Drive CO2 Neutral is greenwashing, Euractive reports. […]

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