Month: April 2022

A New Jersey Catholic diocese has agreed to pay $87.5 million to settle sex abuse claims made by hundreds of people who accused clergy members of sexually abusing them. It marked one of the biggest […]

Shanghai’s Low Covid Death Toll Revives Questions about China’s Numbers

Is China giving a complete picture of the toll of Covid? By the numbers, Shanghai has been held up as a shining star of how to save lives in a pandemic. There were more than 400,000 […]

US Officials Heading to Solomons over China Pact Worries

Two top U.S. officials are leading a delegation to the Solomon Islands over growing concerns that China could establish a military presence there. It comes following an announcement by the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang […]

UK Court Issues Extradition Order for Julian Assange

The potential extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the US has progressed a step further after British chief magistrate Paul Goldspring has issued the extradition order in a seven-minute hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court […]

Russia Suspends Funding of the Office of High Representative in BiH

The Russian Federation is suspending its participation in financing the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina (OHR), underscoring that it does not consider Christian Schmidt legally appointed to the High Representative post, […]

Israel, Palestinians Urged to End Violence Cycle by Blinken

After a sharp escalation in tensions between Israel and the Palestinians in recent days and in advance of a visit this week by an American delegation, Israeli and Palestinian leaders were urged on Tuesday by […]

Mystery Liver Disease Seen Among Children in UK, US, Europe, and Israel

A mystery liver disease of unknown origin that is leaving children in hospital, has spread to the US, Israel, and four countries in Europe since the UK reported earlier this year an outbreak of unexplained […]

Another $800 Mil Military Aid Package Prepared for Ukraine

The Biden administration is allegedly preparing another $800 package of military assistance for Ukraine that will follow the equally valued package announced last week, a congressional source told The Hill, noting that a weapons package […]

Priti Patel Could Face Home Office Mutiny over Rwanda Asylum Plan

British Home Secretary Priti Patel could face a Home Office mutiny over her plans to process migrants 5,000 miles away in Rwanda after overruling to push through her plan despite sweeping condemnation and criticism. Patel […]

The US Will No Longer Enforce Some Mask Mandate on Airplanes, Trains

The United States will no longer enforce a mask mandate on public transportation, including airplanes and trains. A federal judge in Florida ruled that the directive was “unlawful,” and overturned an effort to reduce the […]

Putin Honors Russian Brigade Accused of Bucha Atrocities

Russian President Vladimir Putin bestowed an honorary title on the military unit accused of committing war crimes in Bucha, Ukraine. When Russian military forces withdrew from the capital Kyiv region, including from the town of […]

No Ukraine Humanitarian Ceasefires Soon, Possibly in Coming Weeks

Humanitarian ceasefires between Russia and Ukraine are not on the horizon right now, said the United Nations aid chief. Martin Griffiths met with senior officials in Moscow and Kyiv this month to discuss “aspirations” for […]

Second Global COVID-19 Summit Scheduled for May 12

The second Global COVID-19 Summit has been scheduled for May 12 and will be held virtually next month for countries to discuss efforts to end the ongoing pandemic and prepare for future health threats. A […]

Federal Judge Okays Challenge to Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Candidacy

The attempt of a coalition of liberal groups to disqualify controversial GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from running for reelection, claiming that she aided the Jan. 6 insurrectionists, got the go-ahead by a federal judge […]

Ukraine Claims Moscow Planned to Invade Belarus After Election

Publishing newly unearthed documents, the intelligence department of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense claimed on Tuesday that Moscow allegedly planned an invasion of Belarus after its contested 2020 election. Citing a document entitled “Legend of the […]

US Will Avoid Anti-Satellite Missile Tests, Harris Says

The US will avoid testing anti-satellite missiles, Vice President Harris announced on Monday, urging other nations to follow the Biden administration’s lead after a field of debris was created in space following the Russian test […]

Moscow Expelled Czech Diplomat it Previously Tried to Hire

Moscow announced last Wednesday it was expelling the deputy Czech ambassador Tomáš Hart as a tit-for-tat reaction to the expulsion of the deputy Russian ambassador to Prague in March. As Czech media reported that before […]

37,000 Pages of Trump-related Emails Shielded from Jan. 6 Committee

More than 37,000 pages of emails related to former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election have been shielded from the Jan. 6 select committee by Trump’s attorney John Eastman, […]

WhatsApp Will Let You Hide ‘Last Seen’ Status from Specific Contacts

Do you want to hide “last seen” statuses from certain contracts? WhatsApp may finally allow this feature. The extremely popular global messaging app, now owned by the Facebook mega-giant Meta, has begun beta testing a […]

Natural Gas Surges to Highest Level Since 2008

Russia’s war on Ukraine has upended natural gas prices in the United States. Prices of natural gas have surged to the highest level in an astonishing 13 years today. The Russian war on Ukraine has […]

Russian Cosmonauts to Activate Space Station’s New Robotic Arm

Two cosmonauts from Russia will go on a “spacewalk” outside of the International Space Station today. The spacewalk is in an effort to activate a new robotic arm. The two cosmonauts, Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev […]

Ukraine Could Become EU Candidate Within Weeks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has submitted formal questionnaires to the European Union about Ukraine having a membership. The country’s leader submitted the questionnaire today to an envoy. Zelensky said he believes that Ukraine will gain […]

Florida Rejects Math Textbooks Citing Critical Race Theory

Florida cannot keep its name out of the news these weeks. The latest issue the state government has is over math textbooks. And the issue has nothing to do with math. The Florida Department of […]

Bolton Says Pentagon Should Station Troops in Taiwan

Former US national security adviser John Bolton has called on the US over the weekend to both station troops in Taiwan and officially grant the island nation full diplomatic recognition. In a pre-recorded remarks released […]

Qur’an Abuse by Swedish Extremists Condemned by Saudi Arabia

Stressing the importance of concerted efforts to spread the values of dialogue, tolerance, and coexistence, the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned on Monday the provocations and incitement against Muslims by some extremists in Sweden […]

Pentagon Identifies Climate Change Among Key Threats to Arctic Bases

Climate change is among the largest threats to US military bases in the Arctic which have failed to prepare for the effects of warming weather, the Pentagon’s inspector general reported on Friday. Despite the warnings […]

Turkey Launches Military Offensive Against PKK in Northern Iraq

Turkey’s Defense Ministry informed early on Monday that it has conducted a major cross-border military offensive targeting Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants in northern Iraq. The ground and air cross-border offensive centered in northern Iraq’s […]

Ilhan Omar Calls US War Crime Claim ‘Staggeringly Hypocritical’

While the US calls for Russia to be tried for war crimes still resound through the world, US Rep. Ilhan Omar is setting a key potential stumbling block for that call, pointing out that the […]

April 17, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Some 59% of Americans dislike Biden's job performance, and his average approval ratings dropped six percentage points from last week's 42%.

Biden to Host Rescheduled US-ASEAN Summit in Washington May 12-13

The White House informed in a statement on Saturday that President Joe Biden will host the special US-ASEAN summit that was postponed from last month, stressing the Biden Administration’s top priority is to serve as […]

April 17, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Pyongyang Tested New Tactical Guided Weapon

After it passed its biggest state anniversary without an expected military parade typically used to unveil provocative weapons systems, North Korea boasted on Sunday it has successfully test-fired a newly developed tactical guided weapon. The […]