Giorno: 8 Maggio 2024

Study: Over 320K Children Lost a Parent to Drug Overdose

More than 320,000 children in the United States lost a parent due to a drug overdose in the years between 2011 and 2021, according to a new study released in JAMA Psychiatry on Wednesday.[#item_full_content]

House Rejects Rep. Greene’s Effort to Remove Johnson

Hardline Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene stunned colleagues Wednesday calling for a vote to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, but lawmakers quickly rejected it.[#item_full_content]

Federal Prosecutors: Hunter Pulling Stunt to Delay Tax Trial

Federal prosecutors in the tax fraud case involving Hunter Biden said in a court filing Tuesday that President Joe Biden’s son is pulling a “stunt” and trying to “game the system” by appealing a motion to dismiss his charges that was denied last month.”[#item_full_content]

Obama’s Former College Bows to Pro-Palestinian Protesters

Occidental College, the Los Angeles school former President Barack Obama attended before transferring to Columbia University, has agreed to vote on a decision to divest from Israel, concluding the pro-Palestinian protest on campus.[#item_full_content]

Columbia Custodian Trapped by ‘Angry Mob’ Shares Story

During last week’s protest at Columbia University, an image went viral of a custodian fighting back against the “angry mob” of demonstrators who succeed in briefly taking over Hamilton Hall.[#item_full_content]

Police break up another protest by pro-Palestinian activists at the University of Amsterdam

In sometimes violent confrontations, police broke up a protest by pro-Palestinian activists at the University of Amsterdam Wednesday in a second straight day of unrest over the war in Gaza. After police ended a blockade on university grounds, hundreds of demonstrators moved to a nearby square to continue protesting late into the evening, demanding an […]

North Macedonia elects first woman president as center-left incumbents suffer historic losses

North Macedonia elected its first woman president Wednesday as the governing Social Democrats suffered historic losses in twin presidential and parliamentary elections. Conservative-backed Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, a 70-year-old law professor, was declared the winner after receiving nearly 65% support with more than two-thirds of the vote counted in a presidential runoff. “Is there a bigger change […]

Armenia’s prime minister in Russia for talks amid strain in ties

Armenia’s prime minister visited Moscow and held talks Wednesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin amid spiraling tensions between the estranged allies. Putin hosted Nikol Pashinyan for talks following a summit of the Eurasian Economic Union, a Moscow-dominated economic alliance. that they both attended earlier in the day. The negotiations came a day after Putin began […]

Nicaragua cancels a controversial Chinese interoceanic canal concession after nearly a decade

After nearly a decade, Nicaragua’s congress finally canceled on Wednesday a controversial canal concession granted to a Chinese businessman that critics said endangered the environment and threatened to displace rural communities. Despite a symbolic “groundbreaking” in 2014, no work was done on the canal that was to link Nicaragua’s Atlantic and Pacific coasts. At one […]

Rev. Franklin Graham: Boy Scouts Program Lost Its Way

The Rev. Franklin Graham, leader of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan’s Purse, bemoaned Wednesday the Boys Scouts’ decision to change its name for the first time in its 114-year history to Scouting America.