Despite the Biden administration’s pledges to be tougher on corporate crime than its business-friendly predecessor, a new report published Monday shows that corporate prosecutions reached a record low in 2021, continuing a decline that accelerated under former President Donald Trump. Citing data from the U.S. Sentencing Commission and th...
Rights advocates, public health experts, and media critics were among those on Monday who warned that the purchase of Twitter by mega-billionaire Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, creates a direct threat to democracy and the common good by putting the outsized power of the social media platform used by hundreds of millions worldwid...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia has told the US to stop giving weapons to Ukraine, warning that its actions could intensify the conflict, Moscow’s envoy to Washington said on Monday. The US sending arms worth $800 million to Kyiv “does not contribute to the search for a diplomatic solution or settlement,” Anatoly Antonov said in an […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Russia is failing to achieve its war aims in Ukraine, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday. A day after a meeting in Kyiv with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Blinken and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin held a news conference in Poland. “When it comes to Russia’s war aims, [&hellip...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday criticized US President Joe Biden’s recent statements on the events of 1915, calling them ahistorical and based on misinformation. “The US president should learn and know history very well,” Erdogan told reporters in the capital Ankara after a Cabinet meeting. “We canno...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A New York state judge has held former US President Donald Trump in contempt of court for failing to hand over documents as part of an ongoing state investigation, state Attorney General Letitia James announced on Monday. Trump must either comply with an earlier court order mandating that he turn over the […]
For the 3rd year in a row, the bipartisan U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom or USCIRF has asked the US government to designate India as a “country of particular concern” of CPC. The CPC designation is used for nations that engage in egregious violations of religious freedom. This year, USCIRF also called for it […]...
Muslim Americans filed over 6,000 complaints last year with the Council on American-Islamic Relations — a 9% increase from 2020, according to a new report. Complaints include bullying in schools, freedom of speech concerns, hate crimes, physical assaults or placement on a federal terrorist watchlist. Researchers documented a 28% rise in hate a...
Three in five reported COVID-19 deaths in the United States since June 2021 could have been prevented by vaccination, according to new analysis. The Kaiser Family Foundation estimated about 234,000 lives could have been saved with timely vaccination. Vaccine-preventable deaths represent 60% of all U.S. adult coronavirus fatalities since last ...
Chicago’s GainPeace and other Muslim groups have launched a billboard campaign providing motorists a phone number and website to learn about Islam. The new billboard near O’Hare International Airport reads “Happy Ramadan — Pleasing the Creator and Helping Humanity.” It’s part of a $7,000 campaign by GainPeace, the Council of Islamic Organizati...
