Day: August 17, 2024
- Politics
Jake Broe: Russians are Mass Surrending
Broe explains what internal pressures Russia is now facing that could well lead the world’s largest country to a brutal…
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Key police testimony caps first week of ex-politician’s trial in Las Vegas reporter’s death
The first week of a former politician’s murder trial has wrapped up in Las Vegas. The jury tasked with deciding…
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What to know as thousands protest sexual violence in India
Anger at the Indian government’s failure to deter rising violence against women has fueled protests by medics and women’s groups…
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Aid groups in Gaza aim to avert a polio outbreak with a surge of vaccinations
The threat of polio is rising fast in Gaza, prompting aid groups to call for an urgent pause in the…
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Hurricane Ernesto makes landfall on Bermuda as a category 1 storm
Hurricane Ernesto made landfall on the tiny British Atlantic territory of Bermuda early Saturday as residents hunkered down.The wide category…
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Deadly violence persists in Gaza despite mediators’ hopes for
An Israeli airstrike in Gaza has killed at least 18 people, all from the same family. The strike Saturday came…
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The Harris Campaign’s Foolish Down-Payment-Assistance Scheme
Easy credit often harms those it sets out to help — and down-payment assistance is just another form of easy…
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Pope Francis’s Apologia for Literature
The Vicar of Christ wants you to read more fiction and poetry. Who are you to judge? Read More
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The U.S. Military Is Quietly Reinventing Itself on the Great Lakes
As some of the world’s largest inland seas, the lakes provide the United States with an opportunity similar to that…
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Iran Is on the Cusp of Producing Nuclear Weapons
Lawmakers must get answers about what nuclear-weaponization activities Iran has engaged in — and what the Biden–Harris administration is doing…
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