(Bloomberg) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attacked Colombian President Gustavo Petro after the South American leader called for his arrest over the war in Gaza. Most Read from Bloomberg “Israel will not be lectured by an antisemitic supporter of Hamas,” Netanyahu wrote in a post on X on Saturday. Earlier this month, Petro said […]
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Milei Proposes Encounter With Lula After Mutual Insults
(Bloomberg) — Argentina’s President Javier Milei has extended an olive branch to Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, whom he has repeatedly called a “communist,” by proposing an encounter to thaw high-level relations between the neighboring countries. Most Read from Bloomberg On a trip to Brasilia and Sao Paulo this week, Foreign Minister Diana Mondino […]
Rockford stabbing suspect hurls insults at judge victims’ families during court appearance
A Winnebago County judge cleared the courtroom Tuesday after the man accused of going on a killing spree in Rockford last week and members of the gallery started shouting during his detention hearing. “You’re a puppet,” defendant Christian Ivan Soto yelled at Judge Scott Paccagnini during the proceedings. A members of Soto’s family shouted for […]
Collaboration gets you farther than insults
Is there any habit harder to break than harboring a grudge against an old adversary? Yet burying hatchets is exactly what it might take to conserve our wildlife, in the face of ever-increasing pressures on the places they need to survive. Consider grizzly bears. In 1973, grizzlies were on a steep decline and headed for […]
One Haley Who Isn’t Afraid to Let Insults Fly
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. — While Nikki Haley has, until recently, run a fairly positive campaign, she has endured relentless criticism from former President Donald Trump and others in his orbit. Her 22-year-old son, Nalin Haley, is not so inclined to pull his punches. Nalin Haley, who has become a more familiar presence on the trail with […]
Missouri Senate descends into insults as Republican faction holds up Parson’s nominees
Hard-right Missouri senators held up more than two dozen nominees of Republican Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday, effectively holding the appointments hostage until senators advance a divisive proposal to make it harder to change the state constitution. The Missouri Senate collapsed into a complete meltdown as Republicans exchanged insults and personal attacks. The recriminations began […]