WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says it is preparing additional “major sanctions” on Russia in response to opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s death in an Arctic penal colony.National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Tuesday that the new package would be unveiled this Friday. He declined to detail the new actions, citing U.S. government policy
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe began an emergency campaign to inoculate more than 4 million children against polio on Tuesday after health authorities detected three cases caused by the rare mutation of the weakened virus used in oral vaccines, including a 10-year-old girl who was paralyzed in January.The health ministry said laboratory tests from samples
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s defense chief expressed frustration Tuesday with what he called the “double standards” of some countries that won’t sell his military weapons because of human rights concerns.Gen. Christopher Musa’s comment underscores one of the biggest challenges for Africa’s most populous nation in combating a deadly and complex security crisis, from the
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday left in place the admissions policy at an elite public high school in Virginia that some parents claimed discriminates against highly qualified Asian Americans.The court’s order, over the dissent of Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, ended a legal challenge to a policy that was overhauled in
MONTREAL (AP) — A 13-year-old French tourist has died after he crashed into a tree during a dog sled ride northwest of Montreal, authorities said Tuesday. Quebec provincial police said they were called to a property just before noon on Monday in St-Michel-des-Saints, Quebec, about 130 kilometers (80 miles) from Montreal in the Lanaudière region.Sgt.
HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia’s domestic security agency said on Tuesday that it had apprehended 10 people suspected of sabotage and of spreading fear and creating tension within the Baltic country in a coordinated “hybrid operation” by Russia’s special services.Among the suspects — detained between December and February — are individuals believed to have broken the
Bank of England Gov. Andrew Bailey said Tuesday that the U.K.’s economic recession that was confirmed last week is modest by historical standards and is probably over.In testimony to lawmakers, Bailey said the two successive quarters of negative growth recorded in the second half of 2023 — the standard by which the U.K. measures a
Vojvodina | 20.02.2024 | access_time 15:35 Foto: Beta/Milan Obradović Predsednik Gradskog odbora Stranke slobode i pravde (SSP) u Subotici Robert Šebek zatražio je danas od rukovodstva lokalnog Doma zdravlja da informiše građane o njihovom pravu na refundaciju troškova pregleda.On je u saopštenju naveo da je to zatražio zbog sve češćih pritužbi građana da ne mogu
Klimatske promene | 20.02.2024 | access_time 13:15 Foto: Xinhua/Zhang Yuliang Arktički glečeri “gube sećanje” na istoriju klime zbog globalnog zagrevanja, otkrila je međunarodna studija koju je koordinirao Nacionalni savet za istraživanje Italije (CNR).Studija, objavljena u naučnom časopisu Kriosfera (The Criosphere), pokazuje da klimatske promene ne utiču samo na ukupnu površinu glečera, već i na informacije
Ekonomija | 19.02.2024 | access_time 17:40 AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti Ukrajinski ministar infrastrukture Oleksandr Kubrakov opisao je danas blokadu graničnih prelaza prema Poljskoj, koju su organizovali poljski poljoprivrednici, kao “bezbednosnu pretnju”.”Blokiranje granice predstavlja direktnu pretnju bezbednosti zemlje koja se brani. Takve akcije imaju negativan uticaj na našu konfrontaciju sa zajedničkim neprijateljem Rusijom”, napisao je Kubrakov na
