U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris greets school children during her arrival ceremony at Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana Sunday, March 26, 2023. Harris is on a seven-day African visit that will also take her to Tanzania and Zambia. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu) (Misper Apawu / Associated...
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Top Democrats warn Biden: Don’t restart family detentions
Tijuana, Mexico-Aug. 11, 2022-Samuel Quinoz, age 27, recently arrived in Tijuana from Oaxaca, Mexico, is hoping to get his child and partner to the United States. He was deported from the U.S. five year ago. He and his child, and other family members have no place...
Continue reading...Pray for rain: Spanish farmers hold unique Mass amid drought
Local residents take part in a procession carrying a replica of the Our Lady of the Torrents, a virgin historically associated with drought, in lEspunyola, north of Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, March 26, 2023. Farmers and parishioners gathered Sunday at the small hermitage of lEspunyola, a rural...
Continue reading...Haiti’s gang violence crisis, briefly explained
Guerinault Louis/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Though the US is pushing to intervene, international meddling hasn’t helped Haiti. Gang violence has killed more than 530 Haitians this year and 187 in the past two weeks alone, as the security and political situation in the Caribbean nation...
Continue reading...After Florida school uproar, Italy extends an invitation to view Michelangelo’s ‘David’
FILE – German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi speak during a press conference in front of Michelangelos David statue after their bilateral summit in Florence, Italy, on Jan. 23, 2015. The head of Florences Galleria delAccademia on Sunday March 26, 2023...
Continue reading...Netanyahu fires defense minister for urging halt to overhaul
Israeli police use a water cannon to disperse demonstrators blocking the freeway during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus government to overhaul the judicial system in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, March 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) (Ariel Schalit / Associated Press) Netanyahu fires...
Continue reading...Jen Psaki: Putin is watching DeSantis’s inconsistency on Ukraine
Jen Psaki has been trying to figure out what exactly Governor Ron DeSantis thinks about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Psaki says, “Consistency matters. Commitment to values matters. And at the moment, DeSantis isn’t showing much of either.”
Continue reading...Biden’s visit an ‘authentic’ expression of Canada’s importance to U.S.: ambassador
The federal Liberals aren’t the only ones declaring U.S. President Joe Biden’s visit to Ottawa a triumph for Canada-U.S. relations.
Continue reading...GOP states press voter photo ID rules, with unclear effects
Ruth Kohake poses for a portrait outside of the Price Hill Public Library, Thursday, March 23, 2023, in Cincinnati. Kohake is among those caught up in the confusion over Ohios strict new photo ID requirement. The retired nurse from Cincinnati gave up her drivers license and...
Continue reading...Mississippi tornado will be ‘long-term recovery event’ says, FEMA admin
FEMA said the aftermath of the Mississippi tornado will be a “long-term recovery event.” At least 25 people were killed in the disaster that ran through the Mississippi Delta. President Joe Biden ordered federal aid to supplement recovery efforts.
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