Giorno: 8 Maggio 2024

Rep. Comer: Oversight’s D.C. Mayor Hearing Canceled

The House Oversight Committee has canceled its hearing with Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser after the city’s Police Department cleared a protesters’ encampment on the campus of George Washington University, committee Chairman James Comer said.

Biden Campaign Launches $14M Advertising Push

President Joe Biden’s campaign announced that it’s spending $14 million in new advertising dollars across the nation’s battleground states, including advertising that will attack former President Donald Trump’s efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare.[#item_full_content]

Trump Trial Prosecutor Donated to Biden’s Campaign

The prosecutor who questioned adult film star Stormy Daniels on Tuesday in former President Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial has donated to Democrats, including President Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign.[#item_full_content]

7 confirmed dead, dozens still missing after South Africa building collapse

Nearly 40 construction workers were still missing Wednesday in the rubble of a building that collapsed in South Africa on Monday as rescue teams continued to search for survivors for a third day in the wreckage of the unfinished five-story apartment complex. Seven workers have been confirmed dead, while authorities in the city of George […]

Ukraine tycoon jailed after being named suspect in decades-old murder attempt, police say

Ukrainian authorities suspect jailed tycoon Ihor Kolomoisky of being behind the attempted murder of a lawyer in a corporate dispute more than 20 years ago, the national police said on Wednesday. Kolomoisky, who backed President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in the 2019 election and faces charges of fraud and money laundering, has previously denied any wrongdoing in […]

Brutal assault on Berlin politician sparks alarm over rising political violence in Germany

A prominent Berlin politician was violently assaulted and suffered injuries to her head and neck, police said Wednesday, in the latest attack on elected officials that raises concern over rising political violence in Germany. Franziska Giffey, the city’s top economic official, a former mayor and an ex-federal minister, was attacked at an event in a […]

Millions of workers in China struggle to retire due to economic insecurity

After three decades selling homemade buns on the streets of the Chinese city of Xian, 67-year-old Hu Dexi would have liked to slow down. Instead, Hu and his older wife have moved to the edge of Beijing, where they wake at 4 a.m. every day to cook their packed lunch, then commute for more than […]

Protest anthem ‘Glory to Hong Kong’ outlawed in city

An appeals court on Wednesday granted the Hong Kong government’s request to ban a popular protest song, overturning an earlier ruling and deepening concerns over the erosion of freedoms in the once-freewheeling global financial hub. “Glory to Hong Kong” was often sung by demonstrators during huge anti-government protests in 2019. The song was later mistakenly […]