Compromised Political Leaders

The Republican Party becomes cult. Its leaders are under the influence of Donald trumpDonald Trump Stowaway found in airplane landing gear after flight from Guatemala to Miami Kushner looking for Middle East investors in new venture, a defeated former president who refuses to acknowledge his defeat. Its ideology is MAGA, …

A group of people, already homeless and living in a tent camp, lose what little they have in an explosive rubbish fire. They are met shortly after by around two dozen affordable housing advocates eager to find shelter, clothing and food for the displaced. It was meant to be history. …

In what is seen as a new round of confrontations between Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi and CPC leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, the latter said on Thursday he would start a hunger strike against the government of the Congress if the state does not release the report on the …

By AVET DEMOURIAN, Associated Press YREVAN, Armenia (AP) – Armenia has reached an agreement with Azerbaijan to establish a direct line between their defense chiefs after last week’s deadly clashes at their border, the Armenian prime minister said on Tuesday. Nikol Pashinyan told an online press conference that contacts between …

New York Attorney General Letitia James has criticized Governor Kathy Hochul for her alleged failure to deal with rising COVID-19 rates in the state. James, who announced his gubernatorial candidacy just three weeks ago, argues that with increasing case rates in upstate New York, state leaders must ” take immediate …

After a year-long battle, Indian farmers finally defeated the right-wing Modi government and its capitalist masters, forcing the repeal of their three reactionary farm laws. This is a great victory for the farmers which has been achieved through a courageous struggle, which has been tenaciously maintained since September 2020. There …

The cost of infectious disease is somewhere between staggering and incalculable. Approximately $ 8 trillion and 156 million years of life were lost in 2016 alone. Throughout human history, plagues have wiped out more lives than famine and violence. Then, in 1941, the era of antibiotics began when doctors at …

Kingsport Times News. November 5, 2021. Editorial: We may never know the fate of Summer Wells Is Summer Wells’ fate destined to be part of the East Tennessee lore? As painful months drag on for those who knew and loved Summer, concern grows that we may never know what happened …

On October 9, Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz was forced to resign amid a unique scandal. He was accused of orchestrating false polls and bribing the media to present them as genuine opinion polls. It’s common for political leaders to get caught up in scandals, but this may be a first …

In 1959, President Ayub Khan decided to move Pakistan’s federal capital from Karachi, first to Rawalpindi, then to the newly built city of Islamabad. At the time, no one foresaw that in the future the seat of power would be besieged by demonstrations and protest marches. The Ayub regime blamed …