Giorno: 30 Novembre 2023

Officials in Arizona Charged With 2022 Election Interference

An Arizona grand jury on Wednesday indicted two Republican county commissioners, accusing them of felony interference and conspiracy for attempting to delay certification of the 2022 election, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has announced. Cochise County supervisors…[#item_full_content]

Fight over greenlighting controversial surveillance program unites progressives, conservatives in Congress

Congressional hardliners on the left and right are uniting in opposition to talks of saving a controversial surveillance tool of the U.S. government by linking it to an annual must-pass military and defense bill.  The House of Representatives is no stranger to public division, but it’s rare for issues to unite progressives and conservatives like […]

William Shatner Urges King Charles to Issue Climate Warning

William Shatner has urged King Charles to make an urgent warning to the British public about the climate change crisis at the COP28 climate conference. The “Star Trek” icon made his plea during an appearance on “Good Morning Britain” while speaking about the “human…[#item_full_content]

Has China’s Economic Miracle Peaked?

There is a school of political theorists known as “declinists” (e.g., “Debbie downers”) who share a common assumption that the United States will inevitably be displaced as the global hegemon by another power. This view has been expressed repeatedly in academic lounges and…[#item_full_content]

Pakistan arrests 4 in ‘honor killing’ of woman, 18, who appeared with boyfriend in viral photo

Pakistani authorities have arrested four people who allegedly killed an 18-year-old woman in the purported name of honor after a picture of her sitting with a boyfriend went viral on social media, police said Thursday. The woman’s father and three other men were detained days after the slaying in Kohistan, a district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa […]

‘Z’ author Vassilis Vassilikos dies at 89 in Athens

Greek novelist Vassilis Vassilikos, whose political book “Z” inspired the Academy Award-winning film of the same name, died Thursday in Athens at age 89. The best-known among the scores of books he wrote, “Z” was based on the murder of a left-leaning Greek member of Parliament by right-wingers in 1963. Published in 1966, it was […]

Former British finance minister Alistair Darling dead at 70

Former British finance minister Alistair Darling, a central figure in the U.K.’s response to the 2008 financial crisis who later helped organize the campaign against Scottish independence, has died. He was 70. Darling had been treated for cancer and died in a hospital in Edinburgh, his family said in a statement on Thursday. He served […]

Scotland’s Edinburgh Zoo bids giant pandas bittersweet farewell as Chinese exchange agreement expires

Visitors to the Edinburgh Zoo had their final chance to see and bid farewell Thursday to a pair of popular giant pandas who are returning home to China after more than a decade in Scotland. Yang Guang and Tian Tian are leaving in early December after a 12-year stay. They have been a popular attraction […]

GOP senator roasts John Kerry for jetting off to another climate conference

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, is taking aim at Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry for jetting off to lead the U.S. delegation at the annual United Nations conference in Dubai. In a statement to Fox News Digital on Thursday, Ernst accused Kerry and the Biden administration of hypocrisy for flying on airplanes to attend […]

Sen. Rand Paul performs Heimlich maneuver on choking Joni Ernst

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., performed the Heimlich maneuver on Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa who was choking on food. The incident happened on Thursday during a Senate lunch, a source told Fox News Digital. “Can’t help but choke on the woke policies Dems are forcing down our throats. Thanks, Dr. @RandPaul!” Enrst later posted on X. […]