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By Cristina Foarfă at the Palanca border crossing, Moldova | 15 March 2022 Under leaden skies at the remote Palanca border crossing in southeastern Moldova, groups of refugees from Ukraine brave the bone-chilling wind as they watch their bags and other belongings being loaded onto five waiting buses for the five-hour journey to Huși in Romania. They are […]
Washington D.C. — U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) issued the following statement: “After 200 failed attempts and over a century’s worth of efforts, I am proud to say that Congress has finally passed legislation to criminalize lynching, a shameful instrument of terror used to intimidate and oppress Black Americans. During the 19th and 20th centuries, more than 4,000 […]
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey called Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a “war” on Sunday in a rhetorical shift that could pave the way for the NATO member nation to enact an international pact limiting Russian naval passage to the Black Sea. Under the 1936 Montreux Convention, Turkey has control over the Dardanelles and Bosphorus straits that […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday thanked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for banning the passage of Russian warships to the Black Sea and for extending military support to Kyiv as Moscow continues with its military operation. “I thank my friend President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the people of Turkey for their strong […]
MICHIGAN — State and local leaders are responding to the national infrastructure bill’s passage in the U.S. House of Representatives late Friday night. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer applauded the infrastructure plan for its potential to create “countless” jobs in the state of Michigan and help repair the state’s roads and bridges. Governor Whitmer’s full statement reads: […]