The News South Africa’s African National Congress party and its longtime political rival the Democratic Alliance have agreed to form a coalition government. The ANC failed to secure a simple majority in South Africa’s election last month, ending its 30-year majority control of the nation’s parliament following the end of apartheid and forcing it to […]
June 14 (UPI) — NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Friday that alliance defense ministers have agreed to a new plan for coordination of security assistance and training for Ukraine. Under the plan nearly 700 NATO personnel will organize and coordinate both training and military equipment donations to Ukraine as it defends against Russia’s invasion […]
Johannesburg — After talks that carried on late into Thursday night, Friday morning brought news that South Africa would soon have its first coalition government. Uncertainty had reigned since the late Nelson Mandela’s party, the long-ruling African National Congress, lost its majority in May’s national election. The ANC said Thursday that it would partner with […]
South Africa’s governing party, the African National Congress (ANC), has reached a deal with the main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) to form a government of national unity, according to local media. This comes after weeks of speculation about who the ANC would partner with after losing its parliamentary majority for the first time in 30 […]
BORGO EGNAZIA, Italy (AP) — The United States and European countries have agreed to lock up sanctioned Russian assets until Moscow pays reparations for its invasion of Ukraine, a senior U.S. official said Thursday. The move clears the way for leaders to announce a $50 billion loan package for Kyiv at the Group of Seven […]
COURTESY HPD Honolulu city attorneys have agreed to pay $7 million to a boy who was partially paralyzed after a police chase led to a crash and an alleged cover-up in Makaha in 2021. This still frame from a body-worn camera from a patrol officer who arrived at a Makaha crash scene on Sept. 12, […]
It’s the year of Glen Powell. The actor’s latest feat comes courtesy of Netflix’s Hit Man, which after a small theatrical run just debuted at No. 1 on the streamer’s English Films List with 10.8M views in its first three days. The dramedy-thriller has earned rave reviews, and critics seem to universally agree that Powell […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has expressed cautious optimism about a peace conference for Ukraine being held in Switzerland later this month. “We will discuss principles for a just and lasting peace there,” Scholz said on Tuesday at a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Berlin. “These are not yet negotiations about an […]
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) – Families of the Sandy Hook massacre victims claimed victory in Alex Jones‘ bankruptcy case on Friday, accepting the conspiracy theorist’s proposal to sell his assets, including InfoWars, to partly pay legal judgments to them for his lies about the 2012 U.S. school shooting. Jones, who filed for U.S. […]
A prompt on Elon Musk’s Twitter is going viral, asking people to share their most “boomer complaints.” What’s the most boomer complaint you have? — Lori Harvey Distant Cousin MEL 💕🥰 (@FvreignLL) June 5, 2024 Twitter: @FvreignLL Here are some of my favorites: 1. Bring back laptops with DVD players: BRING BACK LAPTOPS WITH DVD […]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in North Carolina struck a compromise on a bill that now maintains a health exemption for masking in public while preventing the use of masks during criminal activity, but only one chamber chose to vote on it Thursday. The state Senate passed the new masking bill — negotiated by […]
North Carolina lawmakers on Wednesday approved a proposal requiring more teenagers facing criminal charges to be tried initially as adults. The bill requires 16- and 17-year-olds who commit certain felonies to be tried first as adults in the state’s superior courts. Currently, those juveniles are tried in the state’s juvenile court after a petition is […]