Want a reason war criminal Vladimir Putin never invaded anything under Donald Trump’s presidency?Simple: Russia had no idea how the Donald would respond. And that was the beauty of Trump’s foreign-policy philosophy — peace through strength but with a splash of ambiguity. The world was a safer place for it. Then there is President Joe Biden.…Continue Reading

Politics Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright speaks at a reception celebrating the completion of the U.S. Diplomacy Center Pavilion at the State Department in Washington, D.C., Jan. 10, 2017. Sait Serkan Gurbuz / AP, File By Associated Press updated on March 23, 2022 | 3:43 PM WASHINGTON (AP) — Madeleine Albright, the first female…Continue Reading

National Abbott Laboratories manufacturing plant in Sturgis, Michigan, Sept. 23, 2010. Brandon Watson / Sturgis Journal via AP, File By MATTHEW PERRONE, Associated Press March 23, 2022 | 9:32 AM WASHINGTON (AP) — Baby formula maker Abbott failed to maintain sanitary conditions and procedures at the Michigan manufacturing plant recently linked to a cluster of…Continue Reading

Local This image taken by NOAA Ocean Exploration in February 2022 shows what researchers believe to be the wreck of the only whaling ship known to have sunk in the Gulf of Mexico. NOAA Ocean Exploration via AP By JAY REEVES, Associated Press March 23, 2022 | 9:24 AM Roughly 15 years before Herman Melville…Continue Reading

FOREIGN SECRETARY Harsh Vardhan Shringla reached New York, hours before the UN General Assembly and the Security Council were expected to vote on draft resolutions on the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine early on Thursday. Shringla, who participated in the Security Council meeting on cooperation between the UN and the League of Arab States on Wednesday,…Continue Reading

After paying tribute to party ideologue Ram Manohar Lohia on his birth anniversary on Wednesday, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav said the people of Uttar Pradesh have “given a mandate to the party for continuing the struggle for them, and that the party will do so from sadan to sadak”. Speaking with reporters in Lucknow…Continue Reading

A parliamentary standing committee has expressed concern that in several large states, less than 40 per cent of rural households have a functional household tap connection (FHTC). The committee also expressed disappointment regarding under-utilisation of Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) funds, saying this would deprive targeted beneficiaries of access to safe and clean potable water at…Continue Reading