Giorno: 19 Gennaio 2023

George Santos trashes report claiming he ‘let a dog die,’ vows negative coverage ‘won’t stop me’

Post Content Embattled Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., on Thursday condemned “insane” reports that claim he stole funds raised for a homeless veteran’s dying service dog, vowing ,”These distractions won’t stop me!” “The reports that I would let a dog die is shocking & insane,” Santos, who was shunned by the Nassau County GOP for lying […]

Class of 2022 records 80.1% pass rate

Read More The matric class of 2022 achieved a pass rate of 80.1% in their final examinations, a 3.7 percentage point improvement from 76.4% the previous year. The Free State province took the lead for the third year in a row with an 88.5% pass rate, while Limpopo was at the bottom of the list […]

Alabama Secretary of State Allen announces withdrawal from voter registration group

Post Content Alabama’s new secretary of state announced the state’s withdrawal Tuesday from a 32-state voter registration partnership, a data-sharing effort that was designed to maintain accurate voter rolls but has sometimes become the target of conservative ire and conspiracy theories. A day after being sworn in, Secretary of State Wes Allen sent a letter […]

GOP reps blast DOJ for not watching Biden attorneys handling classified docs: ‘you can’t make this stuff up’

Post Content Republican lawmakers reacted to the Department of Justice (DOJ) opting out of having the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) monitor President Biden’s personal attorneys as they searched the president’s homes for Obama-era classified documents. GOP Reps. Austin Scott of Georgia and Cory Mills of Florida reacted to a Wall Street Journal report that […]

Conservatives Look to Expand School Vouchers

States around the country are aiming to make school vouchers available to more parents to pay for schools and related expenses.

The ‘Covid Queen’ of New Zealand’s Reign is Coming to an End

Jacinda Ardern, the icy ‘Covid queen’  of New Zealand, is finally abdicating her throne. While technically the “prime minister,” Ardern seized ’emergency’ powers during the Covid pandemic to decree some of the harshest lockdowns in the world. She is now set to pass on her scepter to a new “liberal” prime minister. In a tearful […]

French President Emmanuel Macron, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro S?nchez sign friendship treaty in Barcelona

French President Emmanuel Macron and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro S?nchez signed a friendship treaty in Barcelona on Thursday to strengthen relations between the European neighbors, as both leaders faced protests on their home fronts. The one-day summit came amid a day of widespread strikes on the other side of the Pyrenees against Macron’s bid to […]

Serbian emergency teams searching for 2 people who were swept away by flooding river

Emergency teams in Serbia are searching for two people who were swept away by a swollen river in a southwestern town, state RTS television reported on Thursday. Heavy rainfall this week across the Balkans has caused rivers to rise dangerously in Serbia, Bosnia and Montenegro, flooding some areas and threatening flood defenses elsewhere. Floods were […]

Former Bosnian Serb military commander sentenced to 15 years in prison for crimes against civilians during war

A former Bosnian Serb military commander was sentenced to 15 years in prison Thursday for crimes against civilians during the country’s 1992-95 interethnic war. The Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina ruled that Boban Indjic participated in a 1993 atrocity in which 20 non-Serb civilians were hauled off a train in the small Bosnian town of Strpci, near […]

Mexican human rights group launches online guide to search for missing persons

A Mexican human rights group launched an online guide Wednesday for people searching for missing relatives, a real need in a country where authorities are slow to act. Mexico has almost 110,000 people listed as missing, but many of the most effective searches are carried out by relatives or activists. Mexico’s antiquated, underfunded police system […]