WASHINGTON : Cristeta Comerford, a longtime White House executive chef who recently retired after nearly three decades of preparing meals for five presidents and their guests, says first families are “just regular people” when they’re at home in the private living areas of the executive mansion. “It’s not what you see on the news,” she […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Photo: AP) Since Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014, there have been many attempts to implement a lasting end to the violence of its ongoing war in Ukraine .Over more than a decade, Ukraine, its European supporters and the United States have tried to resolve the crisis. All have been […]
Colombian lawmakers reject president’s labor reform referendum BOGOTA: Lawmakers in Colombia on Wednesday once again blocked President Gustavo Petro‘s efforts to overhaul the country’s labor laws, this time by rejecting a referendum that would have asked voters whether workdays should be limited to eight hours and whether workers should receive double pay if they work […]
DOHA: US President Donald Trump on Thursday closes a Middle East tour in the United Arab Emirates as he focuses squarely on seeking deals after billions of dollars of pledges from Saudi Arabia and Qatar.The first major trip of his second term had been scheduled to end Thursday but Trump, always ready with surprises, did […]
UK’s Starmer condemns ‘attack on our democracy’ after fires at homes linked to him (Photo: AP) British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told lawmakers Wednesday that recent arson attacks on properties linked to him represent “an attack on all of us, on democracy and the values that we stand for.” The remarks by Starmer during weekly […]
2-year-old girl reunites with her mother in Venezuela after US deportation (Photo: AP) A 2-year-old girl arrived Wednesday in Caracas to reunite with her mother after she was separated from her parents when they were deported from the US in what Venezuela denounced as a kidnapping.Maikelys Espinoza arrived at an airport outside the capital, Caracas, […]
Italy PM says Gaza humanitarian situation ever more ‘unjustifiable’ Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Wednesday the humanitarian situation in Gaza was “ever more dramatic and unjustifiable”, stressing she had repeatedly urged Israel to find a way to end the conflict.“It is a request that I renew today in the face of a humanitarian situation […]
A compelling opinion piece by Stanford University PhD candidate Samyukta Shrivatsa is drawing widespread attention for its clear rebuttal of misinformation surrounding the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, and India’s subsequent response, Operation Sindoor.The attack took place in the Baisaran Valley, a popular tourist spot, where armed terrorists reportedly singled out […]
A French mining company sues Niger after its director disappears and offices are raided (Photo: AP) French uranium mining company Orano has sued the government of Niger after the disappearance of its director and the raiding of its local offices, as military authorities in the west African country tighten their grip on foreign companies and […]
Funerals held in Myanmar for pupils and teachers killed in airstrike on school (Photo: AP) Funerals have been held in Myanmar for almost two dozen students and teachers alleged to have been killed in an airstrike on a local school by a ruling military jet fighter.Local resistance groups and independent media said Tuesday that 20 […]
