A U.N. Security Council resolution to extend sanctions on South Sudan has been renewed for 45 more days after the U.S.-led effort passed at the U.N. Thursday. The resolution passed with the required nine “yes” votes and six abstentions from the 15 member Security Council. “The United States has lost its patience. And status quo…
read moreU.S. employers are thought to have hired at a solid pace in May and helped extend the economy’s nearly nine-year expansion, the second-longest on record, despite uncertainty caused by trade disputes. Economists have forecast that employers added 190,000 jobs last month and that the unemployment rate remained at a 17-year low of 3.9 percent, according…
read moreU.S. comedian Samantha Bee has apologized for comments directed at White House adviser Ivanka Trump that Bee now says were “inappropriate and inexcusable.” Bee hosts a late-night talk show on the U.S. network TBS where she often comments at length on U.S. politics. On Wednesday, Bee took to task a U.S. immigration policy that separates…
read moreThe race to become president on the country’s largest American Indian reservation has drawn a record number of candidates with 19 filing for the office. The field includes tribal President Russell Begaye, Vice President Jonathan Nez, three women, and others who have previously held or sought the tribe’s top two elected positions. The number is…
read moreOutside Facebook’s annual shareholders meeting Thursday, a lone protester paced on the sidewalk, carrying a U.S. flag and a sign that read “Zuckerberg destroys shareholder value.” Above, a small plane pulled a banner that read “You Broke Democracy.” Inside, Facebook shareholders offered both praise and criticism of the company’s leadership. The social media giant has been…
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