BRUSSELS (AA) – EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Sunday said that the EU and US will not accept the breakup of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Speaking at a panel discussion at the Munich Security Conference, Borrell asserted that the situation “has never been this worrying” in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He said that he had […]
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York Governor Kathy Hochul HOKUL on Friday unveiled a plan to make the city’s subway system safer. Adams, a former New York City transit police officer, announced the plan to remove homeless and mentally ill people from the subway system. The move is in response to a […]
The White House has released a screening tool to help identify disadvantaged communities plagued by environmental hazards. But the administration won’t include race as a factor in deciding where to allocate resources. Officials told reporters Friday excluding race will make projects less likely to draw legal challenges and will be easier...
David Miliband, former U.K. foreign secretary and chief executive of the International Rescue Committee, said the West has inflicted catastrophic damage on Afghanistan. The West has also has its own reputation by imposing a policy of starvation on the Central Asian nation, he said. Miliband has been among those lobbying the Us President Joe Bi...
BERLIN (AA) – The US accused Russia on Friday of deploying additional troops to the Ukrainian border despite its announcement of a partial military withdrawal. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said there was no sign of a Russian troop pullout. “On the contrary, we see additional force...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu discussed the Ukraine conflict with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Friday. The two military chiefs discussed “the pressing issues of international security,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. Austin called for de-escalation of tension around Ukraine...
U.S. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has accused Israel of putting Palestinian children in cage-like prisons. The New York Democrat was speaking at the Democratic Socialists of America event during a campaign rally for Greg Casar, who is running for Congress in Texas. Ocasio-Cortez compared migrant children at the U.S.-Mexico border to ...
A video showing police officers breaking up a fight between two teenagers, one Black, one white, at a New Jersey mall has sparked outrage over police response. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday the appearance of the officers’ “racially disparate treatment” is deeply disturbing. One video of the incident reviewed by CNN shows the [&hel...
After months of deliberation, a panel of five Minnesota judges has finalized the state’s new legislative map. It marks the end of the state’s redistricting process. Now individual counties and cities will use the judges’ map to draw their own lines. The judges’ panel took on the task of submitting a new map after a […]
Former U.S. President Donald Trump recently issued a threat to unleash his supporters on major U.S. cities. If reelected, Trump said he would consider pardoning the Jan. 6 insurrectionists. These statements underscore the former president and his far-right GOP allies represent “a clear and present danger” to democracy. That is according to an...
