China poses sanctions on US organizations The Hudson Institute has been sanctioned by China. Hudson Senior fellow Rebeccah Heinrichs says the U.S. must prevent Chinese aggression by providing weapons to Taiwan. China sent nearly a dozen warships and 70 fighter jets toward
Andrew Toles has not played a Major League Baseball game since 2018, but the Los Angeles Dodgers have renewed his contract for a fifth straight season. Toles, 30, played three seasons for the Dodgers between 2016-2018 but did not return for spring
Israel’s embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reached an agreement with his National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to postpone his coalition’s judicial legislative plan for this session of parliament. The controversial plan would overhaul the country’s judiciary and has led to mass protests
Bordeaux’s town hall was set on fire during angry protests in France as demonstrators continue to hit out at pension reforms imposed by President Emmanuel Macron. It has not been established who was responsible for the fire, but it was quickly put
A building collapsed Wednesday in Qatar’s capital, killing at least one person as searchers clawed through the rubble to check for survivors, authorities said. Qatar’s Interior Ministry described the building as a four-story structure in Doha’s Bin Durham neighborhood. It said rescuers
Garbage fills the streets of Paris as sanitation workers continue strike against pension reform bill
Garbage. Heaps, mounds and piles of it are growing daily — and in some places standing higher than a human being. A strike by Paris garbage collectors, which begins its 16th day on Tuesday, is taking a toll on the renowned aesthetics
Russian President Vladimir Putin reaffirmed on Monday that Moscow has agreed to extend a deal allowing the exports of Ukrainian grain to global markets only for 60 days and could drop it altogether if its conditions aren’t met. Speaking at a parliamentary
At least three Kenyan legislators and several protesters have been arrested and then released for participating in protests in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, in which opposition supporters demanded the resignation of President William Ruto. Opposition leader Raila Odinga joined thousands of demonstrators and
South African police on Monday monitored protests by the country’s leftist Economic Freedom Fighters party, which is demanding the resignation of President Cyril Ramaphosa. The party urged all South Africans to participate in a national shutdown but there was limited response in
Overdoses continue to fuel sales for the Sacklers — the family accused of igniting the opioid crisis
A company owned by the Sackler family — widely blamed as one of the major initial drivers of the opioid epidemic — is continuing to rake in sales from overdoses abroad, though a representative said the firm doesn’t profit off those sales.