• Bowing to protests, India's Modi agrees to repeal farm laws

    Bowing to protests, India's Modi agrees to repeal farm laws

    Nov 19, 2021 01:30 PM EST

    ... shortages. While the government said it was willing to pledge the guaranteed prices would continue, the farmers wanted legislation saying such prices were their legal right. They contended that without guarantees, they would be at the mercy of the markets and that would spell disaster, especially for the more than ...

  • Chemical shortage inflates paints and plastics prices

    Chemical shortage inflates paints and plastics prices

    Sep 29, 2021 06:04 PM EST

    ... grab products and sit on them for weeks or months so that when the job starts we have it." Andrew Moore, a clerk at Ricciardi Brothers in Philadelphia, said the store has been running short of lower-grade paints that large contractors use, though here's ample supply of higher ...

  • Colombia's President Duque on environmental terrorism, migration and democracy

    Colombia's President Duque on environmental terrorism, migration and democracy

    Sep 20, 2021 10:30 PM EST

    ... what different should the Biden administration be doing? Ivan Duque: Well, first of all, I should mention, Judy, that a country like Colombia is embracing right now a very strong fraternal migration policy. As you know, we are granting temporary protective status to 1.8 million Venezuelan brothers and sisters ...

  • 20 years after 9/11, Dearborn market helps unify Arab community

    20 years after 9/11, Dearborn market helps unify Arab community

    Sep 11, 2021 07:44 PM EST

    ... kind of create a bit of a travel guide to halal eating in the US.  Ahmed Hashem: That’s it. So we started in Dearborn, right. Because most of Dearborn is already our our base and already understand what we're doing and know us maybe on a personal level ...

  • U.S. defends strike that Afghan family says killed 6 children

    U.S. defends strike that Afghan family says killed 6 children

    Sep 02, 2021 09:52 PM EST

    ... moments before there had been a noisy celebration to greet the family's oldest brother. The last thing Ahmadi remembers was the sound of his brother's car horn announcing his arrival and the squealing of the children. He says his mind "is not right" since that day. Sunday's ...

  • Ida: Louisiana braces for impact as evacuations continue

    Ida: Louisiana braces for impact as evacuations continue

    Aug 29, 2021 07:58 PM EST

    ... decide not to leave when these hurricanes come by?  Roby Chavez: You know, they're a proud people, you know, my dad, my sister, my brothers and sisters are all down there. I grew up in Lafourche Parish, right where this storm is coming up, BIA Lafourche. And sometimes it ...

  • Leftist rural teacher sworn in as Peru's president

    Leftist rural teacher sworn in as Peru's president

    Jul 28, 2021 07:15 PM EST

    ... of peasant origin. In a ceremony in the capital of Lima, Castillo made a commitment “for God, for my family, for my peasant sisters and brothers, teachers, patrolmen, children, youth and women, and for a new Constitution.” He then he sang the national anthem, taking off his signature hat and ...

  • Was the war in Afghanistan worth fighting? 3 veterans weigh in

    Was the war in Afghanistan worth fighting? 3 veterans weigh in

    Jul 06, 2021 10:40 PM EST

    ... know, I took an oath to support and defend our Constitution. And inherent with that oath, it's to support those leaders appointed over me, right? And I have faith in them that they made the right decision each time to stay, and then next this time to withdraw. Nick ...

  • As variant rises, vaccine plan targets ‘movable middle’

    As variant rises, vaccine plan targets ‘movable middle’

    Jun 27, 2021 04:22 PM EST

    ... things they can relate to, it kind of calms them down,” she said. Her own motivation is personal. Finch said a close friend lost two brothers days apart to COVID-19, and that motivates her to keep working. “People are still dying,” she said. While applauding the Biden administration’s ...

  • What Chauvin's 22.5 year sentence could mean for changing police behavior

    What Chauvin's 22.5 year sentence could mean for changing police behavior

    Jun 25, 2021 10:30 PM EST

    Woman: If you could say anything to your daddy right now, what would it be? Gianna Floyd, Daughter of George Floyd: It would be, I miss him, and I love you. Fred De Sam Lazaro: Following 7-year-old daughter Gianna, the court heard from George Floyd's brothers, Terrence ...