PARIS (AP) — Spreading demonstrations by French farmers against low wages and other grievances were hit by tragedy Tuesday when a woman was killed and her husband and daughter seriously injured in a traffic collision at a protest barricade. A car plowed into straw bales that demonstrators had placed across a road, hitting the three … Read more
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan lawmakers on Tuesday began debating a controversial internet safety bill that has been criticized by opposition politicians, journalists and rights groups as a move by the government to stifle freedom of speech. Public Security Minister Tiran Alles introduced the bill in Parliament, saying it seeks to address problems … Read more
FILE – A party flag is seen on the fassade of the then headquarter of the German right wing party NPD in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008. Germany’s highest court has ruled that a small far-right party will not get any state funding for the coming six years because it’s values and goals are … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Airbnb on Tuesday donated a total of $10 million to more than 120 nonprofits in 44 countries on six continents, the short-term rental giant’s latest outlays in its unusual distribution of $100 million through its Airbnb Community Fund. The grantees include Digify Africa, which helps young people join Africa’s digital economy, … Read more
‘You never let an animal that you love suffer, this is why we can’t come to terms with it…. We’re dealing with the animal cruelty’ Brody, the 10-year-old golden retriever, died after falling through the ice near his home in Joly Township.Photo by PHOTO SUPPLIED BY LINDA AND DENNIS WEAVER Brody, a 10-year-old golden retriever, … Read more
Gov. George Deukmejian, declaring his opposition to South Africa’s system of apartheid, signed California’s landmark divestiture law Friday and called on Congress to override President Reagan’s veto of legislation imposing sanctions on the racially divided nation. “We are condemning apartheid in the strongest possible terms that we can within the powers we have in this … Read more
Expressing a new optimism that the crisis in Bosnia-Herzegovina is easing, President Bush said Saturday that there can be no military quick fix for the complex conflict. In his third press conference in as many days devoted to the situation in the former Yugoslav republics, Bush emphasized the constraints that limit Western intervention and seemed … Read more
Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco in 2021. The fishing industry and the federal government is sparring over regulations. (David Paul Morris / Bloomberg via Getty Images) The Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in a case about fishing boats, and it could spell the end of government as we know it. I hope it … Read more
The Texas National Guard blockaded a park on the border in Eagle Pass, Texas. On Monday the Supreme Court said the federal government can cut through Texas’ barbed wire and resume patrols along the border. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images) San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg didn’t hold back when criticizing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s handling … Read more
Border patrols have increased in northern Vermont and New Hampshire near the Canadian border. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) Across the border from Hereford, Canada, past the American flag-studded welcome sign to Canaan, Vt., and down Route 114 is the Beecher Falls Border Patrol Station, less than a mile from the New Hampshire state … Read more