UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The UN condemned North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launch Tuesday, saying it was a reckless act and a violation of Security Council resolutions. “The Secretary-General strongly condemns the launch of a ballistic missile of possible intermediate range by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK),” s...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanon has requested changes to a US proposal to resolve a maritime border dispute with Israel. Lebanon’s Deputy Speaker Elias Bou Saab confirmed the request, stressing that Lebanon will not pay any share from the Karish Gas Field to Tel Aviv. He noted that this principle forms the basis of the […]
U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna on Wednesday urged the Biden administration to cut off sales of weaponry and crucial plane parts to Saudi Arabia as the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries—a cartel led by the Saudis—agreed to slash oil production in a bid to prop up falling prices, a move that could inflict more pain on […]
Amazon on Tuesday suspended at least 50 workers who refused to return to the shop floor for a few hours on Monday night due to health and safety concerns following a fire at the JFK8 fulfillment center in New York City, the company’s only unionized warehouse in the United States. Roughly 100 night shift workers at […]
Former President Donald Trump’s legal team on Tuesday escalated the battle over classified documents seized by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents from his Florida residence to the U.S. Supreme Court. The ex-president’s new filing asks the high court to ensure that over 100 classified documents—among various materials seized by ...
Proponents of a negotiated diplomatic solution to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine this week decried the Biden administration’s latest military assistance package for the embattled country, warning that the longer the fight continues, the greater the chance of a catastrophic nuclear war. The Pentagon announced Tuesday that the U.S....
Patient advocates on Tuesday condemned Amylyx Pharmaceuticals for setting the price of its newly FDA-approved ALS treatment at a staggering $158,000 a year, more than five times the top-line cost recommended by independent analysts. Last week, the FDA formally approved Relyvrio to treat patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a progressiv...
Rep. Pramila Jayapal on Monday said Democratic leaders had made it impossible to bring a bill banning stock trading by federal lawmakers up for a vote last month by holding discussions about the legislation behind closed doors—a process that she suggested sabotaged an opportunity to pass a bill with broad public support ahead of the midterms. ...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – The US ambassador to Pakistan, Donald Blome, paid an official trip to Azad Jammu and Kashmir for the first time since he landed in the capital Islamabad to take up his job. In an official statement, the US Embassy said Donald Blome’s visit to Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Oct. 2-4 […]
While many digital rights advocates on Tuesday welcomed the Biden administration’s Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights as “an important first step” toward ensuring that artificial intelligence systems don’t erode civil liberties, others panned the voluntary guidelines as “toothless.” The Biden administration&...
