US to impose ‘crushing’ sanctions on Russia 2 years after Ukraine invasion, officials say

by worldnewsday | Feb 23, 2024 | Sin categoría

Some would target those involved in the death of Putin critic Alexei Navalny. The U.S. on Friday will impose more than 500 sanctions on Russia, its enablers, and its war machine as the world marks two years since Russia attacked Ukraine, a Treasury Department...

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk helped oust Ronna McDaniel at the RNC. Now the knives are out for him.

by worldnewsday | Feb 18, 2024 | Sin categoría

The right-wing provocateur’s antics — including attacks on Martin Luther King Jr., Black pilots and Taylor Swift — have caused a rift in Trump world. For more than a year, Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist and MAGA influencer, was aimed like a heat-seeking...

New documents underscore why the Supreme Court must let Jack Smith’s Trump case move forward

by worldnewsday | Feb 14, 2024 | Sin categoría

Despite taking their own sweet time to render what should have been a five-minute decision ruling that Donald Trump is not immune from criminal prosecution, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals did do Americans one big favor: They removed most of Trump’s avenues to...

The latest on the Israel-Hamas war

by worldnewsday | Feb 11, 2024 | Sin categoría

What we’re covering Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu brushed off mounting criticism of plans to enter Rafah, saying telling Israel not to enter the southern Gazan city was like telling the country to lose the war. Speaking to ABC, he pledged to provide safe passage...

US threatens to reimpose sanctions on Venezuelan oil sector

by worldnewsday | Jan 30, 2024 | Sin categoría

The US has threatened to reinstate sanctions on Venezuela’s oil sector, days after the South American country’s top court upheld a ban on opposition candidate María Corina Machado. Ms Machado won a primary to become the opposition’s unity candidate...

Ruling-party candidate Lai Ching-te wins Taiwan’s presidential election

by worldnewsday | Jan 13, 2024 | Sin categoría

Ruling-party candidate Lai Ching-te has emerged victorious in Taiwan’s presidential election, and his opponents have conceded after ballots were cast at thousands of polling stations in a tight three-way race. The result in Taiwan’s presidential and...