House Bill Takes Aim At Human Rights Abuses In Conservation

[ad_1] Key Democrats and Republicans in the House of Representatives have signed onto a bill that would bar the US government from funding international conservation groups that finance or support…

Opinion | More Americans Are Dying of Drug Overdoses Than Ever Before

[ad_1] “Our bill makes clear that any savings the merger generates will be reinvested into the system,” Senator Harckham says. “But the unions, especially, have been battle-scarred, and it’s hard…

India flies tons of essentials to quake-rocked Afghanistan

[ad_1] NEW DELHI (AP) — India sent family tents, blankets and other relief supplies for a team to distribute in eastern Afghan villages where a deadly earthquake collapsed thousands of…

Ukraine war: Is Kazakhstan going cool on Russia? | Russia-Ukraine war News

[ad_1] Kyiv, Ukraine – Last Friday, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev cornered as he sat next to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, and Margarita Simonyan, head of the Kremlin-funded RT television network, which…

Biden Administration Has Been Planning To End Title 42 Border Policy

[ad_1] Top officials at the Department of Homeland Security have been planning to tell Mexico that a controversial Trump-era border policy enacted during the pandemic may come to an end…

Conservatives Lose 2 U.K. By-Elections, Adding to Pressure on Boris Johnson

[ad_1] LONDON — Britain’s governing Conservative Party lost two strategically important parliamentary seats in elections in the north and south on Thursday, dealing a harsh blow to Prime Minister Boris…

Hong Kongers reflect on Taiwan, an imperfect exile

[ad_1] TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — For Lam Wing-kee, a Hong Kong bookstore owner who was detained by police in China for five months for selling sensitive books about the Communist…

Clashes as Ecuador protests continue despite small concession | Protests News

[ad_1] Police in Ecuador’s capital, Quito, have fired tear gas to disperse Indigenous protesters who tried to storm congress on the 11th day of crippling demonstrations over fuel prices and…

War In Ukraine Exposes World’s Utter Reliance On Oil

[ad_1] This shift is most apparent in Europe, which is heavily reliant on imported Russian energy to keep the lights and heat on and has been experiencing a steady rise…

NBA Draft: Paolo Banchero Goes No. 1 to Orlando Magic

[ad_1] The Orlando Magic selected Paolo Banchero, a forward from Duke University, with the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA draft. Banchero is a 6-foot-10, 250-pound power forward, whose…