Month: February 2024

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has been impeached by the House of Representatives.A Cabinet secretary has not been impeached by the U.S. Congress since 1876.Tuesday evening’s vote marked House Republicans’ second attempt at impeaching Mayorkas….

The University of Wisconsin-Madison would be required to admit all high school students who finish in the top 5% of their class, and other campuses would have to admit those in the top 10%, under…

The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday shared a video of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar escaping through a tunnel network in the days after the group’s brutal Oct. 7 attack on Israel. The IDF said it obtained…

A landslide hit a gold mine in eastern Turkey on Tuesday, apparently trapping at least nine workers underground, officials said.The landslide at the Copler mine happened at 2:30 p.m. near the town of Ilic in…

A panel of safety experts have advised the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan to improve communication with the public after last week’s contaminated water leak.The leak of highly radioactive water…

When Swiss doctor Raouf Salti realized he could not go to Gaza to help injured children, he decided he would do everything he could to get them to Geneva to receive medical care.After dealing with…

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk claimed to have documentation that proves previous government authorities unlawfully used Pegasus spyware to target numerous hacking victims.Tusk made the comment during a news briefing alongside President Andrzej Duda, a…

A Polish doctor kidnapped in Chad has been freed and is “safe and sound,” Poland’s foreign minister said Tuesday.The woman had been volunteering at the Saint-Michel Hospital in the Central African nation’s Tandjile region, where…

The president of Argentina embraced Pope Francis during an extensive meeting in Rome this week, quashing a long-standing feud with the pontiff.President Javier Milei appeared at the Vatican and spoke with Pope Francis for over…

The world has entered an era of increasing instability as countries around the globe boost military spending, according to a new report released by the International Institute for Strategic Studies.Key factors contributing to the deteriorating…

More than 1,500 protesters gathered in central Athens on Sunday to oppose legislation that would legalize same-sex marriage in Greece. The bill is set for a vote in parliament in days.Greece’s conservative government is sponsoring…

Russia has lost more than 3,000 tanks in Ukraine – the equivalent of its entire pre-war active inventory – but has enough lower-quality armored vehicles in storage for years of replacements, a leading research center…

Mexican authorities have arrested six members of a drug gang in connection to the brutal slaying of at least eight people in Cancun.Officials said the arrests were made after the horrifying discovery of five dismembered…

Armenia and Azerbaijan on Tuesday traded accusations over a border skirmish that left at least four Armenian soldiers dead and escalated tensions between the two Caucasus neighbors.Armenia’s Foreign Ministry denounced what it described as a…

Security forces in Senegal have killed at least three people, including a 16-year-old boy, during protests in recent days denouncing the president’s decision to delay elections, Amnesty International said Tuesday.The rights group in a statement…

Britain’s opposition Labour Party reversed course on Monday, deciding to pull support for Rochdale candidate Azhar Ali after more comments deriding Israel and Jews came to light. The Labour Party initially spent days defending Azhar Ali as…

Pakistan’s parliamentary elections left no clear winner.Allies of imprisoned ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan won the most seats in the lower house of parliament in the elections last Thursday. It was a shock outcome given the…

In the early 17th century, laughter was almost never captured on a painter’s canvas.Frans Hals changed that.”He was not a sober painter,” said Friso Lammertse, co-curator of a major exhibition of the Dutch master’s paintings…

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has been listed as wanted in Russia due to her efforts to remove Soviet-era World War II monuments in Estonia.Kallas dismissed the warrant as a scare tactic and vowed to…

Tens of thousands of Indian farmers are marching toward the capital to demand guaranteed crop prices, renewing a movement from two years ago that succeeded in getting the government to repeal contentious new agricultural laws.On…

Two boats have collided on the Congo River in western Congo, local officials said, giving conflicting accounts on deaths.Alexis Mampa, chief of the Maluku municipality, said no one died in the collision Monday east of…

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has filled two legislative seats, one of which had been vacant for months.Last fall, Noem requested the state Supreme Court’s opinion on conflicts of interest related to state contracts after…

More than 40 mayors and county executives from around the country are calling on the federal government to extend work authorizations for illegal migrants, saying that without the measures thousands will lose their jobs, businesses…

France will ban 28 Israeli settlers from entering the country, accusing them of attacking Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, its foreign ministry said on Tuesday.”These measures come as violence perpetrated by settlers against the…

The Minnesota Legislature convened with a focus on fast-tracking legislation to address limitations on police powers in schools enacted last year.These limitations were part of several restrictions on the use of force passed in response…

The U.S. ambassador to NATO, Julianne Smith, said on Tuesday she does not expect the alliance to issue a membership invitation to Ukraine at its summit in Washington this coming July.”As for the summit this…

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