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Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert cites ‘Christian morals’ in GOP victory speech

Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert credited God and her strong “Christian morals” for her primary victory in the state’s 4th District on Tuesday. “Glory to God!” she shouted at the start of her acceptance speech in Windsor, Colo. “Glory to God!” Boebert announced in late December she’d be leaving Colorado’s 3rd District, which she served since […]

Ryanair cites environmental grounds in challenge to Dublin Airport tunnel

Bats, waterways and “very significant carbon emissions” have been cited by Ryanair in its High Court challenge to plans to construct a €200 million underground cargo tunnel at Dublin Airport. The airline also complains that the loss of two aircraft stands, as a result of the project, contradicts the Dublin Airport Local Area Plan. It […]

Sunak cites growing up without Sky TV as example of hardship

UK prime minister Rishi Sunak, whose family is estimated to be wealthier than Britain’s King Charles, said he went without “lots of things” as a child, including Sky TV, when asked if he was in touch with the struggles of ordinary people. Mr Sunak, the son of a doctor and a pharmacist, is the wealthiest […]

Report cites sexual violence by Israeli forces and Palestinian militants

UN-backed human rights experts have reported that Israeli forces and Palestinian militants engaged in sexual and gender-based violence during the first months of the Israel-Hamas war. The independent experts, in a detailed chronicle of events that have mostly been reported in the media, said Israeli forces and Palestinian militants committed war crimes, while Israel was […]

Report cites sexual violence by Israeli forces and Palestinian militants

UN-backed human rights experts have reported that Israeli forces and Palestinian militants engaged in sexual and gender-based violence during the first months of the Israel-Hamas war. The independent experts, in a detailed chronicle of events that have mostly been reported in the media, said Israeli forces and Palestinian militants committed war crimes, while Israel was […]

Report by UN-backed experts cites crimes by Israeli forces, Palestinian militants starting 0ct. 7

FILE – Former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, Chair commissioner of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, delivers her remarks, during a meeting at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, March 20, 2023. U.N.-backed human rights experts […]