Mar 20 Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar plans to step down after a new leader is chosen By Jill Lawless, Associated Press Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said his reasons for stepping down were “both personal and political" and he had no firm future plans. Continue reading
Mar 19 Key questions as Trump hurtles toward deadline to pay $454 million fraud penalty By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The law empowers police in Texas to arrest migrants suspected of crossing the border illegally. Once in custody, migrants could either agree to a judge's order to leave the U.S. or be prosecuted on misdemeanor charges of illegal entry. Continue reading
Mar 19 Watch 4:59 Experts warn of 'imminent' famine in Gaza with lack of aid reaching Palestinians By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi More than half of North Gaza’s population is at risk of starvation and in southern Gaza, Rafah is projected to face famine by July. Israel says it places no restrictions on aid and blamed the humanitarian crisis on Hamas, but… Continue watching
Mar 19 Watch 6:52 What's next for Israel and war in Gaza as rift between Netanyahu and Biden widens By Amna Nawaz, Dan Sagalyn Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated his determination to send troops into Rafah, in southern Gaza, to rout remaining Hamas units. The drive has led to a rift with the Biden administration as it warns against an Israeli operation before… Continue watching
Mar 19 Dominican Republic is urged to stop deporting people to Haiti as people flee surge in gang violence By Martín Adames, Associated Press Small trucks with customized cages are ferrying dozens of Haitians every day from a detention center to the border on the island of Hispaniola as the gang attacks paralyze parts of Haiti's capital. Continue reading
Mar 19 UN weather agency issues 'red alert' on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023 By Jamey Keaten, Seth Borenstein, Associated Press The U.N. weather agency is sounding a "red alert" about global warming, citing record-smashing increases last year in greenhouse gases, land and water temperatures and melting of glaciers and sea ice. Continue reading
Mar 19 Russia announces plan to evacuate 9,000 children from a border region targeted by Ukraine By Associated Press On Monday, Russian attacks in the Donetsk region killed one person and wounded another, according to Vadym Filashkin, the regional governor. Continue reading
Mar 19 Brazil's Bolsonaro indicted for suspected falsification of his personal vaccine records By Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press During the pandemic, Bolsonaro was one of the few world leaders who railed against the vaccine, openly flouting health restrictions and encouraging other Brazilians to follow his example. Continue reading
Mar 19 Trump says Jews who vote for Democrats 'hate Israel' and 'their religion' By Jill Colvin, Associated Press The vast majority of Jewish Americans identify as Democrats, but Trump has often accused them of disloyalty, perpetuating what critics say is an antisemitic trope. Continue reading
Mar 19 How Hong Kong's new security law could impact different communities By Kanis Leung, Associated Press While the offenses outlined in the new law pertain to acts conducted without lawful authority, there is anxiety that the law may create gray areas. Continue reading