Giorno: 25 Ottobre 2022

Iran using child soldiers in attempt to stop protests as Biden administration urged to sanction regime: report

Iran has reportedly turned to child soldiers in an attempt to crack down on the ongoing riots in the country, a tactic the Islamic Republic has used in the past and a potential violation of international law. “The Iranian regime’s use of child soldiers is a sign of both its desperation and its abhorrent ideology,” […]

Zilli Schmidt, Auschwitz-Birkenau survivor, passes away at 98

Zilli Schmidt, a survivor of the Auschwitz, Lety and Ravensbrueck concentration camps who became a vocal advocate for the recognition of the Nazi genocide of Sinti and Roma, has died. She was 98. Schmidt died Friday, according to the foundation of the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, Berlin’s Holocaust memorial. No cause of […]

Haitian journalist survives assassination attempt, car was riddled with bullets

A well-known Haitian journalist survived an assassination attempt on Tuesday that left his car riddled with bullets in the capital of Port-au-Prince, officials said. Roberson Alphonse, who works at the daily newspaper Le Nouvelliste and at radio station Magik9, is hospitalized but is expected to recover, according to Frantz Duval, chief editor for both media. […]

GOP gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels wants to change the parole system in Wisconsin

Post Content Republican candidate for governor Tim Michels said Monday that he doesn’t want to pause all paroles, but he does want to appoint a chair of the Wisconsin Parole Commission whose goal will not be reducing the prison population. Michels has made the parole process, and overall concerns about crime and public safety, a […]

Rishi Sunak’s arrival as PM is historic but Britain still has work to do on racism

Read More In 1969, the late Queen’s chief financial manager, Lord Tryon, told a Home Office civil servant that “it was not, in fact, the practice to appoint coloured immigrants or foreigners” to certain roles within the royal household. People from ethnic minority backgrounds were, however, allowed to work as domestic servants. The note was […]

Rishi Sunak’s cautious reshuffle unlikely to alienate Tory camps

Read More Rishi Sunak has opted for a somewhat cautious cabinet reshuffle, appointing a handful of key allies while trying to splice together the top teams of his two predecessors, Liz Truss and Boris Johnson, in an effort to hold the Conservative party together. The finished product probably does not resemble the cabinet he would […]

Sunak vows to bring ‘integrity’ to No 10 but gambles by restoring Braverman

Read More Rishi Sunak pledged to bring “integrity and accountability” as prime minister on his first day in No 10 but gambled by restoring Suella Braverman to the Home Office less than week after she was forced to resign for a security breach. In a reshuffle billed as restoring experienced hands to the top jobs, […]

Nevada officials worry about burnout amid changing standards, election integrity concerns

Post Content Aubrey Rowlatt is retiring early after one term as Carson City’s clerk-recorder, having seen drastic changes in the way elections are administered and scrutinized in her small county office and across Nevada. Rowlatt’s job duties go far beyond running the county’s elections, but she said she had to put much of her other […]

Hobby Lobby Founder Says He’s ‘Chosen God,’ Gave Up Business

David Green, the 80-year-old founder of the Hobby Lobby arts and crafts chain, says he’s turned over ownership of his multibillion-dollar empire to a nonprofit trust rather than pass it down to his children, saying he’s “chosen God” over wealth.

Rishi Sunak vows to fix ‘mistakes’ made by Liz Truss in first speech as PM

Read More Rishi Sunak has used his first speech as prime minister to warn that the UK is in the grip of an economic crisis as he vowed to fix “mistakes” made by Liz Truss and win back voters’ trust. Addressing the nation in a sombre tone and without the usual throng of supporters to […]