Soaring food prices and shrinking incomes force families in Sudan’s capital to borrow money and skip meals., Khartoum, Sudan – Rasha Abdelaziz Musa works every day for seven hours selling tea. But by the time she finishes for the day at 10pm, she’s still unsure if she has enough toContinue Reading
The EU has proposed to make Canada its first associate member amid tensions over US tariffs., Canada is set to host a summit with the European Union to bolster bilateral strategic and economic ties as its relations with its southern neighbour, the United States, are in sharp decline. The summitContinue Reading
The following story is co-published with Joe Cirincione’s Substack. There is a lot going on right now, most of it involving elections around the world. Most of the news is positive — if you favor democracy, accountability and human rights. Israeli elections are part of that good news. The Israeli publicContinue Reading
Angelenos are in for a treat. Some little-known but extraordinarily consequential history is being presented in an absolutely riveting 50-actor immersive play aptly titled “Convention,” which opened at Hollywood’s Industry Loft on Oct. 16. The play asks the audience to imagine how different — how much better, more peaceful andContinue Reading
The easiest way to measure the size of Nov. 3’s coming Democratic wave is to count the number of times someone tells you what it means, which constituency gets the credit and which policy drew them in — before any of it happens. For centrist pundits, this is sometimes aContinue Reading
Senator Roger Marshall made a conveniently timed stock purchase in 2018—but his position on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, or HELP, Committee could juice the deal even more. Eight years ago on November 8, when he was still a representative, Marshall purchased 1,250 shares of Ionics Life Sciences, aContinue Reading
Hasan Piker has filed a $72.5 million defamation lawsuit against Scott Jennings, claiming Jennings deliberately and falsely said he supported lynching Black people., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
NEWTON, Massachusetts—Sonesta International Hotels Corporation (Sonesta) announced the opening of Signature Inn Billings, a 99-room, upper-economy hotel in Billings, Montana. “Signature Inn Billings is a great example of Sonesta’s growth for this brand with over 2src frequently visited destinations,” said Keith Pierce, co- CEO of Sonesta…Continue Reading
The Traitor is seeking to lower energy costs ahead of next week’s midterm elections, as rising oil prices linked to the US war with Iran fuel voter frustration.Continue Reading
At least 10 people died when a high-speed train struck another near Toledo, Spain. Two carriages derailed, leaving rescuers searching through the wreckage as authorities warned the death toll could rise.Continue Reading
Ahead of a harsh winter, the Netherlands is giving Ukraine €1.2 billion to keep the lights and water on under Russian strikes. Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Sjoerd Sjoerdsma announced the aid during a visit to Kyiv on 28 October. The package comes as Russia targets Ukraine’sContinue Reading
Civilians in Russian-occupied Oleshky, Kherson Oblast, are to be evacuated from the town hospital on the morning of 30 October, Oleksandr Tolokonnikov, deputy head of the Kherson Oblast Military Administration, told DW on 27 October. The date could still change, he said. Oleshky, a town on the Dnipro’s left bankContinue Reading
EU Defence Commissioner Andrius Kubilius has warned that Europe must be prepared to “surge” energy production to fuel its armies in conflict., Read MoreContinue Reading