French President Emmanuel Macron (File image) Photo : AP Paris: The voting for the first round of parliamentary elections in France was held on Sunday. President Emmanuel Macron faced a stiff challenge from a new leftwing coalition. Macron’s party and its allies were neck-in-neck with the...
Continue reading...June 12, 2022
What’s in the bipartisan plan for gun control
A bipartisan group of senators on Sunday announced a framework for federal gun control legislation, a remarkable breakthrough after years of stasis and obstruction on the part of Republican senators to pass any restrictions on gun ownership. Despite the bipartisan cooperation, the framework is not yet...
Continue reading...International Atomic Energy Agency urges Iran to resume stalled nuclear talks.
International Atomic Energy Agency (File image) Photo : AP Vienna: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Sunday urged Iran to resume talks to revive the 2015 nuclear accord. The United Nations agency asked Iran to start talks immediately to avoid a crisis that could make...
Continue reading...Brookings president resigns amid FBI foreign lobbying inquiry
The president of the Brookings Institution resigned Sunday amid a federal investigation into whether he illegally lobbied on behalf of the wealthy Persian Gulf nation of Qatar. Retired Gen. John Allen wrote in a letter to the think tank that he was leaving with a “heavy...
Continue reading...Liz Cheney’s chilling prophecy for Trump loyalists
The second public Jan. 6 hearing commences Monday, and we should expect more of the searing indictment of former President Donald Trump and his efforts to overturn the results of a free and fair presidential election that we saw during the first hearing last Thursday. If...
Continue reading...‘A lack of respect and dignity,’ says advocate, as Toronto moves to clear Clarence Square encampment
At least two encampment residents, along with several supporters, remain at a small park in downtown Toronto, which city officials and Toronto police partially cleared Sunday. The green space in question is Clarence Square Park, near Wellington Street and Spadina Avenue. Throughout the pandemic, people have...
Continue reading...United States: Bipartisan group of 20 Senators proposes tougher background checks to curb gun violence
Protest against gun violence in US Photo : AP Washington DC: A group of 20 US senators on Sunday proposed steps to curb gun violence in the country. The bipartisan group announced the gun safety framework following mass shootings in Texas and New York. The proposed...
Continue reading...Lawmakers from Iraq’s biggest bloc resign amid impasse
BAGHDAD — Dozens of lawmakers who make up the biggest bloc in Iraq’s parliament resigned Sunday amid a prolonged political impasse, plunging the divided nation into political uncertainty. The 73 lawmakers from powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada Sadr’s bloc submitted their resignation based on his request, to protest...
Continue reading...Man, 23, wanted for arson after fire at North York home
Toronto police are looking for a 23-year-old man who allegedly intentionally started a fire at a North York residence last week. Emergency crews were called to a home in the area of Sentinel and Assiniboine roads on June 7 after a fire broke out. Police said...
Continue reading...Giuliani faces ethics charges over Trump election role
WASHINGTON — Rudolph W. Giuliani, one of Donald Trump’s primary lawyers during the then-president’s failed efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, must now answer to professional ethics charges, the latest career slap after law license suspensions in New York and the District of Columbia....
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