Giorno: 21 Ottobre 2022

Labor to Give Extra $204 Million Boost to Great Barrier Reef

Read More The Labor government will give a $204 million boost to the protection and management of the Great Barrier Reef, bringing the total investment in the reef to $1.2 billion (US$751 million). Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek on Friday unveiled the new package, noting it will go into replanting parts of the reef with new corals, catchment […]

Dem House candidate haunted by support of China-funded educational programs in American classrooms

Post Content A California Democratic House candidate is facing renewed criticism over his prior support for an educational program funded that teaches American K-12 students about Chinese language and culture, but which has links to propaganda efforts of the Chinese Communist Party. During his tenure on the Hacienda La Puente school board, Jay Chen, a […]

Online School Put US Kids Behind; Some Adults Have Regrets

Vivian Kargbo thought her daughter’s Boston school district was doing the right thing when officials kept classrooms closed for most students for more than a year. Kargbo, a caregiver for hospice patients, didn’t want to risk them getting COVID-19.

Progressive Jamie McLeod-Skinn defeats Schrader in OR primary, jeopardizes party’s chances of holding seat

Post Content Progressive Jamie McLeod-Skinner made seven-term Rep. Kurt Schrader the first Democratic congressman to lose his reelection bid this year when she defeated him in their May primary. His ouster from Oregon’s 5th District, along with new boundaries that make the district a little less blue, is complicating Democratic efforts to hold the seat […]

Boris Johnson gaining ground on Rishi Sunak in Tory leadership race

Read More Boris Johnson is gaining ground in his audacious bid to return to Downing Street despite critics warning he risks plunging the Conservatives into fresh chaos over the impending parliamentary inquiry into the Partygate scandal. As the former prime minister raced back from his Caribbean holiday to drum up support among MPs, Rishi Sunak […]

CA Republicans hopeful controller candidate Lanhee Chen can break party’s losing streak

Post Content In their quest to win back statewide office in deep-blue California, Republicans have set their sights — and money — on controller candidate Lanhee Chen. The race usually attracts little attention compared to other statewide offices, but this year, without an incumbent in the running, contributions to Chen and Democratic candidate Malia Cohen […]

Biden rebukes ‘mega MAGA trickle down’ policies amid poor polling on economy

Post Content President Biden ripped Republican economic policies Friday during remarks from the White House, even as polling shows voters giving him negative approval ratings on the issue. Biden, speaking about the national deficit falling, blamed Republican opposition to his administration for slow progress and dismissed GOP economics as “mega MAGA trickle down.” “If Republicans […]

Former border officials vow to release illegal migrant numbers by Tuesday if Biden admin won’t

Post Content FIRST ON FOX: Several former border officials vowed to release the number of illegal migrant crossings into the U.S. by Tuesday if the Biden administration hasn’t by then. Former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli, acting Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Mark Morgan and acting director of U.S. Immigration […]

Iranian climber Rekabi put under house arrest after competing without hijab: report

Iranian competitive climber Elnaz Rekabi was placed on house arrest in Iran Friday after she competed without wearing a hijab in South Korea. Rekabi returned to Tehran this week from the International Federation of Sport Climbing’s Asia Championship in South Korea where she refused to done a hijab which is required of female athletes by […]

Turkish pop star Gulsen makes her first court appearance in religious school joke case

A Turkish pop singer accused of “inciting hatred and enmity” with a joke about Turkey’s religious schools rejected the charge Friday during her first court appearance. Singer-songwriter Gulsen was charged and briefly jailed over the joke she made during a concert in April, when she quipped that the “perversion” of one of her musicians came […]