Deputies in Germany’s Bundestag on Wednesday decried the death of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny and blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin. Green Party leader Omid Nouripour emphasized that Putin bears “at least political” responsibility for the murder of Navalny. Conservative foreign policy expert Norbert Röttgen was more direct, saying: “This murder was of course a […]
Paramore singer Hayley Williams decried a Tennessee House of Representatives dust-up this week where a Republican lawmaker blocked a resolution honoring the Grammy win of Black musician Allison Russell while allowing a similar resolution honoring Paramore to go forward. “For those that don’t know, Allison Russell is an incredibly talented musician and songwriter. Her music […]
A Jewish survivor of the Auschwitz death camp has told Germany’s parliament that she is appalled by the rising strength of the far right in the country and increasing antisemitism in the wake of the October 7 Hamas attack that triggered the war in the Gaza Strip. Eva Szepesi, 91, who was born in Hungary […]
BERLIN (AP) — A Jewish survivor of the Auschwitz death camp told Germany’s parliament Wednesday that she is appalled by the rising strength of the far right in the country and increasing antisemitism in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that triggered the war in the Gaza Strip. Eva Szepesi, 91, who was […]
It was a bright June afternoon, and Sgt. Andrew Holmes was on the lookout for gang activity. He’s one of five officers on the Caldwell Police Department’s Operation Safe Streets unit launched in May. “We’re all very passionate about gang violence in Caldwell,” Holmes told the Idaho Statesman that day. “The guys I work with […]
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico broadly criticized the West’s approach toward the Russia-Ukraine war in a column for the Pravda newspaper published on Jan. 9. Elected in September on a populist, Ukraine-skeptic platform, Fico halted arms supplies from Slovakia’s military stocks and repeatedly criticized both defense assistance for Ukraine and sanctions against Russia. The Slovak […]
Berlin is still not ready to provide Taurus cruise missiles to Kyiv, German government spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit said, at the same time condemning Russia’s recent attacks on Ukraine and calling them a war crime, German Tagesschau reported on Jan. 3. “There is no new status in this matter,” he said while stressing that massive attacks […]
Berlin is still not ready to provide Taurus cruise missiles to Kyiv, German government spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit said, at the same time condemning Russia’s recent attacks on Ukraine and calling them a war crime, German Tagesschau reported on Jan. 3. “There is no new status in this matter,” he said while stressing that massive attacks on civilian infrastructure are “absolutely disgusting.” The […]