Yoon rejects South Korean opposition’s calls for special investigation of his wife and top officials

Yoon rejects South Korean opposition’s calls for special investigation of his wife and top officials

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president on Thursday dismissed calls for independent investigations into allegations involving his wife and top officials, drawing quick, strong rebukes from his political rivals. After his conservative ruling party suffered a heavy loss in the recent April 10 parliamentary elections , President Yoon Suk Yeol faces what appears

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Lawyers’ coalition provides new messengers for Black voter engagement

Lawyers’ coalition provides new messengers for Black voter engagement

WASHINGTON (AP) — Young Black lawyers and law students are taking on a new role ahead of the general election: Meeting with Black voters in battleground states to increase turnout and serve as watchdogs against voter disenfranchisement. The Young Black Lawyers’ Organizing Coalition has recruited lawyers and law students from historically Black colleges and universities

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Nicaragua cancels a controversial Chinese interoceanic canal concession after nearly a decade

Nicaragua cancels a controversial Chinese interoceanic canal concession after nearly a decade

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — After nearly a decade, Nicaragua’s congress finally canceled on Wednesday a controversial canal concession granted to a Chinese businessman that critics said endangered the environment and threatened to displace rural communities. Despite a symbolic “groundbreaking” in 2014, no work was done on the canal that was to link Nicaragua’s Atlantic and

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Eskobar: Poseta Si Đinpinga Beogradu povećava tenzije između Srbije i Zapada

Eskobar: Poseta Si Đinpinga Beogradu povećava tenzije između Srbije i Zapada

Politika | 08.05.2024 | access_time 17:45 Foto: Youtube/Printscreen Odlazeći zamenik pomoćnika državnog sekretara SAD za Evropu i Evroaziju Gabrijel Eskobar izjavio je danas da poseta kineskog predsednika Si Đinpinga Beogradu povećava tenzije između Srbije i zapadne zajednice. Upitan o poseti Sija Beogradu na 25. godišnjicu NATO bombardovanja Ambasade Kine, Eskobar je na onlajn konferenciji za

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