Jan. 18—The state Commission of Public Records and the Records Center and Archives have agreed to pay $22,500 to settle a lawsuit filed by a Santa Fe man who accused the New Mexico state historian of violating his free speech rights by deleting critical comments from the historian’s Facebook page. Plaintiff Daniel Ortiz hailed the […]
Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence believes that a drone attack carried out on an oil depot in St Petersburg on the night of 17-18 January demonstrates a “new level of quality” of means of destruction. Source: Andrii Yusov, a representative of Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence, on the air of UP. Live Quote: “As usual, we neither confirm nor […]
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has criticised the idea of persuading Ukraine to hold peace talks with Russia by mentioning “Chamberlain knock-offs”. Source: Sikorski during the Ukrainian Breakfast in Davos on Thursday, reported by Ukrinform Quote: “As for the negotiations [with Russia – ed.], I want to share one of ‘Sikorski’s laws’ on foreign policy: […]
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia on Thursday rejected comments by China’s ambassador seeking to deflect blame from China’s navy for the injury of Australian military divers in an incident near Japan in November. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he was “not swayed” by Chinese ambassador Xiao Qian’s comment a day earlier that a Chinese navy ship […]
The new version of the draft law on mobilisation will be submitted to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine’s Parliament) in a few weeks. Source: Nataliia Kalmykova, Deputy Minister of Defence, on the air of the national 24/7 newscast Quote: “It [the draft law – ed.] will be in the Verkhovna Rada as soon as possible, it […]
Taiwan has condemned what it said were “fallacious comments” by China following the self-governing island’s presidential and parliamentary election on Saturday. The verbal sparring did not bode well for the future of Taiwan’s relations with China under the winner, president-elect Lai Ching-te, also known as William Lai, or for China’s relations with the United States. […]
At a Senate Republican leadership press conference on Tuesday, a reporter asked Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) if it’s accurate to call those incarcerated for January 6th crimes “hostages” after House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY) echoed Donald Trump‘s language on this. The reporter asked, “In light of the anniversary of January 6th, […]
UK sports minister Stuart Andrew has condemned “dangerous” comments made by Joey Barton about female football commentators and pundits and says he will take the issue up with social media platforms. Barton has posted a number of abusive comments online in recent weeks, and the former Manchester City midfielder described ITV pundits Eni Aluko and […]
Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs put exiled Russian tycoon and opposition leader Mikhail Khodorkovsky on its wanted list Tuesday, accusing him of spreading false information about the Russian army, Russian state news agency Tass said. The charge carries a sentence of up to five years in prison, Tass said. A criminal case was opened against […]
Jan. 6—At the first Limestone County Commission meeting of 2024, the commissioners were presented with reports of successes and failures of the year before. Limestone County Engineer Marc Massey delivered the required annual report on the 2023 use of the county’s Rebuild Alabama funds. “This past year, we completed 13.03 miles of projects using Rebuild […]
Jan. 6—The Joplin Area Transportation Study Organization is seeking comments on an amendment to the 2022-2025 Transportation Improvement Program. The TIP lists transportation and transit projects planned for the Joplin Metropolitan Area that are partially funded by federal transportation programs over a four-year period. The proposed TIP amendment includes 22 modified projects and four new […]
A football fan who made drunken comments about the Munich air disaster, which killed eight Manchester United players, has been banned from going to games for three years. James Blake, 42, of Wantage Avenue, North Shields, appeared at North Tyneside Magistrates’ Court to challenge a banning order application but it was imposed by the bench. […]