Category: World

A Tennessee man was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for a Memphis carjacking and using a firearm during the robbery.  His co-defendant in the robbery was previously sentenced to over nine years in prison. According to court documents, during the early morning hours of April 9, 2024, Jadakiss Johnson, 23, and his co-defendant […]

Government Response Taoiseach Micheál Martin has called on Dublin City Council to withdraw a motion seeking to rename Herzog Park in Rathgar, describing the proposal as “overtly divisive and wrong.” In a statement on Sunday, Martin warned that removing the name would erase the Jewish community’s “distinctive and rich contribution to Irish life” and would […]

Rising Human Cost A rare tropical storm that formed in the Malacca Strait has left a trail of destruction across Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia, with officials confirming more than 600 deaths and over 4 million people affected. Torrential rains triggered widespread floods and landslides, displacing tens of thousands and overwhelming local relief efforts. Country Impact […]

Student’s Detention and Deportation A 19-year-old college student, Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, was detained at Boston Logan International Airport while traveling home to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. According to her attorney, Lopez Belloza — who entered the United States from Honduras at age 8 — was informed she had a removal order, arrested, and […]

SECRETARY RUBIO:  Well, first of all, (inaudible) all of you that are here.  It’s great to be back with you again.  I think we’re going – we are – we continue this very important work building off what’s been achieved not just in Geneva, the progress we’ve made there, but the progress throughout the week as […]

One day, the anonymous interaction turned into physical stalking. He texted her exactly what she was wearing. “There is a specific terror in being watched by someone without a face,” Ms. Tesfai told UN officials, Goodwill Ambassadors and civil society representatives in New York commemorating the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. The unwanted attention soon turned […]

Today, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida announced that they have launched an investigation into United Parks & Resorts Inc. to determine whether it violates Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by discriminating against guests with disabilities. United Parks & Resorts […]

Briefing reporters in New York on Wednesday, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said hostilities in parts of the Gaza Strip are still resulting in casualties and repeated disruptions to humanitarian operations. On Tuesday, the UN and its partners coordinated eight planned humanitarian movements inside Gaza with Israeli authorities. Of those, only one movement was facilitated, while […]

The Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a proposed nationwide settlement with Lowe’s Home Centers LLC — a subsidiary of Lowe’s Companies Inc. — to resolve alleged violations of EPA’s Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting rule. The violations stem from renovation work performed by Lowe’s contractors at hundreds of homes across […]

New modelling shows that if programme coverage falls by half, an additional 1.1 million children could acquire HIV and 820,000 more could die of AIDS-related causes by 2040 – pushing the total toll among children to three million infections and 1.8 million deaths. Even maintaining current service levels would still result in 1.9 million new […]