Leaders of the two warring factions in Sudan Tuesday agreed to a 24-hour ceasefire after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called both sides. Blinken called after Sudanese forces fired at a US diplomatic convoy. Fighting erupted in Khartoum, Sudan between the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group (RSF) and the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) on [...]
The US Office of Special Counsel (OSC) Tuesday released a report concluding that current Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra violated the Hatch Act, a law that regulates political activity by government personnel. The Hatch Act, passed in 1939, restricts the types of campaign activities federal employees can participate in while holding office. Because [...]
An 84-year-old Kansas City man turned himself in Tuesday after being formally charged on Monday for shooting a black teenager who rang his doorbell. The Clay County Sheriff’s Department tweeted that “Andrew Lester, charged in the shooting of Ralph Yarl, has surrendered at our Detention Center. He is in custody.” Lester is facing two felony [...]
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Tuesday announced the launch of its investigation into Amazon.com, Inc.’s $1.7 billion acquisition of iRobot Corporation, which is known for its Roomba robot vacuum cleaners. The CMA’s findings will allow it to determine whether Amazon’s acquisition of iRobot will reduce market competition within the UK. The CMA must [...]
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s spokesperson announced Tuesday that Russian authorities opened a criminal case against Navalny for removing another prisoner from his cell. Navalny’s team called the situation a “provocation” and said that Navalny was previously warned about a potential set-up. In a series of tweets posted Tuesday, Navalny’s spokesperson, Kira Yarmysh, explained that [...]
A Delaware court Tuesday began hearing the defamation case between Dominion Voting Systems and Fox News Network. Tuesday morning, Judge Eric Davis finalized jury selection and appointed a special master. By 1:30 PM EST, the court expected to begin opening statements. However, when court resumed after a significant delay around 4:00 PM EST, the parties [...]
Tunisia Police Tuesday shut down the Ennahdha offices, operating headquarters for Tunisia’s Islamist-inspired opposition party. The move came a day after police arrested Rached Ghannouchi, Ennahdha’s party leader, at his residence in Tunis, Tunisia–the nation’s capital. Ennahdha announced that investigators had raided the office headquarters in Tunis on Tuesday. Allegedly, investigators threatened all workers that [...]
A Russian court Tuesday denied Wall Street Journal (WSJ) journalist Evan Gershkovich’s appeal of his detention and espionage charges. Though the proceedings were closed to the public, the Moscow City Court briefly allowed reporters inside to see Gershkovich for the first time since his March 29 arrest. He appeared in the courtroom in a dock, a [...]
In early March, conservative groups on the University of Pittsburgh’s main campus in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania announced a series of three speaker events. Pitt’s chapter of a national conservative group known as Turning Point USA would host the first two, featuring Cabot Phillips and Riley Gaines as guest speakers. On March 24, Phillips, a senior editor [...]
Sweden’s public radio, Sveriges Radio (SR) Tuesday announced that it would cease its activities on Twitter, in a move which follows analogous decisions by US and Canadian public broadcasters. SR stated that it has for a long time de-prioritised its presence on Twitter and has now decided to stop being active on the platform together. [...]
