Jun. 27—A congressional delegation including Sens. Sherrod Brown and J.D. Vance, with U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Dayton, is urging the Air Force to make Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Columbus the next main operating base for the KC-46 aerial tanker. In January, the Air Force picked Selfridge Air National Guard Base, in Michigan as […]
A bipartisan US congressional delegation has met the Dalai Lama at his residence in India’s Dharamshala. The move sparked anger from China, which views the exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism as a dangerous separatist. The visit came after Washington and Beijing restarted talks after several years of turmoil that began after the imposition of […]
The Taliban government on Sunday officially announced its intention to send a delegation to the upcoming Doha meeting on the situation in Afghanistan. Taliban chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told TOLOnews that the group believes their participation in the Qatar talks will benefit Afghanistan when it comes to humanitarian aid and investment. Meanwhile, the Taliban foreign […]
Both the global Olympic committee and its Taiwanese constituent have confirmed athletes from the self-ruled island will compete under the name “Chinese Taipei” at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, contrary to baseless claims shared repeatedly on Facebook. “According to a reliable source from the International Olympic Committee, Taiwan will be allowed to compete in […]
Jun. 12—Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, alongside U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Val Hoyle (OR-04), and Andrea Salinas (OR-06) have sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Administrator Bruce Summers, who oversees the agency’s Agricultural Marketing Service, calling on the USDA to deliver critical federal support to West Coast fishermen […]
The far-right Alternative for Germany’s (AfD) delegation in the European Parliament will be led by René Aust, newly elected AfD politicians decided on Monday. The decision comes after the faction voted eight members to four to expel Maximilian Krah from their delegation. Krah had been the AfD’s lead candidate in the European Parliament election, but […]
Jun. 5—Mental health, gambling, ethics and Interstate 565 congestion were among the many issues tackled in a “contentious and difficult” spring legislative session, the Morgan County delegation said Tuesday at the Legislative Update breakfast. State Sen. Arthur Orr and Reps. Scott Stadthagen, Terri Collins and Parker Moore gave the annual Legislative Update at the breakfast […]
May 30—New Mexico’s representatives and senators in Congress are all Democrats. Four of the five have released statements on the guilty verdict Thursday against former President Donald Trump. Here’s what they had to say: Sen. Martin Heinrich “No one is above the law — not even a former president. Today the law prevailed over revenge […]
To the Editor: We reach out today as parents of three beautiful children, two of whom have recently been diagnosed with the ultra-rare neuromuscular disease limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 2C (LGMD2C). The sad reality is that these ultra-rare diseases affect a very small percentage of children, making development of treatments and cures incredibly expensive for pharmaceutical […]
A British woman and three children linked to the militant so-called Islamic State group in Syria were handed over to a UK delegation that visited the region this week, Syrian Kurdish-led authorities said on Friday. The handover, which took place on Wednesday, is the latest in a push to repatriate people from al-Hol and Roj […]
BALTIMORE — On the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage a few years ago, there were no women representing Maryland in the country’s highest elected offices. And by the time the 119th Congress gavels in next January, three decades will have passed since more than one woman served in Maryland’s U.S. House delegation. In that time, […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House will send an unofficial delegation to Taiwan this weekend for the inauguration of the island’s democratically elected president, the Biden administration announced Wednesday, in a move that is certain to upset China but unlikely to draw excessive responses from Beijing as the two countries try to stabilize relations. A […]