“Eliminating nuclear weapons is the only guarantee they will never be used,” said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. The head of the United Nations issued a stark warning Monday that global geopolitical conflicts and escalating military tensions between nuclear-armed powers have pushed humanity to the brink of self-destruction—a looming catastrophe that can only be avoided by […]
WASHINGTON —A prominent Washington-based policy research organization says the United States is preparing for the wrong kind of likely conflict should China invade Taiwan. In a newly released book titled, “Defending Taiwan,” the American Enterprise Institute argues Washington wrongly predicts a short and geographically localized war over Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion. […]
“Clarence Thomas’ continued service on the Supreme Court is a scandalous and appalling breach of judicial ethics,” said one observer. “He is implementing the exact same theories that his wife used to try to steal the 2020 election for Trump.” Democracy defenders expressed anger and consternation Friday after The Washington Post revealed that Ginni Thomas—the right-wing activist and wife […]
“The Russian occupying forces have dropped several bombs on the children’s hospital,” said officials from the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol. Local Ukrainian officials said Wednesday that a Russian airstrike hit a maternity and children’s hospital in the besieged port city of Mariupol, inflicting heavy damage and burying patients under the rubble. “The Russian occupying […]