ISLAMABAD (AA) – The interim Afghan government and the US have swapped prisoners under the Doha Agreement, an official announced on Monday. The last Afghan prisoner at Guantanamo prison, Haji Bashar Noorzai, was handed over to acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi at Kabul airport, said Hafiz Zia Ahmad, deputy spokesman for the Foreign Min...
Starbucks management is reportedly planning to deny new paid leave benefits to unionized workers, another wrinkle in the company’s aggressive and unlawful campaign to stamp out organizing momentum nationwide. According to an internal memo that More Perfect Union obtained, Starbucks shall announce on Monday that it is ending Covid-19 sick...
In an interview with 60 Minutes set to air Sunday night, President Joe Biden says that his clear advice to Russian President Vladimir Putin if he is “considering using chemical or tactical nuclear weapons” in Ukraine, would be this: “Don’t. Don’t. Don’t.” The question was asked by news correspondent Sc...
Progressive anti-monopoly campaigners expressed dismay and outrage Friday following a news report indicating that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer—a major beneficiary of Big Tech campaign cash—is likely to delay a vote on bipartisan antitrust legislation until after the midterm elections. TIME reported late Thursday that key lawmakers invo...
Congressman Bill Pascrell this week pushed for a federal probe of HCA Healthcare amid allegations of unnecessary admissions of Medicare patients and understaffing issues at the nation’s biggest hospital system. The New Jersey Democrat on Thursday revealed letters he sent Tuesday to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra...
Watchdogs with a prominent consumer advocacy organization on Thursday sharply criticized the Justice Department’s newly announced policy approach to combating corporate crime, calling it inadequate to reverse the decades-long trend of plummeting enforcement that has continued under the Biden administration. In a speech in New York Thursd...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Senior Turkish and US officials met Thursday in Washington to discuss a range of issues, including cooperation and NATO. “Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. Colin Kahl met with Turkish Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sedat Onal to discuss shared interests in improving regional stability, continuing defen...
A U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday approved a bill to dramatically boost American military support for Taiwan, a move that prompted warnings from both China and anti-war voices in the United States that such a policy increases the likelihood of armed conflict. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 17-5 in favor of the Taiwan Policy Ac...
Samarkand, Uzbekistan (AFP): Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that the cooperation among countries sanctioned by the United States will make them “stronger”. “The relationship between countries that are sanctioned by the US, such as Iran, Russia or other countries, can overc...
Rights organizations on Thursday responded to a new Biden administration plan to use $3.5 billion in U.S.-held Afghan funds to “help mitigate the economic challenges” facing the people of Afghanistan by saying the proposal was “better than keeping that money locked away in a U.S. vault” but must only be the first step i...