MOSCOW (AA) – Russia is not concerned that Ukraine could get the status of a European Union candidate “because the EU is not a military organization,” Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. Speaking at the plenary meeting of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Putin questioned whether joining the EU will benefit Ukraine,...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – The UN refugee agency has called for urgent support for about 16,000 people — mostly women and children — in Burkina Faso, who have been driven out of their homes by a recent insurgent attack that left dozens dead in the country’s Sahel region. Since June 12, almost 16,000 Burkinabe have […]
MOSCOW (AA) – The Russian Defense Ministry has claimed that nearly 2,000 foreign mercenaries fighting on Ukraine’s side have died in battles. According to the ministry, 6,956 people have arrived in Ukraine since February 24, when the war started; 1,779 left the country. At least 3,221 foreigners are fighting on the Ukrainian side, ...
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders rallied with Jonathan Jackson and Delia Ramirez, a pair of progressive congressional candidates, in Chicago on Saturday. “We desperately need more leaders in the Congress who understand the need to stand up and fight against the corporate greed that is running rampant in this country,” said Sanders (I-Vt.),...
Led by the Poor People’s Campaign, advocacy groups and low-income individuals gathered in Washington, D.C. on Saturday to demand that policymakers “fight poverty, not the poor.” “We are the 140 million poor and low-wealth people, standing together to declare we won’t be silent anymore,” said Rev. Dr. Liz The...
The GOP-packed Iowa Supreme Court on Friday dealt a serious blow to abortion rights in the state amid heightened fears about the future of reproductive freedom nationwide. In a case challenging medically unnecessary restrictions, Iowa’s high court determined that there is no fundamental right to abortion protected by the state constituti...
After Recode on Friday revealed an internal document from last year warns that “if we continue business as usual, Amazon will deplete the available labor supply in the U.S. network by 2024,” critics of the online retail giant’s labor practices renewed calls for improvement. Journalist Jason Del Rey’s reporting on the &#...
Tangiers, Morocco – (AFP): Four women have pressed charges in Morocco against French insurance tycoon Jacques Bouthier, currently under arrest in Paris on charges of raping a minor, a rights group said Friday. Bouthier is accused of various acts of “people trafficking, sexual harassment and verbal and moral violence,” between...
ANKARA (AA) – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will visit Türkiye on June 22, the Turkish president announced on Friday. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, after Friday prayer in Istanbul, told reporters that during the Saudi crown prince’s official visit to the capital Ankara on June 22, they will discuss ways to take bilateral relations...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is considering the possibility of forming an alternate government with opposition leader and former premier Benjamin Netanyahu, according to local media on Friday. Bennett met late Thursday with his political advisers, including Aron Shaviv in the headquarters of the Defense Ministry in T...
