Pulitzer winner Jhumpa Lahiri declines award over New York museum’s keffiyeh ban
WASHINGTON – Pulitzer Prize winning author Jhumpa Lahiri declined to accept an award from New York City’s Noguchi Museum after it fired three employees for wearing keffiyeh head scarves, an…
Barbados PM Mottley calls for new World Bank emergency liquidity facility
NEW YORK – Barbados will call for creation of a new World Bank finance facility to provide emergency liquidity to climate-vulnerable countries in a third version of the Bridgetown Initiative…
Barbados PM Mottley calls for new World Bank emergency liquidity facility
NEW YORK – Barbados will call for creation of a new World Bank finance facility to provide emergency liquidity to climate-vulnerable countries in a third version of the Bridgetown Initiative…
Russia’s Lavrov discusses Ukraine conflict issues with senior Vatican official
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, discussed humanitarian issues linked to the 2-1/2-year-old conflict in Ukraine, his ministry said late on Wednesday.…
US Secret Service agent probed over ‘sexual misconduct’ involving Harris staffer
WASHINGTON – The Secret Service is investigating one of its agents after an incident involving someone in Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris’ office, her office said in a statement on…
France working on 21-day temporary Lebanon ceasefire, French foreign minister says
UNITED NATIONS – France and the United States are working to hammer out a 21-day temporary ceasefire between Lebanese Hezbollah militants and Israel to allow time for broader negotiations, French…
White supremacist receives prison in plot to target Baltimore power grid
WASHINGTON – A Maryland woman affiliated with a neo-Nazi group was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Wednesday after admitting to a plot to attack Baltimore’s power grid, according…
Top US Republican wants Ukrainian ambassador fired over Zelenskiy factory visit
WASHINGTON – The Republican Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives demanded on Wednesday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy fire his ambassador to the United States over Zelenskiy’s trip this…
US not providing intelligence support to Israel for Lebanon operations, Pentagon says
WASHINGTON – The U.S. military is not providing intelligence support to Israel for its operations in Lebanon, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. Read More
UK PM says Russia throwing citizens into Ukraine meat grinder
Mr Keir Starmer was making first speech to the United Nations Security Council as Britain’s leader. Read More