JOHANNESBURG (AA) – The US has said the February 25 election in Nigeria “failed to meet” the expectations of Nigerians. “The people of Nigeria demonstrated their dedication to democracy on February 25, but there are many angry and frustrated Nigerians as well as many who are celebrating victories they believe were hard-fought and well-ea...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Normalization of ties between Azerbaijan and Armenia was in focus as President Ilham Aliyev met with officials from the US and EU in the capital Baku. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Monday met with US Senior Adviser for Caucasus Negotiations Louis Bono and discussed the normalization of relations with Armenia. “The...
Disability rights advocates were joined by labor leaders, progressive politicians, and other advocates for justice on Monday in mourning the death of influential activist Judy Heumann, who began decades of advocacy work fighting for employment as a teacher and was credited with paving the way for numerous federal laws to protect people with di...
The collapse Friday night of a makeshift dam designed to hold back wastewater and new concerns by local groups and residents about the nearby incineration of contaminated soil from last month’s train derailment are the latest anxiety-producing woes to beset the community of East Palestine, Ohio. Watchdogs on the ground reported that the ...
Hundreds of Jewish New Yorkers rallied and marched on the home of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Sunday to protest his embrace of far-right Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid growing violence against Palestinians—violence that demonstrators said is enabled by the U.S. government’s unwavering military and diplomatic s...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has vowed to stop giving money to the “countries that hate America.” Haley, who announced her 2024 presidential bid last month, said she named the 128 countries that condemned the US when it decided to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in 2017. “So, I […]...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye has rejected a new US State Department report on terrorism, saying it “deliberately distorts” Ankara’s fight against Kurdish and other “terrorist” groups. “The 2021 Country Report on Terrorism deliberately distorts the fight against terrorist organizations that pose a direct threa...
More than 200 top U.S. economists warned congressional leaders Thursday that a failure to raise the debt ceiling would likely spark a devastating economic crisis, rattling global financial markets and killing jobs nationwide. “The economic consequences of a federal default are unpredictable, but frightening,” the economists warned ...
As the U.S. House Committee on Ethics announced an investigation into embattled Congressman George Santos, progressives on Thursday renewed calls for the New York Republican to be expelled from office over his elaborate lies and controversies. “Why did it take the MAGA House nearly two months to do anything about it?” asked Account...
Sen. Bernie Sanders vowed Thursday to move ahead with a planned vote to force Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz to testify on the company’s numerous labor law violations after the coffee chain offered up other executives to appear in the billionaire’s place. In a letter to Sanders (I-Vt.), who chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor,...
