Rand Paul is wrong about Ukraine. I have lived in Putin’s shadow, and America must help. Sen. Rand Paul, a dear and longtime friend, has made it quite clear that he believes Ukraine should be left to fight for its territorial integrity on its own. The United States, he seems to believe, ... 04/18/2024 - 9:59 pm | View Link
Ukraine’s Allies Fear the Worst and Hope for a Turning Point Welcome to the Brussels Edition, Bloomberg’s daily briefing on what matters most in the heart of the European Union. 04/18/2024 - 6:07 pm | View Link
Trump’s Persistent Ill Will Toward Ukraine Shadows His Foreign Aid Stance The former president, Donald Trump, exhibits a sustained grudge against Ukraine, a sentiment which is manifesting in his current political maneuvers as he suggests transitioning aid to the ... 04/18/2024 - 2:32 pm | View Link
Trump Says Europe Should Give Ukraine More Aid Donald Trump said Thursday that Europe should give more money to Ukraine, days before US lawmakers are to vote on a long-delayed $61 billion aid package for the war-torn nation. 04/18/2024 - 2:02 pm | View Link
Trump asks why Europe isn’t giving Ukraine more aid as Johnson presses forward Former President Trump questioned why European nations weren’t providing more support to Ukraine, but stopped short of weighing in on a foreign aid package proposed by Speaker Mike Johnson ... 04/18/2024 - 8:11 am | View Link
Decorated Chinese athlete He Jie had been stripped of his Beijing half-marathon win Friday after an investigation found that the three African runners who competed alongside him had “actively slowed down” to let him cross the finish line first during the race on Sunday, April 14.
He won the 21 km.
ISLAMABAD — An important ally of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif demanded the government lift a two-month-old ban on the social media platform X, saying on Friday that it violates citizens’ right to speech and expression.
The ban on X has been in place since February, when the party of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan announced a nationwide protest against alleged election rigging ahead of the Feb.
BEIJING — San Francisco is the latest U. S. city preparing to receive a pair of pandas from China, in a continuation of Beijing’s famed “panda diplomacy.”
San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced the panda loan in Beijing on Friday, alongside officials from China Wildlife Conservation Association, or CWCA. It will be San Francisco’s first time hosting the beloved animals long-term—the result of a yearlong advocacy campaign, Breed said.
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San Diego previously announced it was receiving two pandas back in February.
China is home to the only natural habitat for pandas and owns most of the black-and-white bears in the world.
Earlier this month, two Indian writers published an ode to their Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. Written in lyric form and titled “Forever In Our Hearts,” it recounts his achievements while singing his praises in highly effusive language. “With courage and wisdom/you show citizens the way,” it gushes. “Oh Modi, oh Modi/their hopes never sway/A people’s beacon, in whom they see light/Oh Modi, oh Modi, guiding day and night.”
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Such reverence captures the essence of Modi’s popularity.
The U. S. blocked on Thursday a draft resolution that would have allowed the United Nations General Assembly to vote on allowing a Palestinian state to become a full member state of the U. N. The move has triggered backlash from other states and pro-Palestinian groups, as global divisions continue to sharpen over Israel’s war on Gaza.
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Apple Inc. said that it removed Meta Platforms Inc.’s WhatsApp and Threads from its China apps store after an order from the country’s internet regulator, which said the services pose risks to the country’s security.
The order comes on the heels of a cleanup program Chinese regulators initiated in 2023 that was expected to remove many defunct or unregistered apps from domestic iOS and Android stores.