Month: January 2025
‘I don’t understand’: Danes left utterly baffled as Trump threatens their country
Residents of Denmark are expressing bewilderment that President-elect Donald Trump is threatening their nation. As reported by NBC News, assorted interviews conducted by Danish media and some international outlets have revealed that many Danes are scratching their heads at Trump’s
Read MoreWATCH: Jason Carter honors his grandfather Jimmy Carter’s life, legacy in eulogy
“Love is what taught him and told him to preach the power of human rights, not just for some people, but for all people,” Jason Carter said.
Read MoreU.N. Raises Global Growth Forecast, but Warns of Potential Inflation Risks
An increase in trade barriers would likely reignite price pressures, the organization says ahead of Trump’s plan to impose new tariffs.
Read MoreWATCH: ‘Far-sighted’ Carter put his presidency on the line to protect the future, Mondale wrote in eulogy
“Some thought he was crazy to fight so hard to pass these laws. But he was dead right,” the late Walter Mondale, his vice president, wrote in a tribute read by his son Thursday.
Read MoreBreaking Down the Controversy Over LA Mayor Karen Bass and the Wildfires
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is facing criticism for being out of the country when the devastating wildfires began to ravage the city on Tuesday night, destroying thousands of homes and displacing residents. Bass had been in Ghana, attending the
Read MoreWATCH: Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood perform ‘Imagine’ at Jimmy Carter’s funeral
Brooks and Yearwood performed the same song just over a year prior at the funeral for Carter’s wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter.
Read MoreBiden administration announces its final aid package to Ukraine before Trump takes office
With less than two weeks left in office, the Biden administration is announcing its final shipment of weapons for Ukraine. The White House believes nearly all of this $500 million worth of weapons will arrive before the inauguration of Donald
Read MoreSyria’s once-empowered Alawite minority faces uncertain future after fall of Assad
As Syria emerges from decades of dictatorship, people in the Assad family’s ancestral home of Latakia province are both overjoyed and anxious. Assad and his family are Alawite, an offshoot of Shia Islam, and the people of his former region
Read MoreMexico’s President Sheinbaum gives sarcastic retort to Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’ comment
Standing before a global map in her daily press briefing, Sheinbaum proposed dryly that North America should be renamed “América Mexicana” because an 1814 founding document that preceded Mexico’s constitution referred to it that way.
Read MoreWATCH: Rev. Andrew Young remembers Jimmy Carter’s legacy pursuing equality
Young, a prominent civil rights leader and former United Nations ambassador who served under Carter, began his eulogy at Carter’s funeral Thursday with a simple declaration: “Jimmy Carter, for me, was something of a miracle.”
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