ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — What seemed like an aberration a decade ago when militants kidnapped 276 schoolgirls in Nigeria’s Chibok community has become a recurring horror in the country. Since then, the number of students abducted has risen to more than 1,400.The kidnapping of 287 students this week in Kaduna State in northwestern Nigeria was
Across much of America and especially in the normally chilly north, the country went through the winter months without, well, winter.In parka strongholds Burlington, Vermont, and Portland, Maine, the thermometer never plunged below zero. The state of Minnesota called the last three months “the lost winter,” warmer than its infamous “year without a winter” in
ATLANTA (AP) — With an unscripted clash between President Joe Biden and a Georgia congresswoman at Thursday night’s State of the Union speech, the slaying of a Georgia nursing student was further cemented as a political rallying point in the 2024 presidential race.Laken Hope Riley, 22, has become the face of immigration reform for many
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council urged Sudan’s warring parties on Friday to immediately halt hostilities during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and allow aid to get to 25 million people in desperate need of food and other assistance.Ramadan is expected to begin on or around Monday, depending on the sighting of
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The United States State Department said Friday that Zimbabwean authorities detained officials of the U.S. development agency, USAID, before deporting them, as relations between the historical foes deteriorate further. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said Zimbabwean officials “abruptly detained and deported USAID officials and contractors, who were conducting an assessment of
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Women across Latin America are bathing their city streets in purple on Friday in commemoration of International Women’s Day at a time when advocates for gender rights in the region are witnessing both historic steps forward and massive setbacks.Following decades of activism and campaigning by feminist groups, access to things like
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The third-party presidential movement No Labels decided Friday to field a presidential candidate in the 2024 election after months of weighing the launch of a so-called “unity ticket” and discussions with several prospects. Delegates voted in favor of moving forward during an online convention of 800 of them from every
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis appeared in good form on Friday in his first parish visit outside the Vatican this year, delivering his homily and hearing confessions after a lingering bout of the flu had sent him to the hospital for tests and forced him to cancel some appointments last week.In a strong voice with
Politika | 08.03.2024 | access_time 19:05 Predsednica opštine Voždovac Ivana Tomić je zaposlenima u novoosnovanom preduzeću za naplatu karata, na sastanku održanom u JP “BG metro i voz”, objasnila da im je obaveza da stoje na štandovima Srpske napredne stranke (SNS), rade akciju “od vrata do vrata”, čak i tokom radnog vremena i da će
Politika | 08.03.2024 | access_time 16:30 Branislav Lečić će nastaviti da vređa i maltretira žene sve dok država ne reaguje na njegovu agresiju i nasilje koje sprovodi nad Danijelom Štajnfeld, ali i drugim koleginicama koje tuži jer odbijaju da snimaju sa njim zbog prethodnih loših iskustava, izjavila je danas predsednica Ženske mreže Stranke slobode i
