• President Joe Biden, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador discuss migration in latest call

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden spoke with his Mexican counterpart, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, about cooperating on migration policy as the U.S. leader continues to deliberate whether to take executive action that would crack down on the number of migrants arriving at the southern U.S. border. The call occurred on Sunday at Biden’s request, […]

  • Marcos calls for review of minimum wage rates

    Groups have been calling on the government to raise the minimum wage to keep up with the rising cost of living.

  • O'Neil rejects resignation call after home invasion

    Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil has rejected calls for her resignation after an elderly couple was allegedly assaulted by a freed immigration detainee during a home invasion. Western Australian police say a trio bashed Ninette Simmons, 73, and tied up her 76-year-old husband Philip while they stole $200,000 in jewellery. One of the alleged perpetrators […]

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    Emerson student government calls for president to resign

    The group says Bernhardt "failed them" when police clashed with students in Boylston Place Alley.

  • Pope presides at Mass in Venice, calls for inclusion and hospitality

    By Linda Bordoni “Venice is called to be a sign of beauty available to all, starting with the last, a sign of fraternity and care for our common home,” said Pope Francis on Sunday to the some 10,500 faithful gathered in the city's St. Mark's Square for Holy Mass. During the last event of his half-day visit to Venice, the Pope presided over Mass in the magnificent St. Mark’s Square, recalling the visit's theme: “Remaining united in the love of Christ.” “Only by remaining united in Christ,” he...

  • Portugal rejects suggestion to pay reparations for slavery after comments from president

    Statement from government contradicts stance taken by Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who said Portugal should not put issue ‘in a drawer’Portugal’s government has said it refuses to initiate any process to pay reparations for atrocities committed during transatlantic slavery and the colonial era, contrary to earlier comments from President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.From the 15th to the 19th century, 6 million Africans were kidnapped and forcibly transported across the Atlantic by Portuguese vessels and...

  • ‘Foreign actor’ seen behind President Marcos audio deepfake

    A “foreign actor” is likely behind the audio deepfake of President Marcos where he supposedly ordered the Armed Forces to intervene if China poses a threat to the Philippines, according to the Presidential Communications Office.

  • Trump Defense Secretary describes when he rejected then-president's unlawful order

    Donald Trump's former defense secretary, Mark Esper, rejects the idea of absolute immunity for a president, which was the argument before the Supreme Court on Thursday. But it certainly wasn't the first time he broke with Trump. Speaking to CNN's Jake Tapper, Esper said he hates it when examples are brought up, such as the president ordering the military to stage a coup, because it's too "outlandish."ALSO READ: ‘Fraudulent’: Trump tormentor Lincoln Project loses big money in cybertheft...

  • Fetterman, Scott, Banks join calls for Columbia president to step down

    All of the New York House Republicans have asked for Minouche Shafik to step down.

  • Columbia Students Call on President Shafik To Restore Order on Campus

    Columbia University students are calling for classes to become virtual and urging the administration to do more to assure public safety as anti-Israel protesters invade campus in a tent encampment. Columbia students Friday wrote in a letter that they do not feel safe as chaos descended upon the Ivy League campus. Anti-Israel protesters refuse to leave the "Gaza Solidarity'' tent encampment until the school meets their "demands" including divesting from companies that do business with the Jewish...

  • President Marcos OKs DepEd’s basic education plan, other measures

    The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board, chaired by President Marcos, approved on Thursday three priority projects, including a medium-term basic education plan and a higher project cost for a world-class cancer center of the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH).

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    Johnson calls on Columbia University president to resign during tense news conference

    CNN By Haley Talbot, Lauren Fox and Clare Foran, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Mike Johnson called on Columbia University’s president to resign Wednesday during a tense news conference where the crowd repeatedly interrupted the speaker and at times loudly booed him and other GOP lawmakers who were with him as they stood at the microphones. “We just can’t allow