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One night last summer, I saw a police van go up in flames, and I allowed myself to feel hope, something that had become quite foreign to me after the year’s many stupefying months. For a number of us who went out in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder and…

The European Union and a host of member states have condemned Belarus for forcing a Ryanair jet to land at Minsk airport, where waiting police detained a prominent critic of the country’s autocratic president, Alexander Lukashenko. Mr Lukashenko ordered a MiG-29 fighter jet to scramble and accompany the Ryanair plane…

Senator Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, does not plan to get vaccinated against COVID-19 because he already contracted and recovered from the novel virus last year. Paul, an ophthalmologist, has been highly critical of many public health directives and guidelines throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The GOP senator has had several…

An unhappy Cruz responded on Twitter after Brian Williams called him ‘Kremlin Cruz’ for retweeting a video that included Russian military propaganda compared to a U.S. Army ad, and Twitter was having none of it. Brian Williams had some harsh criticism for Senator Ted Cruz on the May 21 episode of The…

May 22, 2021 | 11:38am | Updated May 22, 2021 | 11:38am Enlarge Image Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and gubernatorial hopeful Rep. Lee Zeldin and (R-NY) are pro-Trump die-hards. ZUMAPRESS.com Rep. Elise Stefanik’s promotion last week to chairwoman of the House Republican Conference didn’t just shake up Washington, D.C. The…

Venture capitalists are used to being praised by elected officials, who view early-stage investment as a job creation engine. But a bipartisan schism is emerging over the VC model itself, and its reliance on acquisitions. Driving the news: Two senators who don't agree on very much, Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and…

Universal Hollywood studios aren’t just selling fast cars and superheroes. They’re selling the experience of going to the movies For Hollywood, the pandemic was a reminder that studios still need movie theaters to turn a profit on big blockbusters. So the marketing campaigns for this summer’s biggest films are not…

THE Law Reform and Development Commission (LRDC) has flagged 33 discriminatory and outdated legislative pieces from Namibia's law books for reversal. The commission on Monday handed over a report titled 'Repeal of Obsolete Laws' to the minister of justice, Yvonne Dausab, who is expected to submit it to Cabinet in…

GONAIVES, Haiti—The United Nations will launch a global appeal for $30 million in emergency aid to help Haiti recover from floods that killed hundreds of people, the executive director of Unicef said on Wednesday on a visit to the impoverished Caribbean nation. “The situation is quite devastating here,” said Carol…

West Africa’s verification and fact-checking platform, Dubawa, has started the induction of twenty-six fellows into its 2021 class of fact-checkers to combat misinformation in the sub-region. The platform, under the aegis of the Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism, announced the commencement of the yearly fellowship in Abuja on Monday. …