Tag: Politics

BRIEFS

Mark Rutte Resigns From Office After 13 Years

Mark Rutte, the Prime Minister of the Netherlands has...

Katie Hobbs Wins Arizona Gov. Race over Republican Kari Lake

Democrat Katie Hobbs has won in the race for...

STORIES

First Impeachment Hearing For Biden Held by House Republicans

AP – Washington: House Republicans launched a formal impeachment hearing Thursday against President Joe Biden, promising to “provide accountability” as they probe the family finances and lucrative business dealings of his son Hunter and make their case to the public, colleagues and a skeptical Senate. The chairmen of the Oversight,...

Morocco Formally Submits Application to Join BRICS Alliance

What is BRICS?:  In light of the nearing BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) summit set for August 22-24 in South Africa, Morocco has joined other nations such as Algeria, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Egypt and Iran in officially submitting their applications to join the economic bloc. Making up...

Germany Considers Ban on Rightwing AfD Party

Some German politicians and citizens have called for banning the country’s right wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, citing an increase in extremism from intelligence officials following polls showing AfD leading the polls at 34% while the Christian Democrats trail behind at 21% in Germany’s eastern Thuringia State, while...

Brazilian President Introduces Stricter Gun Laws

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed an executive order restricting civilian access to firearms on Friday in order to limit increased gun ownership, which was prominent under former President Jair Bolsonaro, seeing an increase in over 600,000 registered firearm owners. Bolsonaro had previously loosened laws concerning "hunters, marksmen,...

Trump Claims to be Indicted, Again

Former President Donald Trump has posted that he was indicted by federal prosecutors over his alleged mishandling of documents at his personal properties. According to his post on Truth Social, he is supposed to appear at the Federal Courthouse in Miami on “Tuesday, at 3 PM”. The prospect of...

Japanese Prime Minister’s Son to Resign as Secretary

The government announced Monday that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s eldest son will resign as secretary to the Prime Minister on Thursday. The Shukan Bunshun magazine, an outlet known for being highly critical of the current ruling party, published photos last week showing Shotaro Kishida partying with friends and relatives in...

Week's Recap

Indian Workers Rescued From Tunnel Collapse After Entrapment Since November 12th

Update (1016 EST): All forty-one workers have been rescued. https://twitter.com/ani/status/1729516897799229456?s=46&t=fwloThPnqgTH71QlDeR_hA Update...

ISIS Claims Responsibility for Philippines Bombing Targeting Sunday Mass

The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a bombing...

A US Border Crossing is Closed to Vehicles

What You Need to Know: Today, a US border crossing...

One Dead, Two Wounded in Paris Stabbing Attack

What To Know: At least one person is dead and...
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