Democratic Reps. Ro Khanna of California and Chris Deluzio of Pennsylvania introduced legislation Tuesday that would require the U.S. Transportation Department to impose more strict regulations on trains carrying hazardous materials, an effort to prevent disasters like the toxic derailment in East Palestine, Ohio from happening in the future. ...
Astana, Kazakhstan (AFP): Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday vowed US support for Kazakhstan’s independence as he sought greater engagement in Central Asia, where traditional alliances with Russia have been rattled by the Ukraine invasion. Blinken will also visit Uzbekistan and meet foreign ministers of all five former Soviet r...
HATAY, Türkiye (AA) – The US has started building a 100-bed field hospital in Türkiye’s quake-hit southern Hatay province. The hospital will be run by 34 personnel from the US Air and Naval Forces in the compound of Hatay Mustafa Kemal University Hospital in the Antakya region. The hospital will also have an intensive care […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – The launch of the Arab world’s first long-term space mission for Emirati astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi was delayed Monday because of a ground problem, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced. The “Crew-6” mission was scheduled to be launched Monday from the Kennedy Space Center NASA in the US to conduct 19...
Three weeks after the lives of East Palestine, Ohio residents were upended by a fiery wreck involving a Norfolk Southern-owned train overloaded with hazardous materials, rail union leaders on Friday implored federal regulators and lawmakers to “focus on the primary reasons for the derailment and take immediate action to prevent future di...
The Seattle City Council voted Tuesday for the first U.S. ban on caste-based discrimination, a move the measure’s socialist sponsor hopes will inspire similar legislation nationwide. The council voted 6-1 in favor of an ordinance by District 3 Councilmember Kshama Sawant of the Socialist Alternative party that adds caste as a protected c...
Democratic U.S. lawmakers and Asian-American and Pacific Islander advocates joined Rep. Judy Chu in condemning Congressman Lance Gooden on Friday after the MAGA Republican—who took part in an effort to overturn the last presidential election—cast aspersions upon the California Democrat’s loyalty to the United States. Gooden (Texas) appea...
A former U.S. ambassador to Israel on Friday sharply criticized the far-right government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for seeking to annex Palestinian land in the illegally occupied West Bank. The Guardian reports Daniel Kurtzer, who served as U.S. ambassador in Tel Aviv during the administration of former President George W. B...
“Unfortunately, this is not a quick fix,” activist Erin Brockovich said to a packed crowd in an East Palestine, Ohio High School auditorium Friday night. “This is going to be a long game.” About 2,500 people and 100 reporters attended the town hall meeting with the crowd spilling into the school gymnasium. Brockovich, w...
RAMALLAH (AA) – Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh demanded Friday that the US put pressure on Israel to end the policy of collective punishment against Palestinians. During a meeting with a US delegation headed by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer at his office in Ramallah, Shtayyeh also said he wants Israel to ” hand...
