Russia claims US pressured Turkish Airlines into preventing Russians from flying into Mexico

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has accused the United States of exerting pressure on Turkey’s national airline to bar Russian citizens from flights bound to Mexico. His comments came after Moscow’s embassy in Ankara this week complained that some Russian airline passengers were being indiscriminately denied boarding while transiting on Turkish Airlines flights from […]

2023 saw drastic surge in people facing acute hunger, UN report says

Nearly 282 million people in 59 countries suffered from acute hunger in 2023, with war-torn Gaza as the territory with the largest number of people facing famine, according to the Global Report on Food Crises released Wednesday. The U.N. report said 24 million more people faced an acute lack of food than in 2022, due […]

Net Neutrality Rules Restored by FCC in 3-2 Vote

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules and assume new regulatory oversight of broadband internet rescinded under former President Donald Trump. The commission voted 3-2 along party lines to reinstate open internet …

Trump attorney, Supreme Court justice clash on whether a president who ‘ordered’ a ‘coup’ could be prosecuted

An attorney for former President Donald Trump in the presidential immunity hearing clashed with Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan over a hypothetical question on whether a president who “ordered” a “coup” could be prosecuted.  “If it’s an official act, there needs to be impeachment and conviction beforehand,” Trump’s attorney John Sauer argued Thursday before the […]

GOP Senator: ‘No Way’ Ukraine Gets Another $60B in Aid

Fallout from the $95 billion foreign aid package passed Tuesday night continued among conservative circles, especially as it pertains to Ukraine, with one Republican senator saying there’s “no way” that Ukraine would see another supplemental aid package like it…[#item_full_content]