Soweto, South Africa – (AFP): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken kicked off a three-nation African trip Sunday paying tribute to the Soweto Uprising, a student protest whose tragic ending galvanized the world against the apartheid regime. His visit comes as Washington scales up diplomacy to counter Russian influence on the continent an...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – More than 20 students were injured Sunday evening in the Shahbagh neighborhood of Bangladesh’s capital when police charged them with batons while they were protesting against a massive hike in fuel prices. An alliance of left-leaning student organizations has been protesting in Dhaka since midnight Friday after the gov...
Big Pharma, with its army of 1,500 registered lobbyists and endless well of resources, rarely ever loses on Capitol Hill. So the powerful industry didn’t take it well when the U.S. Senate—a chamber awash with pharma cash—passed legislation Sunday that would require Medicare to negotiate the prices of a small number of prescription drugs....
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The Muslim world reacted sharply to the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex by Israeli settlers in occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday. Calling the incident, a “serious violation of international law,” Saudi Arabia urged the international community to put an end to the escalation and provide necessary prot...
LONDON, UK (AA) – A museum in the UK has announced that it is planning to return 72 African artifacts looted during the colonial period of the British Empire. The Horniman Museum in South London agreed to return the stolen and famed artifacts, including some known as the Benin bronzes, to Nigeria following a request […]
ANKARA (AA) – President Joe Biden has condemned the killing of four Muslim men in the southern state of New Mexico. “I am angered and saddened by the horrific killings of four Muslim men in Albuquerque,” Biden tweeted. Noting that a full investigation on the matter is underway, he underlined that his administration strongly s...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanon has called on the European Union to cooperate with it on a roadmap for the gradual return of Syrian refugees to their country. “Lebanon is going through an unprecedented economic and social crisis in its modern history, under which 80% of the Lebanese are living under poverty line,” the Foreign […]
After his amendments to expand Medicare and strip out giveaways to the fossil fuel industry faced defeat in near-unanimous votes by Democrats and Republicans, Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday supported the final passage of the so-called Inflation Reduction Act but said it “goes nowhere near far enough in addressing the problems facing strug...
ANKARA (AA) – UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the cease-fire in the Gaza Strip between Israel and the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad. Guterres also commended Egypt for its efforts carried out in close coordination with the UN to help restore calm, his office said in a statement. He also extended his condolences over [...
Senate Republicans on Sunday successfully stripped a proposed $35 per month cap on out-of-pocket spending on insulin for patients enrolled in private insurance from the tax and climate bill making its way through the Senate. The Senate parliamentarian had earlier ruled that the provision, sponsored by Georgia Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock...
