COVID lockdown in China’s largest city nearing end
Post Content NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Shanghai inched closer to lifting its strict COVID lockdown on Friday, reopening transportation and parks In the district of Pudong, 115 bus routes were reopened on Friday. City officials previously reopened four of the city’s 20 subway lines and more than 250 bus routes. More […]
OPINION | Thabo Mbkei reflects on the African Union, Africa Day and his foundation
Read More The founding conference of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, concluded its work on 25 May 1963. One of its decisions was that from then onwards, 25 May should be observed, certainly throughout Africa, as African Liberation Day. It said that the day should be used “to organise […]
Shell says windfall tax threatens North Sea oil and gas investment
Read More Shell has said Rishi Sunak’s windfall tax is a threat to investment in North Sea oil and gas as Britain attempts to ramp up domestic energy supplies. The chancellor yesterday announced an “energy profits levy” on oil and gas operators that he hopes will raise ?5bn to help fund a support package for […]
Texas school shooting: outrage mounts over police response – latest updates
Read More From 53m ago Officials in Texas are today facing growing outrage over the law enforcement response to Tuesday’s mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, in which an 18-year-old gunman claimed the lives of 19 students and two teachers. It has emerged that the shooter was locked in a classroom at Robb […]
Boris Johnson changes ministerial code to remove need to resign over breaches
Read More Boris Johnson is changing the rules to let ministers avoid resigning if they break the ministerial code, allowing them to apologise or temporarily lose their pay instead. The prime minister, who is himself facing claims of breaching the code, published a policy statement on Friday saying it is “disproportionate to expect that any […]
Border Patrol Agent Helps Rescue Daughter, Dozens More From Texas School
A quick-thinking, off-duty, Border Patrol officer, armed with his barber’s shotgun, helped rescue dozens of children and his daughter during the nightmarish shooting at the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school.
Republican senators seek FBI update on Afghan vetting after Pentagon IG raised security issues
Post Content NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: Top Republican senators are requesting an update from the FBI about the vetting and screening of Afghan evacuees, after the Pentagon’s inspector general raised a number of issues with the vetting of those being evacuated out of Afghanistan. Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, […]
Texas Police Official to Newsmax: Parents Could Not Have Entered Uvalde School
Lt. Christopher Olivarez said he sympathizes with parents who were recorded begging police officers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas to let them in to rescue their children, but there was no way they could have been permitted to go inside during the active situation.
Texas Police Official to Newsmax: Parents Could Not Have Entered Uvalde School
Lt. Christopher Olivarez, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety, said Friday on Newsmax that parents could have been permitted to go inside Robb Elementary School in Texas to rescue children during Tuesday’s mass shooting.
Ukraine needs to face reality to end conflict, talk to Putin: Zelenskyy
Post Content NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that while Ukraine was not eager to have a dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin, his country has to face the reality that communication will likely be needed to end the war. “There are things to discuss with the […]