Giorno: 7 Marzo 2023

Vivek Ramaswamy to Newsmax: Affirmative Action Is ‘Systematic Racism’

Businessman and Republican 2024 presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy told Newsmax on Monday that if elected, he will use an executive order to immediately end affirmative action.

Influencer Pleads Guilty to $1M in COVID Relief Fraud

A social media influencer admitted to COVID-19 relief program fraud worth over $1 million, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts revealed Monday.

Fall of Ukrainian city of Bakhmut would not mean a strategic win for Russia: Pentagon

The fight for Bakhmut has been raging for months but, according to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, a Russian victory over the Donetsk city would not prove all that strategically advantageous for Moscow. “I think it is more of a symbolic value than it is strategic and operational value,” Austin told reporters from Jordan Monday. […]

Turkish opposition leaders nominate Erdogan challenger

A six-party alliance on Monday nominated main opposition party leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu as its common candidate to challenge President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in elections in May, ending months of uncertainty and bickering that had frustrated their supporters. The alliance tapped the leader of the pro-secular, center-left Republican People’s Party, or CHP, hours after a key […]

Russia sends fertilizer to Malawi, aims to garner African support

The Russian government has donated 20,000 tons of fertilizer to Malawi as part of its efforts to garner diplomatic support from various African nations. Russia will give 260,000 tons of fertilizer to countries in the continent, Russian Ambassador to Malawi Nikolai Krasilnikov said at a handover ceremony Monday at the capital, Lilongwe. He said he […]

4 Peruvian soldiers drown in river while responding to protests

Four Peruvian soldiers drowned while trying to swim across a river in the Andes to reach a town where protests demanding the resignation of Peru’s president have turned violent, military officials said Monday. Two soldiers also were missing and five suffering hypothermia following attempts to cross the Ilave River on Sunday, the Defense Ministry said, […]

US seeks consultation with Mexico over GMO corn restrictions

The U.S. government has escalated its trade dispute over proposed Mexican limits on genetically modified corn, asking Monday for formal consultations with Mexico on the issue. The U.S. Trade Representative’s office announced it has called for consultations with Mexico over proposed rules that would ban GM corn for human consumption; Mexico says it could eventually […]

Gender Equality ‘300 Years Away,’ U.N. Chief Says

Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres said the advancement of women’s rights globally has been lackluster, leaving gender equality seemingly unattainable for centuries to come.

UK shoppers slash spending as price rises and energy bills bite

Read More UK consumers sharply cut back their spending in February as soaring living costs damaged household finances, retailers have warned, despite strong sales of jewellery and fragrances for Valentine’s Day. Highlighting the impact of the cost of living crisis on the economy before Jeremy Hunt’s budget next week, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) said […]

Children of same-sex couples fare at least as well as in other families – study

Read More The children of same-sex couples fare just as well, if not better, than those of heterosexual couples, research has shown. While data on so-called “sexual minority families” is limited, the UK’s Office for National Statistics recorded 212,000 same-sex families in the UK in 2019, a 40% rise since 2015. The number of same-sex […]