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Four people were killed, including a 15-year-old girl who died saving her sister, after an Illinois man went on a series of stabbings and attacks Wednesday in and near Rockford, officials said. Seven other people were injured in what the city’s mayor called a “random and senseless act of violence.” Police took the suspect, Christian […]
Paul Whelan’s sister and US ambassador talk latest developmentsElizabeth Whelan and Linda Thomas-Greenfield join “GMA” to discuss recent developments, including Thomas-Greenfield’s call for Paul Whelan’s release at the U.N. Security Council.April 25, 2023 Source link
TANZANIA – The U.S. brought the sister of an American imprisoned in Russia to the U.N. Security Council on Monday for a session being chaired by the Russian foreign minister, urging him to “look into her eyes and see her suffering.” U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield called on Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to release Michigan […]
When the Kyiv suburb of Brovary was shelled during the early weeks of the Russian invasion, among the vehicles that emergency responders used to transport wounded residents was an ambulance that until 2018 had plied the streets of Brovary’s sister city — Tacoma, Washington. The Tacoma Fire Department had donated the emergency vehicle to their […]
Seoul, South Korea (AP) — The United States flew nuclear-capable bombers and advanced stealth jets in a show of force against North Korea on Tuesday, as the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un derided doubts about her country’s military and threatened a full-range intercontinental ballistic missile test. The deployment of the U.S. […]
A Chicago woman was arrested Monday on federal charges alleging she participated in the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol with her brother, a Chicago police officer who is already facing trial. Agnieszka Chwiesiuk, 29, of Chicago, was charged in a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., with four misdemeanor […]
participants in STSI movie screening and ribbon cutting Yonkers City Councilwoman Shanae Williams STSI Founder Cheryl Brannan Sister to Sister International has been in the forefront of promoting awareness and systemic change around the Black maternal health crisis in the United States and its impact on Westchester County and the region. In this regard, on […]
The sustainable development goal of partnership “is the great unifier between all the other goals,” said Sharon Eubank, director of Humanitarian Services for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. “I believe relationships have to precede any kind of action. We can’t go forward until we trust the people we’re working with,” she said. […]
According to the sister of a black man, named Sheku Bayoh, who died in police custody, Scotland is a racist country. Sheku Bayoh, 31, died in 2015 after cops restrained him in Kirkcaldy, Fife. Last week, at a public hearing about his killing, his sister Kadi Johnson stated that she no longer feels secure in […]
Ambassador Linda Thomas-GreenfieldU.S. Representative to the United NationsNew York, New YorkFebruary 23, 2022 AS DELIVERED Thank you so much, Ambassador Taylor, for that introduction. And thank you to the Board Members of Sister Cities International for inviting me to this special event, where we are highlighting Black History and Diplomacy during Black History Month. The […]