Новости за 10.03.2024

Sen. Katie Britt, the Alabama Republican who gave the official response to President Biden's State of the Union address last week, fired back Sunday at Democrats and pundits who ridiculed her for giving remarks from her kitchen.

As expected, last Thursday, President Biden delivered without question the most divisive and loudest State of the Union address in the history of the Republic.

Humanity's natural state is not some idealized version of Western democracy; it is conflict and war.

President Joe Biden has stepped up public pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government, warning he's "hurting Israel" and speaking candidly about "come to Jesus" conversations with the leader over the growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Party leaders gathered here over the weekend for the Republican National Committee's spring meeting are hopeful new co-chair Lara Trump, with her famous last name and media presence, can fix the organization's fundraising struggles.

You have to wonder whether North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ever seen "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" ("South Koreans play it cool as 'Tension Season' dawns on peninsula; N.K. menaces as U.S. drills start," Web, March 5).

After watching Joe Biden's reprehensible diatribe of misinformation about how great everything has been under his watch, all I came away with was the firm belief that the man is not only delusional, but amoral ("Mr. President, the state of the union is not strong," Web, March 8).

Nearly three dozen bodies were removed from a funeral home in northern England, and a man and woman were arrested Sunday on suspicion of fraud and preventing a lawful burial, police said.

The negotiating capabilities of President Biden and his State Department leave much to be desired ("Biden draws 'red line' for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: No Israeli attack on Rafah," Web, March 10).

A backcountry skier has died on New Hampshire's Mount Washington in icy conditions, officials said Sunday. At least two people were rescued during rescue efforts that extended through a stormy night and into Sunday morning.

As Universal Pictures prepared for a big night at the Academy Awards with "Oppenheimer," the studio also celebrated the No. 1 debut of "Kung Fu Panda 4," which collected $58.3 million in domestic theaters over the weekend, according to estimates Sunday.

Republicans are chiding President Biden as he tries to save face with Democrats by retracting his use of the term "illegal" in reference to an immigrant accused of murder.

A National Guard soldier from New York who was seriously injured in the crash of a helicopter flying over the U.S.-Mexico border remained hospitalized Sunday while authorities released the names of the two National Guard soldiers and a Border Patrol agent who were killed.

Rep. Adam Schiff on Sunday dismissed complaints by a Democratic Party rival that the California Senate primary was rigged in his favor.

The U.S. military said Sunday that it had flown in forces to beef up security at the U.S. Embassy in Haiti and allow nonessential personnel to leave.

Nine people jailed in Greece will be tried Monday over accusations they harassed and threatened two 21-year-old transgender people in the northern city of Thessaloniki.

Rep. Adam Schiff wants U.S. officials to "dumb down" the information they're willing to give Donald Trump as the presumptive Republican presidential candidate.

Officials saw the crescent moon Sunday night in Saudi Arabia, home to the holiest sites in Islam, marking the start of the holy fasting month of Ramadan for many of the world's 1.8 billion Muslims.

A driver who plowed into the gates of Buckingham Palace has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage, London police said Sunday.

Reproductive freedom took center stage during Biden's State of the Union address, but abortion rights advocates had mixed reactions, raising concerns about the president trying to capitalize on what will be a central campaign issue while avoiding using the word "abortion."

The Netherlands's National Holocaust Museum is opening on Sunday in a ceremony presided over by the Dutch king as well as Israeli President Isaac Herzog, whose presence is prompting protest because of Israel's deadly offensive against Palestinians in Gaza.

A U.S. Army vessel carrying equipment for building a temporary pier in Gaza was on its way to the Mediterranean on Sunday, three days after U.S. President Joe Biden announced plans to increase aid deliveries by sea to the besieged enclave where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are going hungry.

American forces on Saturday shot down more than two dozen drones launched by Houthi rebels in Yemen, Pentagon officials said.

Portugal is holding a general election Sunday against a backdrop of corruption scandals and economic hardship that have eroded faith in moderate mainstream parties and could push a significant number of the country's 10.8 million voters into the arms of a radical right populist party.

Rashidat Hamza is in despair. All but one of her six children are among the nearly 300 students abducted from their school in Nigeria's northwest, riddled with Islamic extremists and armed gangs.