NEW YORK (AA) – The relationship between the American and Israeli peoples holds more weight than personal ties with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, says US Vice President Kamala Harris. Speaking in a pre-released segment of an interview with US news outlet CBS’ 60 Minutes program set to air on Monday, Democratic presiden...
As the death tolls from the U.S.-supported Israeli assaults on Gaza and Lebanon neared 42,000 and 2,000 respectively, a group of House Democrats urged the Biden administration this week to ensure Israel is held to the human rights standards set forth under existing U.S. laws. In a letter dated September 30, addressed to Secretary of […]
As conflict spreads across the region, an immediate and sustained ceasefire is needed more than ever One year into the escalation of war in Gaza, the medical and humanitarian situation is catastrophic, said Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). Israel’s all-out war and punishing siege have destroyed Gaza’s already fragile hea...
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has promised to make Michigan the “car capital of the world again.” He says he will bring back thousands of jobs lost when General Motors moved more than a dozen factories to Mexico. The former president made similar promises to Rust belt states before he was elected in 2016. However, there [&hell...
Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson says a listening device was discovered in his bathroom in 2017. Johnson had been a foreign secretary at the time. He made the comments during an interview with The Telegraph. Johnson said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was behind the planted device. The Telegraph reports that Israel was als...
Lebanon has submitted a formal complaint to the United Nations Security Council. A statement by Lebanon’s permanent mission to the UN says Lebanon condemns Israel’s aggression against its sovereignty and the incursion of its forces within Lebanese borders. On October 1, Israel launched a ground operation in southern Lebanon. Israeli mi...
Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris held a campaign event with former Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney, and Republican royalty. It was held in the swing state — and birthplace of the Republican party — Wisconsin. Cheney focused her speech on Trump’s actions on Jan. 6, 2021 and his refusal to accept the 2020 election results. She [...
ANKARA (AA) – A new US study found that deaths caused by health complications in regions affected by tropical storms and hurricanes far exceed the direct fatalities from these natural disasters. Published in the journal Nature, the research shows that hurricanes and tropical cyclones impacting different parts of the US lead annually to t...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden pledged to stand with residents across a wide swathe of the US southeast devastated by Hurricane Helene, saying Thursday “we’re going to stay until you’re restored.” The rebuilding effort is expected to cost billions of dollars, and Biden said residents have “been throug...
Recent research reveals a troubling rise in breast cancer diagnoses, particularly among young women and Asian Americans. From 2012 to 2021, the incidence of invasive breast cancer increased by 1% annually, with a sharper rise of 1.4% among women under 50. Notably, diagnoses among Asian American and Pacific Islander women surged by 50% since 20...
