WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ‘s growing frustration with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to rise, with the Democrat, captured on a hot mic, saying he and the Israeli leader will have to have a “come to Jesus meeting.” Biden’s comments came as he spoke with Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., on the … Read more
ISTANBUL (AP) — Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky was in Istanbul on Friday for talks with the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoganwhose NATO member state has sought to balance its close ties with both Kiev and Moscow and has repeatedly offered to act as a peace mediator between them. During the talks in Istanbul, Erdogan was … Read more
The UN Human Rights Office says in a report that the establishment and expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem amounts to a war crime. March 8, 2024, 6:27 AM ET • 2 minutes reading GENEVA – The UN human rights office says in a report published Friday that the establishment … Read more
PARIS (AP) — France on Friday included the guaranteed right to abortion in its constitution, a strong message of support for women’s rights to international Women’s Day. Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti used a 19th-century printing press to seal the amendment to the French Constitution in a special public ceremony. Applause filled the cobbled Place Vendome … Read more
Walmart announced Thursday it will inject $350 million into the local economy by building a massive milk processing and bottling plant near Interstate 35 and Highway 6 in Robinson. The factory will employ approximately 400 people, earning an average of $60,000 per year, and will be the first tenant of the Robinson Business Park. Construction … Read more
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Islamic extremists have kidnapped at least 200 people looking for firewood, mostly women and children displaced by violence in northeastern Nigeria, the United Nations office in the country said. The locals blamed the attack Islamic extremist rebels who launched an uprising in Borno in 2009 to establish their radical interpretation of … Read more
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong unveiled a new national security law Friday that proposes life sentences for crimes such as treason and rebellion. deepening concerns about the further erosion of the city’s freedoms after Beijing imposed a similar law four years ago that virtually wiped out dissent. The proposed law will expand the government’s … Read more
President Joe Biden ordered the US military to establish a temporary port on the Gaza coast to ease the humanitarian crisis in the area caused by the war between Israel and Hamas, and used his State of the Union address to call on Israel to more to bring aid into the area. Biden reiterated Israel’s … Read more
…FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT… * WHAT…Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE…Portions of central, east central, north central, northeast, northwest, and west central Georgia, including the following areas, in central Georgia, Baldwin, Bibb, Butts, Crawford, Houston, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Peach, Putnam, Twiggs … Read more
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Police in Ottawa on Thursday were investigating a suspected multiple homicide after the deaths of two adults and four children at a home in the southern part of the Canadian capital. A seventh person was in hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. It was not immediately announced how the victims died … Read more