Trinidad and Tobago has declared a state of emergency after a spate of killings over the weekend added to what was already an exceptionally deadly year for the Caribbean nation. Under emergency powers announced Monday…
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India launched its first space docking mission on Monday, on an Indian-made rocket, in an attempt to become the fourth country to achieve the advanced technological feat. The mission, called Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX), lifted…
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A South Korean court on Tuesday approved an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was stripped of his presidential powers just weeks ago over his short-lived martial law decree that threw the country…
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The Taliban say they will close all national and foreign nongovernmental groups in Afghanistan employing women, the latest crackdown on women’s rights since they took power in August 2021. The announcement comes two years after…
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World News
WHO urges China to share Covid origins data, five years on from pandemic’s emergence
by adminThe World Health Organization has urged China to share data to help understand the origins of Covid-19, five years on from the start of the pandemic in the Chinese city of Wuhan. On December 31,…
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When the ball drops in New York City’s Times Square to herald the start of 2025, it’ll actually be late to the party as dozens of countries around the world will already have welcomed the…
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World News
Building homes, eradicating disease: President Carter’s humanitarian impact around the world
by adminJimmy Carter redefined what a post-presidency could be after he lost re-election in 1980. From the Carolina Lowcountry to the Ethiopian highlands, Carter’s humanitarian work eventually eclipsed his White House accomplishments and continues to enrich…
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After the passing of 100-year-old former President Jimmy Carter, many are recalling the ‘killer rabbit’ incident in which Carter had to fight off a berserk swamp creature while fishing in his hometown of Plains, Georgia.…
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German government officials accused Tesla founder Elon Musk on Monday of attempting to interfere in the country’s upcoming parliamentary elections on behalf of the country’s far-right political party, citing recent social media posts and a…
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Politics
Rep. Victoria Spartz demands ‘assurances’ Speaker Johnson ‘won’t sell us out to the swamp’
by adminAs House Speaker Mike Johnson seeks to retain his grip on the gavel, Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., is demanding ‘assurances’ that Johnson ‘won’t sell us out to the swamp.’ Johnson, who secured the speaker’s gavel…