Giorno: 21 Settembre 2023

Tuberville forces Schumer’s hand in military nominee votes: ‘He blinked’

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., forced Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s hand Wednesday, resulting in floor votes for military nominations that had been stalled for months after the GOP senator prepared to issue a cloture vote. Tuberville followed a Senate rule enabling a minority member to bring a cloture vote with 16 signatures. However, once Schumer, […]

China’s Global Times: Biden Hijacked UN General Assembly

President Joe Biden hijacked the U.N. General Assembly summit in New York this week with “cliché, hollow proposals for the Global South’s development,” Chinese state propaganda outlet the Global Times wrote Wednesday.[#item_full_content]

Morocco expels 2 French journalists, sparking concerns over press freedom

Two French journalists have been expelled from Morocco this week in a move denounced by media outlets and press freedom advocates. Staff reporter Quentin Müller and freelancer photojournalist Thérèse Di Campo, who work for the weekly Marianne magazine, said on Wednesday that they were taken by force from their Casablanca hotel room by 10 plainclothes […]

Israeli tanks strike Syrian structures in demilitarized zone, alleging 1974 ceasefire violation

Israeli tanks struck two structures on Thursday inside what the army said was a demilitarized zone in Syria, claiming the buildings violated a half-century-old cease-fire agreement between the two countries, the Israeli army said. The structures, it said, were being used by the Syrian military, amounting to what the army called a “clear violation” of […]

Iranian court gives Tajik man 2 death sentences for attack at major Shiite shrine that killed 2

An Iranian court has given two death sentences to a Tajik man convicted of carrying out a gun attack that killed two people at a major Shiite shrine in the southern city of Shiraz, the judiciary website reported Thursday. The website Mizan Online said the Iranian Revolutionary Court in Fars province gave Rahmatollah Norouzof two […]

Thousands protest ‘gender ideology’ in Canada, Trudeau condemns ‘transphobia, homophobia, and biphobia’

Thousands of demonstrators gathered in cities across Canada on Wednesday as a conservative movement against “gender ideology” in schools was confronted by pro-LGBTQ+ protesters.  The nationwide peaceful protests, organized under the banner “1 Million March for Children,” stretched from Vancouver to Ottawa. A website that promoted the protest said its mission was to advocate “for […]

Most global leaders at UN General Assembly find common trend in condemning Russian invasion of Ukraine

Through nearly three days of speeches by world leaders at this year’s United Nations General Assembly, many issues have been addressed, but aside from climate change, one pressing matter seems to have been universally condemned: Russia’s war in Ukraine.  As more than 80 world leaders have spoken to the assembly through Thursday afternoon at U.N. […]

Triple House meltdown on defense bill may mark the worst run for a House majority in modern history

Republicans are stalled right now and can’t even adopt a simple provision to bring to the floor what is historically one of the most popular bills in Congress: The annual defense spending bill.  The House’s fights over funding the government could mark the worst run for any majority in modern House history. Republicans hold a […]

Kari Lake boosts national profile as top Trump surrogate, GOP campaigner ahead of likely Senate run

Former Arizona gubernatorial candidate and conservative firebrand Kari Lake has been hitting the pavement more and more in recent weeks as a top surrogate for former President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and as a booster of Republican candidates across the country ahead of her own likely run for U.S. Senate. According to two sources close […]

Alarm over ‘fascist-like’ protest at Ireland’s seat of government

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