Russia and China vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution Friday that condemned Hamas for its October 7 attack against Israel authored by the United States.  “Russia and China still could not bring themselves to condemn Hamas as terrorist attacks on October 7‚” US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas Greenfield told the 15-member body which has yet to take a stand against the terror group. “Can we just pause on that for a moment?‚” Thomas-Greenfield said....

The United Nations Security Council has failed to pass a United States draft resolution calling for‚ but not demanding‚ a ceasefire in Israel’s continuing war on Gaza after two permanent members chose to veto it. The draft put before the Council on Friday received 11 votes in favour‚ three against – from Russia‚ China and Algeria – and one abstention by Guyana. Russia and China both exercised their veto against the resolution‚ which would have spoken of the “imperative of an...

GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia on Friday filed a motion to oust Mike Johnson from the speakership‚ according to sources familiar with the matter‚ amid anger about the government funding bill from the House Republican Conference’s right flank. The House would have to consider Greene’s motion within two legislative days after she is recognized. The chamber is heading for a two-week recess‚ and Greene told reporters she would not call up the resolution Friday‚ which means...

The body of missing University of Missouri student Riley Strain was discovered Friday morning in the Cumberland River in West Nashville — approximately eight miles from downtown. Foul play is not suspected. Metro Nashville police and Nashville firefighters responded to 61st Avenue North in the Nations after a work crew spotted a body shortly before 7:30 a.m. in the Cumberland River‚ Police Chief John Drake said Friday morning at a news conference. Strain still had on the same shirt...

The Daily Wire is parting ways with Candace Owens after the right-wing firebrand spent months attacking Israel in increasingly heated terms and embracing bizarre conspiracy theories. “Daily Wire and Candace Owens have ended their relationship‚” co-founder and CEO Jeremy Boreing announced Friday on X. He did not provide any additional information on Owens’s termination. Owens reposted Boreing’s announcement and directed followers to her website and YouTube channel. “The...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) filed a motion Friday to remove Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from power‚ a rebuke of his endorsement of a bipartisan spending deal moving through Congress. Greene filed the motion to vacate — the same procedural move that led to the ousting of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) — as the House voted to pass a sprawling spending package to stave off a partial government shutdown by Friday’s midnight deadline....

Another spending bill‚ another effort to knock off a Republican speaker. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has filed a motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson‚ setting up a high-stakes vote of confidence in his leadership as conservatives lament the Louisiana Republican's passage of a $1.2 trillion government funding deal with mostly Democratic votes. Greene might not ultimately succeed in terminating Johnson's speakership‚ but she was adamant about punishing him for the...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene‚ R-Ga.‚ told reporters on Friday that she filed a motion to vacate House Speaker Mike Johnson‚ R-La.‚ accusing him of having "betrayed" the "confidence" of the House GOP Conference by ushering through a bipartisan $1.2 trillion federal funding bill to avoid a partial government shutdown. Johnson won the gavel in late October after his predecessor was ousted by a motion to vacate resolution earlier that month. "It's more of a warning and a pink slip‚"...

Catherine‚ Princess of Wales‚ has been diagnosed with cancer and has begun chemotherapy‚ she announced in a video message on Friday‚ in which she described the past two months as “incredibly tough for our entire family.” Her diagnosis follows that of King Charles III‚ who announced his own cancer diagnosis and treatment in early February. It comes after a period of intense uncertainty about the health of Catherine‚ who underwent abdominal surgery in January and largely disappeared from...

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