UN Security Council Meets in Emmergency over Gaza-Israel Violence
The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting Monday to discuss the situation in Gaza, with several members raising concerns despite the tenuous truce between Islamic Jihad militants and Israel…
UN peacekeepers open fire in DR Congo, causing death toll
At least two people have been killed and 15 wounded when members of the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission (MONUSCO) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) opened fire at…
After ‘historical’ US climate bill, scientists urge global action
Scientists on Monday welcomed US President Joe Biden’s passage of a “historic” climate bill while calling on other major emitters – namely the European Union – to follow suit and…
US sanctions virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash
The United States on Monday August 8th imposed sanctions on virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash, accusing it of helping hackers, including from North Korea, to launder proceeds from their cyber…
A major victory for Biden: US approves bill to fight climate change, cut drug costs
The US Senate on Sunday 08/07/2022 passed a sweeping $430 billion bill intended to fight climate change, lower drug prices and raise some corporate taxes, a major victory for President…
UN chief Guterres slams oil and gas companies
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres slammed the “grotesque greed” of oil and gas companies and their financial backers and urged governments globally to “tax these excessive profits” to support the…
Biden praises vaccination progress against covid and encourages vaccines
BET Awards 2022: Winners revealed
The BET Awards took place this Sunday, June 26, in Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater. The annual awards show—established in 2001 by the Black Entertainment Television network—celebrates African Americans in music, acting, and other…
President Joe biden signs first major gun reform law in decades
US President Joe Biden has signed the first major federal gun reform in three decades, a bipartisan compromise that comes in light of a recent series of mass shootings, including…
Landmark Roe v Wade abortion ruling overturned by US Supreme Court
The US Supreme Court has overturned Roe v Wade, the landmark ruling that granted the right to abortion for nearly five decades in the United States, in what President Joe Biden…
