After a conservative majority of the Arizona Supreme Court ruled April 9 to uphold an antiquated near-total abortion ban from 1864, the shockwaves on both sides of the political aisle were immediate and obvious. Democrats decried the court’s decision, vowing to redouble efforts to pass an amendment to the state’s constitution. If passed, the Arizona Abortion Access Act would effectively negate the court’s ruling and guarantee abortion access to all Arizona citizens. Republicans faced a far...
The authorities defend attacking Israel, but not all Iranians see it that way.
West Northants Council's Adam Brown says the authority has "a lot to do" to regain women's trust.
In an interview published on Sunday by Syria’s official Sana News Agency, the country’s president, Bashar al-Assad, revealed that his government has occasional discussions with United States officials. The sanctioned leader told an individual from Georgia’s Abkhazia region that “America is currently illegally occupying part of our lands, we meet with them from time to
America can’t move on from what happened during the mass government response to the COVID-19 pandemic. That was the message Tuesday at a House Judiciary Read More
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he wants to see a carbon pricing system that is more 'fair' for working-class Canadians, but would not say if that includes a fuel levy.
Philippe Lamberts warns far-right gains in elections could destroy plan to protect nature and biodiversityThe EU’s green deal to restore biodiversity, clean the continent’s soil, air and water, and mitigate climate breakdown is at high risk of being killed off, the co-president of the Green group of MEPs has warned.The Belgian MEP Philippe Lamberts said the green deal, which has informed everything from tax policy to environment law making, would be a thing of the past if the far right made...
Ukraine and Israel both desperately need the military weapons that are being held up by Congress' failure to pass a funding package for the two countries at war, Pentagon leaders told House appropriators Wednesday, calling the situation in Ukraine dire. “Whether it’s munitions, whether it’s vehicles, whether it's platforms," Ukraine is being outmatched by the Russians, Gen. CQ Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee.
Proposals for a new law in Scotland against "misogyny", which will cover biologically male transgenders, was critisised by J.K. Rowling.
New filings in Menendez case confirm The Daily Beast’s reporting that Nadine Menendez’s work for Fusion Diagnostics was tied to an alleged bribery scheme.
A rabbi who is reaching people all over the world through videos is stressing faith, hope and understanding as Passover begins this year amid the turmoil in and around Israel, including the recent strikes on that country by missiles and drones sent by Iran last Saturday, Friday's retaliatory strikes by Israel at Iran — and the ongoing antisemitism all over the globe toward Jewish people. Rabbi Warren Goldstein, chief rabbi of South Africa, grew up in Pretoria and was the youngest person to be...
Ontario nurse Kristen Nagle, a well-known figure in Canada's pro-freedom movement during COVID, said her sentence of two-years probation is effectively a way for the government to silence her for the foreseeable future.