International News (Page 532)

In a bid to rally opposition to Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court, Republicans are on a mission to cast her as a staunch advocate of critical race theory.The problem for those Republican opponents is that little evidence has emerged to support the idea, and that Jackson has stated repeatedly that she…Continue Reading

UP NEXTTop US diplomat in Ukraine: Russians ‘not letting in the humanitarian assistance’ designated to ‘worst affected cities’05:45State Department declares Russians have committed war crimes in Ukraine03:45Igor Novikov: ‘We’re getting bombed, shot at and shelled daily.’ In Ukraine, ‘that’s what life is like.’05:18Fmr. UK PM Brown: A special tribunal could indict Putin on crime of…Continue Reading

Rep. Mo Brooks (R., Ala.) makes an announcement in Huntsville, Ala., March 22, 2021. (Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters) Alabama Senate candidate Mo Brooks responded to the loss of Donald Trump’s endorsement on Wednesday by revealing that the former president asked him to “rescind the 2020 elections, immediately remove Joe Biden from the White House, and hold a…Continue Reading

Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, April 10, 2017. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) The Supreme Court will not reveal whether Justice Clarence Thomas remains in the hospital, after announcing on Sunday that the justice was hospitalized with flu-like symptoms. Court spokeswoman Patricia McCabe said she had no…Continue Reading

Hadia, 10, a 4th-grade primary school student attends a class in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 26, 2021. (Zohra Bensemra/Reuters) The Taliban has decided to cancel plans to offer schooling to girls above the sixth grade, backtracking on an earlier pledge in an effort to pacify its Islamic fundamentalist base in the rural countryside of Afghanistan. Waheedullah…Continue Reading

An illustration of a Moderna vaccine, December 11, 2021. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters) Moderna will seek emergency authorization for its Covid-19 vaccine in children under six, the company announced Wednesday, meaning that this age demographic will likely soon be eligible for the shot. The pharmaceutical company’s U.S. and Canadian clinical trial produced promising results, namely that two…Continue Reading

During the second day of her Supreme Court confirmation hearings  Tuesday, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson refused to define what a “woman” is, deferring instead to scientific experts. When asked to define “woman” by Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn, she replied, “I can’t…I’m not a biologist.” Blackburn shot back, “The meaning of the word woman is so…Continue Reading

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers unexpectedly decided against reopening schools Wednesday to girls above the sixth grade, reneging on a promise and opting to appease their hard-line base at the expense of further alienating the international community.The surprising decision, confirmed by a Taliban official, is bound to disrupt efforts by the Taliban to win…Continue Reading

Ukraine’s efforts to bolster its surveillance capabilities, like its efforts to strengthen its military, had support from the United States, Israel’s closest ally.But Israeli officials balked at any move that might provoke a confrontation with Russia, whose military at the time was aggressively helping Syria combat a rebellion beyond Israel’s northeastern border. The country’s Defense…Continue Reading