Qatar worked with FIFA to coordinate the evacuation of players, including some on the national team Qatar worked with FIFA to coordinate the evacuation of players, including some on the national team Female soccer players were evacuated from Afghanistan on Thursday on a flight to Doha, the Qatari government said. “Around 100 footballers & their…Continue Reading
Secretary of State Blinken says deal will advance stability in Eastern Mediterranean The United States and Greece signed an agreement on Thursday renewing their long-standing defence cooperation, a move Secretary of State Antony Blinken said would allow the NATO allies to advance security in the Eastern Mediterranean region and beyond.Known as the U.S.-Greece Mutual Defense…Continue Reading
“The kind of ‘dadagiri’ (highhandedness) and dictatorship it is, it would not be liked by any party or any State government and the people of the States.” Aam Aadmi Party chief spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj termed the Centre’s move “dictatorship” and cautioned it against taking a highhanded approach in decision-making. File | Photo Credit: SHIV…Continue Reading
BEIRUT — Gunmen opened fire on a Hezbollah-organized demonstration Thursday in the Lebanese capital, killing at least six people and setting off hours of fighting that threatened to plunge the fragile nation back into factional violence.The brazen assault on Lebanon’s most powerful party represented a dangerous escalation in a country that has been teetering on…Continue Reading
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A key route out of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan was cut off Thursday when Pakistan canceled its national carrier’s flights between Islamabad and Kabul, citing disagreements with the Taliban.Taliban authorities interfered with flight operations by repeatedly changing regulations, muddling permissions and limiting the number of people allowed on each flight, said Abdullah Khan, a…Continue Reading
LONDON — Prince William, second in line to the British throne, has urged people to focus on saving Earth rather than exploring space. He made the remarks as 90-year-old actor William Shatner became the oldest person to fly to the edge of space aboard a rocket operated by Jeff Bezos’s company, Blue Origin.William, Duke of…Continue Reading
The United States has overtaken China to lead the world with the largest share in global bitcoin mining networks, according to data from the University of Cambridge, published on Wednesday.The U.S. lead follows China’s crackdown on bitcoin mining in recent months, which sent the worldwide price of bitcoin plummeting. China issued a nationwide blanket ban…Continue Reading
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. special envoy for Colombia called Thursday for greater efforts to integrate former combatants who are struggling with access to land and housing and finding sustainable incomes and security.Carlos Ruiz Massieu told the U.N. Security Council that in discussions with former combatants it became clear that in the early years following…Continue Reading
Main Street conservatives have a friend in Kevin Roberts, the new president of the Heritage Foundation Newly named Heritage President Kevin Roberts (Texas Public Policy Foundation) When I was an intern at the Heritage Foundation in 2019, the program leaders and scholars who would address our intern class during luncheons would often talk about “true…Continue Reading
Perhaps the only way Americans can become a better people is to become a less powerful people.As American political divisions have widened, talk of secession has increased. Indeed, “civil war” trended on Twitter after Donald Trump’s weekend Iowa rally.Still, the idea remains farfetched. Few people really imagine tearing apart a nation now more than 230…Continue Reading