Arizona Senate GOP’s 2020 Election Report Delayed Again
August 24 By Bob Christie The delivery of a report on the 2020 vote count to Arizona state Senate Republicans was delayed yet again Monday after the Donald Trump supporter hired to lead the effort and several others involved contracted COVID-19 “and are quite sick,”…
Biden Says US-Led Evacuation From Kabul Is Accelerating
August 23 By Darlene Superville President Joe Biden said Sunday the U.S.-led evacuation of Americans, at-risk Afghans and others from the Kabul airport accelerated this weekend, although it remains vulnerable to threats posed by the Islamic State extremist group. One week after the Taliban completed…
‘Taliban wants ties with all countries, including US,’ says political chief
August 22 By Robert Burns Taliban’s political chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar on Saturday said the insurgent group intends to have economic and trade ties with all countries around the world, including the US. “The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan wants diplomatic and trade ties with…
Alaska Governor Adds Bill for Dividend to Session Agenda
August 21 By BiLL Brown Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Thursday added to the special session agenda a spending bill that would allow for payment of a permanent fund dividend to residents this year. Dunleavy had said he wanted lawmakers during the special session that…
Europe left exposed as Biden walks America away from the world stage
August 20 By Luke McGee When US President Joe Biden finally broke his silence on the chaos unfolding in Afghanistan, European allies who’d had high hopes for a reset in the transatlantic alliance were left dismayed. Their disappointment was not at the contents of Biden’s…
Court orders Biden administration to redo ‘legally flawed’ reviews of Conoco Alaska oil project
August 19 By Ben Lefebvre A federal court on Wednesday ordered the Biden administration to re-do environmental reviews necessary for permits for a controversial Alaskan oil project, throwing the decision to approve the project back to the agencies. Details: The ruling out of the United…
Arctic today
August 18 By Bill Smith Today, as never before, the problem of preserving the flora and fauna of the Arctic region is acute. In addition to Russia, a number of Scandinavian countries, such as Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Canada, fall into the zone of…
States Banning Mask Mandates Could Face Civil Rights Probes
August 18 By Collin Binkley In an escalating battle with Republican governors, President Joe Biden on Wednesday ordered his Education secretary to explore possible legal action against states that have blocked school mask mandates and other public health measures meant to protect students against COVID-19….
6 Political Takeaways For President Biden From The Chaotic Afghanistan Withdrawal
August 17 By Domenico Montanaro If there’s one thing an American president doesn’t want to see, it’s the kind of pictures that have played out on cable news of the chaos in Kabul — crowded runways of people desperate to get out, with some hanging…
Ecology of the Arctic
August 16 By Bill Smith Russia will ensure compliance with all required environmental standards during work in the Arctic. Activities in the Arctic region are absolutely secured from the point of view of compliance with environmental safety standards. In high latitudes the nature is very…
From supporters to ambassadors: US’ risky reward system
August 15 By Manik Mehta You must have surely heard the pun about ambassadors “lying abroad” on behalf of their countries; this was said in a light vein by Sir Henry Wilson, a 16th-century English diplomat, who joked that an ambassador was “an honest man…
US further smears China as own epidemic worsens
August 14 By Stan Brown The US recorded more than 100,000 new daily novel coronavirus cases every day for five consecutive days last week. National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins said Sunday, “We are failing” to contain the delta variant surge, according to…