Media justice groups on Monday warned that the Biden administration’s new program offering discounted internet service to people with low incomes isn’t “nearly enough” to help households facing barriers to broadband access and denounced the White House for celebrating the program with the same companies currently blocki...
U.S. lawmakers should “reject the notion that Congress must choose between antitrust and privacy reforms” when seeking to rein in Big Tech’s anti-competitive behavior, a letter from 26 public interest organizations to Democratic legislators asserted Monday. “Recent remarks by Big Tech corporate leadership and its advoca...
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Sunday that no nation in the Western Hemisphere should be left out of the upcoming Summit of the Americas, directly refuting Washington’s attempt to bar Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela from the U.S.-hosted meeting. “Nobody should exclude anyone,” López Obrador said during a pu...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed announced late Sunday that he is running for a second term in the country’s highly anticipated presidential election. Addressing the nation in a short video posted on his Twitter account, Mohamed said he is seeking a second term as president to continue the cou...
LONDON (AA) – The UK has announced a new package of trade sanctions worth £1.7 billion ($2.09 billion) targeting Russia and Belarus. A statement from the British government said the move was “designed to further weaken (Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s war machine,” bringing the total value of products under sanctions since Russia’s “illega...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Canada’s prime minister made a surprise visit to Ukraine on Sunday, where he accused Russia’s president of being behind “heinous war crimes.” “It is clear that Vladimir Putin is responsible for heinous war crimes. There must be accountability,” Justin Trudeau told a press conference alongside Ukrainian President Vol...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – Nigeria’s national electoral body on Sunday said its chairman will not get involved in partisan politics or run for the country’s presidency in the general elections early next year. In a statement, Rotimi Oyekanmi, a spokesman for the Independent National Electoral Commission’s chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, describ...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Heavily armed unidentified militants launched an attack on a prison in northwest Burkina Faso overnight Saturday, and about 60 inmates managed to escape, local media reported Sunday. The attack at the civilian prison in the town of Nouna, in the province of Kossi in the Boucle du Mouhoun region, left one […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian Authority (PA) on Sunday dismissed Israeli claims about its sovereignty over Jerusalem, saying the city is part of the occupied Palestinian territories. “East Jerusalem, with its Islamic and Christian holy sites, is the eternal capital of the State of Palestine in accordance with international l...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Yemen’s Houthi rebels said Sunday a gas ship held by the Saudi-led coalition was released. Houthis say the vessel carrying 8,259 metric tons of gas was seized by Saudi-led coalition on April 27. “The ship is expected to arrive at al-Hudaydah port within hours,” Ali Measar, a spokesman for the Houthi-run […]
