NORAD detects Russian planes off of Alaska, sends aircraft in response
Feb 19 – The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said on Thursday it detected and tracked multiple Russian military aircraft operating in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ)…
New Trump banner hung on Justice Department headquarters
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Venezuela legislature passes limited amnesty bill critiqued by rights groups
Feb 19 – Venezuela’s ruling party-controlled legislature on Thursday approved a limited amnesty bill that human rights organizations say falls short of offering relief for hundreds of political prisoners in…
Alberta plans referendum to wrest control over immigration from Canadian government
CALGARY, Feb 19 – Alberta will hold a referendum this fall to ask residents if its government should limit the number of new international students, temporary foreign workers and asylum…
Venezuela legislature passes limited amnesty bill critiqued by rights groups
Feb 19 – Venezuela’s ruling party-controlled legislature on Thursday approved a limited amnesty bill that human rights organizations say falls short of offering relief for hundreds of political prisoners in…
New Mexico reopens investigation of Epstein ranch
Feb 19 – New Mexico’s attorney general on Thursday ordered the reopening of the state’s criminal investigation into alleged crimes at a ranch owned by late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein,…
Freelance journalist detained in Cameroon while reporting for AP on US deportees
YAOUNDE, Feb 19 – A freelance journalist on assignment for the Associated Press was slapped by police and briefly detained alongside three other reporters and a lawyer in Yaounde while…
Gaza deaths in war’s first 15 months higher than reported, study says
JERUSALEM, Feb 19 – More than 75,000 Palestinians were killed in the first 15 months of Israel’s military assault in Gaza, a figure far higher than the 49,000 deaths local…
Epstein accuser’s brother hopes former Prince Andrew’s arrest signals ‘house of cards’ collapsing
WASHINGTON, Feb 19 – The brother of one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent accusers welcomed the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on Thursday, saying he hoped it marked the start of…
Argentine labor reform faces key lower house vote as unions stage nationwide strike
BUENOS AIRES, Feb 19 – Argentina’s lower house of Congress was set to vote on Thursday on a contentious labor reform backed by libertarian President Javier Milei, as unions staged…