Month: February 2024
Families of Indonesia activists tortured by soldiers protest as general is elected
Families of Indonesian activists who were kidnapped and tortured 25 years ago protested on Thursday against Prabowo Subianto’s apparent presidential victory.They expressed shock over Subianto’s apparent victory in the presidential election and blamed him for…
Greek lawmakers legalize same-sex civil marriage despite church opposition
Greece legalized same-sex civil marriage, making it the first Orthodox Christian country to do so, despite opposition from the Greek Church.A cross-party majority of 176 lawmakers out of 300 voted in favor of the bill,…
Slovakia’s president challenges plan to dismantle top prosecutor’s office
Slovakia’s president, Zuzana Caputova, is challenging a recent amendment that eliminates the special prosecutor’s office handling major crime and corruption.Caputova is seeking to freeze the legislation, which was approved by lawmakers loyal to populist Prime…
11 dead, 4 injured in New Delhi after massive fire at paint factory
At least 11 people are dead and four injured after a massive fire in a paint factory in New Delhi, India.The blaze started on the first floor of the factory late Thursday, trapping victims on…
Poland, Finland seek changes on European Union border policies to curb migration
Poland’s Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, has announced plans to upgrade the border wall with Belarus to enhance security against unauthorized migration.Tusk voiced concerns about the inadequacy of the European Union’s asylum legislation in addressing current…
Putin critic Alexei Navalny has died at 47, Russian officials say
Russia’s prison agency announced Friday that prominent Vladimir Putin critic and opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died at the age of 47.The Federal Prison Service said in a statement that Navalny felt unwell after a…
Hong Kong customs arrest 7 in $1.8 billion money laundering case
Hong Kong customs officials have arrested seven people in connection with the territory’s largest-ever money laundering case, involving approximately $1.8 billion.Those arrested were allegedly part of a large-scale transnational syndicate utilizing shell companies and bank…
Kim Jong Un draws red line at sea, promises attack on any ship in his waters
North Korea’s supreme leader has drawn a red line at sea, vowing to fire upon any South Korean vessel that even barely crosses it.Kim Jong Un reportedly attended the test launch of a new surface-to-air…
Voters in England shake Conservative stronghold by electing Labour lawmakers
Voters in two districts in England have delivered new blows to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.Results show they elected opposition-party lawmakers in seats that Sunak’s Conservatives had held for years.Labour Party candidates won the House of…
Georgia judge to hear second day of evidence against DA Fani Willis after fiery testimony
A hearing to hash out evidence in allegations that Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis had an “improper” affair with a colleague prosecuting the case against former President Donald Trump will move into the second day of…
Harvard leaders subpoenaed ‘failing to produce’ docs in antisemitism investigation
House Education and Workforce Committee Chairwoman Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., issued subpoenas to multiple leaders at Harvard University for “failing to produce priority documents” related to the committee’s antisemitism investigation into the Ivy League school.She…
Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan does victory lap after massive banks exit $68 trillion UN climate alliance
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GOP senators urge Biden admin to ‘immediately’ end ‘racist’ policy in CHIPS grant approval: ‘Anti-American’
EXCLUSIVE: Republican senators are urging the Biden administration to immediately reverse what they call a “racist” and “anti-American” policy for distributing CHIPS Act grants before it violates the law.The top Republican on the Senate Commerce…
House Republican introduces bill to reimburse Texas the nearly $4 billion it spent to secure border
FIRST ON FOX: A GOP House lawmaker has introduced a piece of legislation that aims to reimburse Texas for the nearly $4 billion in expenses it incurred to secure the southern border in recent years.Titled…
House Democrats unveil immigration, border reform plan after crisis proves to be pivotal election issue
A group of House Democrats is unveiling their own plan for border security and immigration reform, another sign the left is gradually growing to embrace discussions of how to solve the U.S. migrant crisis.The New…
Dem Sen. Bob Casey slammed by GOP for shifting immigration stances: ‘Complicit in the crisis’
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Hunter Biden associate Tony Bobulinski accuses House Democrats of false smears
An attorney for Hunter Biden’s ex-business associate Tony Bobulinski accused House Democrats of “abusive conduct and disingenuous mischaracterizations” of his testimony on the Biden family’s business dealings. In a letter to Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., the…
House delivers blow to Biden’s climate agenda, votes against natural gas moratorium
The House voted Thursday afternoon in favor of stripping the Biden administration’s authority to permit natural gas export projects in a blow to the president’s climate agenda.In a 224-200 vote, the House approved the so-called…
Haley spotlights Trump ‘chaos’ as judge sets former president’s hush money trial start for March
The move by a New York judge to set a March 25 trial date in former President Donald Trump’s hush money case is giving Republican presidential rival Nikki Haley more ammunition.”Donald Trump is in court…
Joe Manchin suggests Mitt Romney, Rob Portman as potential running mates as he flirts with third-party ticket
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said he’d pick Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, or former Ohio Republican Sen. Rob Portman as potential running mates in a hypothetical third-party presidential run.”Hypothetically, if I was picking my running mate……
Special Counsel Robert Hur to testify publicly at House hearing on Biden classified records probe
Special Counsel Robert Hur is expected to testify in a public hearing before the House Judiciary Committee next month, Fox News Digital has learned.A source with direct knowledge told Fox News Digital Hur will testify…
NH Senate kills pro-abortion constitutional amendment
The New Hampshire Senate voted Thursday against an attempt to enshrine abortion rights into the Granite State’s constitution.The rejected proposal included broad language for an amendment protecting “personal reproductive autonomy.”The New Hampshire Legislature has killed…
Senate voted in favor of $95 billion international spending bill, there may be another around the corner
Members of the House and Senate usually like to gab.But word of a cryptic, major national security threat against the U.S. cast a pall on Congress this week.Loggorrheic lawmakers suddenly turned mute when they were…
New York redistricting commission approves new congressional map
New York’s bipartisan redistricting commission on Thursday approved a new congressional map, modifying three competitive districts but leaving the rest of the state’s boundaries unchanged.The plan is likely to complicate the re-election prospects of freshman…
Fani Willis raises eyebrows with wink on the stand, labels former lover Nathan Wade a ‘southern gentleman’
Embattled Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis called her former lover, special prosecutor Nathan Wade, a “southern gentleman” when she took the stand Thursday in a court hearing.As Willis took the stand, she appeared to…
Appellate panel hesitant to overturn NC Senate districts in redistricting suit
An appeals court on Thursday weighed a plea to halt the use of two new North Carolina state Senate districts starting this year on arguments the boundaries approved by the Republican-controlled legislature illegally weaken the…
Utah school board member who questioned a student’s gender censured by lawmakers
The Utah Legislature voted Thursday to censure a conservative member of the state Board of Education whose social media post questioning the gender of a high school basketball player triggered threats against the girl and…
