Month: February 2024
Canada Inflation Cools to 2.9% in January
Canadian inflation decelerated more sharply than anticipated in January, offering comfort the central bank’s past rate increases continue to work through the economy.
Read MoreWATCH LIVE: UN Security Council votes on new Gaza cease-fire resolution, U.S. promises to veto
The Security Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday morning. U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield says the U.S. will veto the resolution because it may interfere with ongoing U.S. efforts to arrange a deal between the warring parties that would bring at
Read MoreUkrainian caregivers in Italy feel effects of war from afar
Photographer Chiara Negrello documented Ukrainian caregivers in Italy as they try to stay connected to family back home during the ongoing war.
Read MoreBiden to visit California to rev up fundraising for reelection bid
He’s trying to make up for lost time after largely avoiding the Democratic donor stronghold during last year’s strikes by the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA.
Read MoreThe U.S. has again vetoed a UN resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in Gaza
Tuesday’s vote marked the third U.S. veto of a Security Council resolution demanding a cease-fire in Gaza. The Arab nations behind the plan hoped to show broad support for ending the Israel-Hamas war.
Read MoreSupreme Court stays out of racial preferences fight over Virginia high school’s admissions – NBC News
Supreme Court stays out of racial preferences fight over Virginia high school’s admissions NBC News Supreme Court will not review Thomas Jefferson high school’s admissions policy The Washington Post Supreme Court Won’t Hear New Case on Race and School Admissions The New York
Read MoreDA Fani Willis testified she paid cash during trips with top prosecutor. One winery host remembers her paying in paper bills – CNN
DA Fani Willis testified she paid cash during trips with top prosecutor. One winery host remembers her paying in paper bills CNN Fani Willis ethics case may reverberate long after judge decision: Experts ABC News No ruling on bid to disqualify Georgia
Read MoreSouth Africa accuses Israel of apartheid against Palestinians at top UN court
Israel rejects accusations of apartheid and usually dismisses U.N. bodies and international tribunals as unfair and biased against it.
Read MoreKremlin rejects call for independent postmortem on opposition leader Alexei Navalny – ABC News
Kremlin rejects call for independent postmortem on opposition leader Alexei Navalny ABC News Alexei Navalny’s mother appeals to Putin for release of her son’s body Financial Times Yulia Navalnaya is raising hopes for a renewed Russian opposition. She will face huge challenges CNN
Read MoreTrump’s second-term plans ‘should be scary to anybody’: Former Trump official
Former Trump administration National Security Adviser John Bolton sounded the alarm about his former boss’ plans for shaking up the world order in a second term on CNN Tuesday — and warned it would be destabilizing for western nations. Bolton,
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