News/World (Page 192)

When Yemen’s former strongman Ali Abdullah Saleh was still alive and in charge in 2010, local authorities in the capital, Sanaa, organized a pageant of sorts to celebrate national unity, which was already frayed at the time. It is memorable if only because it was so bizarre. Children dressed upContinue Reading

World Farmers’ protests that began in France in mid-January have spread across Europe in a fight for less bureaucracy and protection of their livelihoods amid the continent’s rising cost of living. Farmers scale back protests after France’s government announces new measuresThe Associated Press · Posted: Feb 01, 2024 3:46 PMContinue Reading

World U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday issued an executive order that targets Israeli settlers in the West Bank who have been accused of attacking Palestinians in the occupied territory, imposing financial sanctions and visa bans in an initial round against four individuals. U.S. ready to impose financial sanctions onContinue Reading

World Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s fundraising slowed in the last three months of 2023 and his legal fees appeared to drag on the finances behind his election effort, according to fresh disclosures submitted to the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Save America, a Trump political action committee, reported spending $47MContinue Reading

World Rifts within Ukraine’s top leadership have burst into the open following swirling rumours that the country’s top military chief will be dismissed amid reported tensions with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Valerii Zaluzhnyi’s possible dismissal is being tracked, seized upon by RussiaThe Associated Press · Posted: Feb 01, 2024 7:03 AMContinue Reading

World A Hong Kong court convicted four people Thursday for rioting over the storming of the city’s legislative council building at the height of the anti-government protests more than four years ago. Break-in part of anti-government protests sparked by now-withdrawn extradition billThe Associated Press · Posted: Feb 01, 2024 3:31Continue Reading

Mark Zuckerberg apologizes to victims of online harm after heated U.S. Senate exchangeThe head of Meta was challenged to apologize — on the spot — to families of children exposed to sexual content on his social media platforms as he answered questions about the actions taken to protect victims fromContinue Reading

World Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan and his wife were sentenced on Wednesday to 14 years in prison for corruption, his lawyer and prison officials said, a day after another special court convicted Khan of leaking state secrets and gave him a 10-year prison sentence. Imran Khan, his wifeContinue Reading

World Israel said undercover commandos killed three Palestinian militants in a raid on a hospital in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, a further sign that Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza is spreading to other fronts. Islamic Jihad members killed in West Bank raid, at least 10 killed inContinue Reading