(KRON) — The president of Sonoma State University has been placed on administrative leave after striking a controversial agreement with campus protesters. On Tuesday, Sonoma State President Mike Lee sent out a campus-wide message agreeing to meet certain demands set forth by students protesting the war in Gaza. The set of terms Lee agreed to […]
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili has said that a “foreign influence” Bill passed by parliament that critics have called a threat to free speech is “unacceptable”. In an interview with the Associated Press, Ms Zourabichvili criticised the ruling Georgian Dream party for pushing the Bill, which is widely seen as a threat to Georgia’s aspirations to […]
Carroll school board president Cameron Bryan said the district did not receive findings of fact or legal conclusions in a letter from the Department of Education, three years after discrimination complaints were filed. Bryan spoke after several parents pleaded with the school board to provide answers to the community concerning negotiations with the DOE after […]
May 15—BAGLEY — American Legion Auxiliary Unit 16 President Denise Milton and member Pamela French recently traveled to Sauk Centre, Minn., to meet with National American Legion Auxiliary President Lisa Williamson from Alaska, National Executive Committee Jean Walker and Department of Minnesota President Sharon Cross. This was Williamson’s first stop of several around Minnesota. Over […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said the situation in the Kharkiv region of eastern Ukraine, which has been massively attacked by Russian troops, has partially stabilized. “The occupier who invaded the Kharkiv region will be destroyed by all available means,” Zelensky said in his evening video message broadcast in Kiev on Wednesday. “Artillery, drones and […]
Sen. Mitt Romney said that if he was president he would “immediately” pardon Donald Trump. The Utah Republican said it would make him the bigger person in the situation during the interview, set to air on MSNBC on Wednesday, and that the cases against the former president won’t be resolved before the election. “Had I […]
BALTIMORE — Baltimore City Council President Nick J. Mosby conceded to his opponent Councilman Zeke Cohen on Wednesday morning, officially putting an end to his bid for reelection. Mosby, who came in last in the race to secure the Democratic nomination for City Council president, said at the city’s Board of Estimates meeting Wednesday morning […]
(Bloomberg) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa signed a controversial health-insurance bill into law, weeks before his party faces what’s set to be its toughest election since it came to power three decades ago. Most Read from Bloomberg The legislation aims to fix a dysfunctional system and make access to treatment more equitable, while banning […]
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 […]
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has convened a meeting of top ministers to discuss spiraling violence in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia, his office said Wednesday. The special defense and security council meetings typically bring Macron together with a limited group of officials, including Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and the ministers […]
French President Emmanuel Macron has convened a meeting of top ministers to discuss spiralling violence in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia, his office said. The special defence and security council meetings typically bring Mr Macron together with a limited group of officials, including prime minister Gabriel Attal and the ministers for defence, interior, […]
(Bloomberg) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva fired Jean Paul Prates, the chief executive of the country’s state-owned oil company, Petroleo Brasileiro SA, following a dispute over dividend payments. Most Read from Bloomberg The firing was confirmed by people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified discussing private matters. Petrobras, […]