Doha, Qatar – (AFP) Qatar has said that World Cup fans have “a lot of options” with more than 100,000 rooms currently available and tens of thousands more expected by the tournament’s kickoff. Some football supporters have expressed concern that they have been unable to find accommodation in line with their budget for t...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spain’s top prosecutor will open an investigation into the deaths of migrants trying to cross the border from Morocco to Spain. Moroccan officials say 23 people died in the violent incident, while several NGOs say the true death toll is 37. Although Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez applauded the actions of Moroccan […]...
Several environmental groups sued the Biden administration on Tuesday for resuming oil and gas leasing on public lands despite ample evidence that doing so will exacerbate the fossil fuel-driven climate crisis. The lawsuit came as the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and its Bureau of Land Management (BLM) prepared to hold oil and gas lea...
Abortion rights activists, journalists, and legal observers in recent days have been attacked and detained by police at demonstrations against the U.S. Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade. Providence, Rhode Island police officer and Republican state Senate candidate Jeann Lugo suspended his campaign after the publication of video foo...
“The G7 countries have once again proved that they are morally bankrupt and have no real intention to solve the climate crisis and take responsibility for this crisis caused by their disproportionate use and relentless support for fossil fuels.” That’s how Tasneem Essop, executive director of Climate Action Network Internatio...
MADRID (AA) – Türkiye, Finland and Sweden signed a memorandum Tuesday on the Nordic countries’ bids for NATO membership following four-way talks in Madrid. Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Finland’s President Sauli Niinisto and Sweden’s Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson met to discuss the issu...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Qassam Bridges, the armed wing of Palestinian resistance group Hamas, has released a short video of an Israeli in its captivity. Hisham al-Sayed appeared in the video clip laying on a bed with an oxygen mask on his face and his Israeli ID card beside him. This is the […]
Mark Meadows, former President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, sought a presidential pardon related to last year’s January 6 insurrection, Cassidy Hutchinson told members of Congress during sworn testimony on Tuesday. Hutchinson, who served as Meadows’ special assistant, testified during a last-minute hearing of the House Sele...
SCHLOSS ELMAU, Germany (AA) – Reaffirming their unified stance in support of Ukraine, the Group of Seven economic powers have vowed to impose “severe and immediate economic costs” on Russia for its war on Ukraine. Leaders of the seven countries wrapped up their summit in Germany hours after a Russian missile strike on a shopping […]...
Democracy defenders responded to Tuesday’s testimony by a former Trump administration aide before the January 6 committee by demanding that the former president and his co-conspirators be held to account in the face of increasingly incriminating evidence of their culpability for the 2021 insurrection. Cassidy Hutchinson, who served as a ...