May 26 – As the nation prepares to remember those lost in service on Monday, this year may hold deeper significance as it marks the 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War. According to the Pentagon, approximately 37,000 American soldiers were killed during the three-year war. The Korean War took place between June … Read more
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s president announced Friday that the United Nations has chosen his country to host the 2025 United Nations climate change conference, though the world body has yet to publicly confirm the decision. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Brazil would host the conference, known as COP 30, in the … Read more
Mykhailo Podoliak Podolyak made the statement in response to Chinese special envoy Li Hui who allegedly tried to persuade Kiev’s allies to push for an immediate ceasefire in the Russian-Ukrainian war, which would leave much of the south -eastern Ukraine under Russian occupation and control. Read also: Ukrainian Victory Prevents China’s World Domination – Ambassador … Read more
Sir Keir Starmer wants to strike a New Zealand-style veterinary deal with Brussels, but the idea has already been rejected by Eurocrats – Leon Neal/Getty Images Sir Keir Starmer’s main proposal to ‘improve’ the Brexit trade deal was rejected by the EU just months ago, The Telegraph can reveal. The Labor leader said he would … Read more
A still from a social media video shows the damage to Eastern Nile Hospital after an attack Both sides to the Sudanese conflict could commit war crimes against medical facilities and personnel, according to evidence seen by BBC News Arabic. Hospitals were hit by airstrikes and artillery fire while patients were still in the building … Read more
COLUMBIA, SC (AP) — A judge on Friday suspended South Carolina’s new law banning most abortions around six weeks pregnant until the state Supreme Court can reconsider the measure, granting providers a temporary reprieve in a region that has adopted strict limits on the procedure. Judge Clifton Newman’s decision came about 24 hours after Governor … Read more
Brexit In 2019 and 2020, the Conservative Party seemed to be sparkling with ambition and ideas not only to make Brexit a reality, but also to bring about a radical transformation of the state. Buoyed by the success of the vaccine supply scheme – not just a Brexit plan, but a decidedly anti-EU one – … Read more
(Add quote, details) SAO PAULO, May 26 (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Friday he had a phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and reaffirmed his willingness to establish peace talks with the two warring sides in Ukraine. Lula tweeted that he also thanked Putin for an invitation … Read more
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Memorial Day is supposed to be the mourning of the nation’s fallen service members, but it came to anchor the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend of discounts on everything from mattresses to lawnmowers . The AAA Auto club said in a travel forecast that this holiday weekend could … Read more
Last March, Iran’s national security chief found himself in the headlines of the world’s major news outlets as he shook hands with a Saudi minister in a landmark China-brokered deal. . It was perhaps the greatest international moment of Ali Shamkhani’s career – and possibly the last. Almost three months after this meeting, he was … Read more