Jul. 3—GRAND FORKS — About 40 people representing 10 unions rallied outside the Edgewood headquarters in downtown Grand Forks on Tuesday afternoon, July 2. Members of United Steelworkers, along with allied unions, labor representatives and community members gathered in solidarity with union workers at the Edgewood-Sierra Hills assisted living facility in Cheyenne, Wyoming, who are […]
Joe Biden has marked the 80th anniversary of D-Day by saying “we will not walk away” from the defence of Ukraine and allow Russia to threaten more of Europe. “To surrender to bullies, to bow down to dictators, is simply unthinkable,” the US president said during a ceremony at the US cemetery in Normandy. “If […]
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — President Joe Biden marked the 80th anniversary of D-Day on Thursday by saying “we will not walk away” from the defense of Ukraine and allow Russia to threaten more of Europe. “To surrender to bullies, to bow down to dictators, is simply unthinkable,” he said during a ceremony at the American […]
Actor Michael Douglas on Sunday paid a solidarity visit to an Israeli kibbutz that was hit hard in the October 7 Hamas attack which sparked Israel’s war against the Islamic militant group. Douglas met members of Kibbutz Be’eri and visited burnt-out homes destroyed in the attack. Be’eri was among the hardest hit communities, with about […]
This week, Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker drew fire for comments he made during a graduation speech at the Benedictine College. Among other things, Butker encouraged young female graduates to reject the “diabolical lies” about the importance of careers and embrace “one of the most important titles of all: homemaker.” Given Butker’s devout Catholicism, […]
At a former railway station in Rio de Janeiro, a fast-growing mountain of food, bottled water and clothes donated to Brazil’s thousands of flood victims testify to a rare unity of purpose in a country marred by deep political enmity. In solidarity with residents of the water-ravaged southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazilians […]
Abdi Muktar stood at the south end of Ohio Stadium Sunday afternoon, his college diploma in hand, feeling both elated and reflective. Muktar began his time at Ohio State University as a freshman in the fall of 2019. A few months later, he returned home in his childhood bedroom learning remotely as students were forced […]
CHICAGO – DePaul University students announced their plans for the second day of encampment in solidarity with Gaza on Tuesday. The tents set up throughout the quad at the school’s Lincoln Park campus were allowed to stay despite violating university policy. DePaul students and faculty are demanding the university cut ties with Israel and end […]
Chancellor Olaf Scholz has reaffirmed Germany’s solidarity with Ukraine in a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Scholz discussed ways of further strengthening Ukraine’s air defence with Zelensky, government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said on Saturday. The Ministry of Defence had previously announced that Germany would supply Ukraine with a further Patriot air defence system. […]
LONDON (AP) — French troops joined their British counterparts in the famous Changing of the Guard ceremony outside Buckingham Palace for the first time Monday, marching together in a display of solidarity between Britain and France amid the war in Ukraine. At a parallel ceremony in Paris, British soldiers donned tall bearskin hats to take […]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Christians from a Lackawanna County college made a global movement Sunday, walking in prayer and solidarity for those in Gaza. The walk is part of a worldwide Ceasefire Pilgrimage. Dozens earlier Sunday walked through the Electric City chanting and waving flags, raising awareness and promoting peace in the Middle East. […]
Dealers of highly-prized Moroccan hashish are severing ties with Israeli drug smugglers. They are boycotting Israeli dealers in protest at the killing of Palestinians in Gaza, said a report. The boycott is leading to significant financial losses for Israeli crime gangs. Moroccan hashish dealers are severing ties with Israeli drug smugglers amid the ongoing war […]