The Pentagon’s top general offered a rare critique of Israel’s war strategy on Monday, warning Israeli troops’ failure to hold ground they had taken from Hamas in northern Gaza could have long-term effects. “Not only do you have to actually go in and clear out whatever adversary you are up against, you have to go […]
DETROIT – Speaking to a sold-out crowd Sunday night, President Joe Biden addressed thousands attending the marquee dinner event for the largest branch of the nation’s oldest civil rights organization, outlining the steps his administration has taken to help Detroit and crediting Black voters for his election in 2020. And he took special care to […]
Nato countries have not delivered what they promised to Ukraine in time, the alliance’s chief said Monday, allowing Russia to press its battlefield advantage while Kyiv’s depleted forces wait for Western military supplies to arrive. Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that “serious delays in support have meant serious consequences on the battlefield” for Ukraine. “Nato […]
The Group of Seven (G7) condemned Iran for its attacks on Israel and general behaviour on Friday but also called on both parties to de-escalate amid reports of Israeli retaliation. A meeting of foreign ministers from the group of industrialized democracies had been under way on the Italian island of Capri since Wednesday. A communique […]
President Joe Biden cracked a rare quip about former President Donald Trump’s ongoing criminal trial during a speech Wednesday, after his campaign has so far largely avoided broaching the subject. “Under my predecessor, who’s a little busy right now, Pennsylvania lost 275,000 jobs,” Biden said during a speech at the United Steelworkers Headquarters in Pittsburgh, […]
Former President Donald Trump’s old antics — his whining, pouting and muttering — are making an appearance in Manhattan this week. In court Tuesday, Trump was reprimanded by Judge Juan Merchan while his lawyer was questioning a potential juror during the selection process. “Trump was audibly saying something and gesturing in front of the jury,” […]
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s industry minister summoned the president of the utility that runs the Fukushima nuclear power plant to his office Wednesday and chided him for a radioactive water leak at the plant earlier this month. Mishaps related to the massive amount of contaminated water at the tsunami-damaged Fukushima Daiichi plant are especially sensitive […]
Nikki Haley criticized President Joe Biden for hosting a political rally at a church in South Carolina, calling the decision “offensive.” Biden delivered remarks on Wednesday afternoon at a campaign event at the Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, the site of a racially motivated mass shooting in 2015. In his speech, Biden denounced white […]
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has condemned Russian attacks on Ukraine and called for an immediate end to the war in a statement released on Jan. 2. The appeal was made by the current OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Trade of Malta, Jan Borg, and OSCE Secretary […]
UK Secretary of State Michael Gove Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has asked London Mayor Sadiq Khan to transfer written-off cars to Ukraine that are to be scrapped anyway, in an open letter published on Dec. 21. The mayor of London had earlier refused to provide Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko with […]